Scientific Name. Trichogaster trichopterus.

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These fish were originally called Three Spot Gouramis because they have a dark spot at the base of their tails. You can see this dark spot in the picture above. Many of these fish also have a spot in the middle of the body. That spot is very faint in the picture of the Gold Gourami at the top of this page, but easy to see on the Blue Gouramis shown just above. The third spot was the eye.

This fish is now available in several color varieties called the Blue Gourami, the Gold Gourami, the Opaline Gourami, and several other color types. They are all the same species, Trichogaster trichopterus. They are pretty, hardy, and peaceful. They grow rather large for small aquariums, but are a very good fish for larger aquariums.

I feed these fish a few Black Worms every other day. Click here for more about feeding Black Worms.

Appropriate Home
Eventually an aquarium with at least 50 gallons of water, an exterior power filter with a bio-wheel, a maximum of 1/4 inch of gravel, and an aquarium heater adjusted to between 70 and 82 degrees F. Click here for more about warm water aquariums.

Recommended Diet
Gold, Blue, and Opaline Gouramis do well on a diet of floating flake food, some freeze dried blood worms, which are actually mosquito larvae, plus an occasional treat of live Black Worms and live or frozen brine shrimp. Click here to read more about feeding fish. Click here for more information about Black Worms.

Compatibility
This species enjoys each others company. There are several color varieties, and you should mix and match at least four of them from the Blue Gourami, Gold Gourami, and Opaline Gourami. If you keep only one of these Gouramis, it will probably annoy other types of fish, especially other Three Spot Gouramis and Dwarf Gouramis. But when kept in a group the Blue, Gold, and Opaline Gouramis will focus most of their energy on each other and be less likely to bother other types of fish.

Good tanks mates for these Gouramis: All Barbs, Gouramis, Danios, Rainbows, a school of Clown Loaches, one Red Tail Shark or one Rainbow Shark, a school of Bala Sharks, and a  Spiny Eel. Click here to read more about several other groups of compatible fish.

Size and Life Span
These Gouramis can grow to about 6" and live for several years.