Sparkling gourami
Trichopsis pumila
It hangs among the plants and crackles audibly when it starts to display.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 4 cm
- Smallest tank
- 45 cm
- Temperature
- 23–28 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 6 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres26 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres72 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres120 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres260 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres480 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Black neon tetra
- Serpae tetra
- Glowlight tetra
- Otocinclus
- Multies shell dweller
- Cardinal tetra
- Lemon tetra
- Penguin tetra
- Harlequin rasbora
- Glowlight danio
- Honey gourami
- Clown killifish
- Green neon tetra
- Rummynose tetra
- Emperor tetra
- Lambchop rasbora
- Zebra danio
- Cherry barb
- Endler's livebearer
- Platy
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Forktail blue-eye
- and 56 more species
Caution
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Odessa barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Panda corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Chocolate gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Hillstream loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Gold barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Rosy barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Denison barbNarrow shared temperature range
- KoiNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
Same familyGouramis and labyrinth fish
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Betta splendens
- Dwarf gouramiTrichogaster lalius
- Honey gouramiTrichogaster chuna
- Pearl gouramiTrichopodus leerii
- Three spot gouramiTrichopodus trichopterus
- Moonlight gouramiTrichopodus microlepis
- Chocolate gouramiSphaerichthys osphromenoides
- Paradise fishMacropodus opercularis
- Kissing gouramiHelostoma temminckii