Moonlight gourami
Trichopodus microlepis
It cruises calmly below the surface, trailing long orange feelers about.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 14 cm
- Smallest tank
- 90 cm
- Temperature
- 24–29 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Surface
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres12 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres21 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres46 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres85 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Red rainbowfish
- Siamese algae eater
- Firemouth cichlid
- Bristlenose pleco
- Yoyo loach
- Freshwater angelfish
- Peacock cichlid
- Rainbow shark
- Silver dollar
- Swordtail
- Three spot gourami
- Sailfin molly
- Pearl gourami
- Julidochromis
- African butterflyfish
- Boesemani rainbowfish
- Turquoise rainbowfish
- Keyhole cichlid
- Yellow lab cichlid
- Kribensis
- Scissortail rasbora
- Kuhli loach
- Congo tetra
- and 43 more species
Caution
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Denison barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Giant danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Black skirt tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pearl danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Tiger barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Julii corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra danioNarrow shared temperature range
- PlatyNarrow shared temperature range
- Panda corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Odessa barbNarrow shared temperature range
- OtocinclusNarrow shared temperature range
- Glowlight danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Galaxy rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pygmy corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Green kubotai rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Rosy barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- Gold barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Hillstream loachWater temperatures do not overlap
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- KoiWater temperatures do not overlap
Same familyGouramis and labyrinth fish
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Betta splendens
- Dwarf gouramiTrichogaster lalius
- Honey gouramiTrichogaster chuna
- Pearl gouramiTrichopodus leerii
- Three spot gouramiTrichopodus trichopterus
- Sparkling gouramiTrichopsis pumila
- Chocolate gouramiSphaerichthys osphromenoides
- Paradise fishMacropodus opercularis
- Kissing gouramiHelostoma temminckii