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Tropical aquarium fish - labirynth fish of ZooBotanica 2013, pt.2

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Channel: DefiniteAquascape TV · 2013 · Pets & Animals

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Exhibition of labitynth fish (anabantoids) made by members of Association of Fishkeepers from Wrocław (WTA, http://www.wta.org.pl) for ZooBotanica 2013 fair. In the second part I show labirynth fish other than Betta.

00:20 - Trichopodus leeri, or pearl gourami. Beautiful fish, suitable for beginners. You need to remember, however, that males can be aggressive towards both other males, and females, so this species has to be kept in a large tank with lots of hideouts among plants.

00:45 - Pseudosphromenus dayi, or brown spike-tailed paradise fish. This species is considered as "vulnerable" by IUCN, because its habitats are located in areas of intense agriculture, polluted by industrial waste.

01:20 - Sphaerichthys osphromenoides, or chocolate gourami. This species, along with two others closely related, are the only anabantoids fish with maternal mouthbrooding. This means that eggs and fries  are incubated in the mouth of female, not of male. Spawning lasts for several hours, and eggs are deposited by the bottom, from which they are picked up by the female.

01:46 - Trichopsis vittata, or croaking gourami. It lives in shallow, oxegen-scarce wetlands, overgrown by emersed vegetation, also in rice paddies. It can produce croaking sounds, hence the English name. During breeding males build foam nests by the water surface.

02:13 - Trichopsis pumila, or sparkling gourami. It lives in small, shallow and oxygen-scarce habitats in the rainforest. During breeding male builds a foam nest by the surface of the water. Both sexes can produce craoking sounds.

02:43 - Trichogaster chuna, or honey gourami. This species inhabits lowland water bodies, overgrown by vegetation, sometimes even in irrigation ditches and flooded fields. It is tolerant to fluctuating conditions of the environment. It can "spit" water droplets towards insects sitting on twigs over the water, to bring them down to the surface and eat them.

03:08 - Trichogaster lalius, or dwarf gourami. It lives in lowland water bodies, overgrown by vegetation, sometimes even in irrigation ditches and flooded fields. As other gouramis, during breeding male builds foam nest, reinforced with fragments of plants.

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