Name: Golden Gourami
Brand: Brooklands
SKU: th38
Price: 19.9 NZD
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Golden Gourami

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Golden Gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus variant)

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Overview: The Golden Gourami is a striking, sun-kissed color variant of the wild Three-Spot Gourami. It features a bright, warm golden-yellow to deep amber body, often highlighted by soft, silvery-white marble patterns or faint vertical striping along its flanks. While the wild species has distinct black spots on its body, the Golden variant usually replaces them with soft, creamy-white patterns. Like all members of its family, it possesses modified pelvic fins that look like long, thread-like feelers, which it uses to touch and sense its environment.

Origins: The ancestral species is native to the warm, slow-moving waters of Southeast Asia, including Mekong River basins across Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. They naturally inhabit swamps, marshes, and flooded rice paddies. As a Labyrinth fish, the Golden Gourami can breathe atmospheric oxygen directly from the surface, allowing it to survive in stagnant, low-oxygen waters.

Personality: Golden Gouramis are active, bold, and highly inquisitive, but they also possess a classic semi-aggressive cichlid-like attitude despite being anabantoids. While they are usually peaceful as juveniles, mature adults—especially males—can become quite territorial and bossy. They will readily establish dominance over the upper layers of the tank.

Care Level: Very Easy (Incredibly hardy and adaptable)
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (Can be territorial with other gouramis or top-dwellers)
Diet: Omnivore (Unfussy eaters; thrives on high-quality flakes, pellets, and frozen foods like bloodworms or brine shrimp, and will even snack on nuisance hydra if present)
Max Size: 12 – 15 cm
Family: Osphronemidae
Tank Size: 115 Litres minimum for a single adult or a sexed pair.
Temperature: 23°C – 28°C
pH: 6.0 – 8.0 (Very adaptable to a wide range of water conditions)
Should be kept in groups? With caution. They can be kept singly as a centerpiece fish, or in a male-female pair. Avoid putting multiple males together in a smaller tank, as they will aggressively fight for dominance.

Pro Tip: If you want to keep multiple Golden Gouramis or mix them with other species, ensure your aquarium is heavily planted and features tall decorations or driftwood that reach the surface. This breaks up their line of sight, allowing submissive fish to hide and safely stay out of the dominant fish's view.