Gouramies and Other Labyrinth Fishes: Everything About Natural History, Purchase, Health, Care, Breeding, and Species Indification

by Elson, Gary; Lucanus, Oliver

• ISBN13: 9780764121050
• ISBN10: 0764121057
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

Titles in this extensive series Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals provideet owners with basic information on keeping healthy, contented,ell-cared-for animals. The series covers pets of every kind: dogs, cats, andirds of many breeds, as well as fish, reptiles, rabbits, hamsters, and justbout any other animal that people keep as a pet. Facts and advice cover allspects of pet care, which include proper feeding, housing, health care,rooming, training, and much more. The text in each manual is supplementedith many vivid, full-colour photos, and with instructive, anatomicallyccurate line art. Each manual has been individually written by a breeder,rainer, veterinarian, or experienced animal specialist. Originating inouthern Asia, most gourami varieties are peaceable, and are best keptegregated from more aggressive aquarium fish.

Table of Contents

Gourami Basics	5	(12)
An Intriguing Assortment	5	(1)
Distribution	6	(2)
Water Quality	8	(1)
Water Chemistry	8	(2)
Keeping Rare Gouramis	10	(1)
Sources of Gouramis	11	(3)
How-To: Feeding Gouramis	14	(3)
Common Diseases and Problem	17	(12)
Parasitic Infections	17	(2)
Bacterial Diseases	19	(3)
Fungi	22	(1)
Mycobacteria	22	(1)
Poisoning	22	(4)
How-To: Choosing Health Specimens	26	(3)
The Gourami Aquarium	29	(16)
Purchasing the Aquarium	29	(1)
Maintaining the Aquarium	29	(1)
The stand	30	(2)
Stocking Gourami Tanks	32	(1)
Filtration	32	(3)
Heating Tanks	35	(1)
Lighting	35	(1)
Plants	35	(5)
Gourami Behavior	40	(2)
How-To: Breeding Gouramis	42	(3)
Species Descriptions	45	(47)
Colisa	45	(2)
Trichogaster	47	(4)
Helostoma-Kissing Gouramis	51	(2)
Trichopisis-Croaking Gouramis	53	(2)
Paroshpromenus-Licorice Gouramis	55	(4)
Pesudosphromenus-Spiketail Gouramis	59	(2)
Malpulutta	61	(1)
Sphaerichthys-Chocolate Gouramis	61	(2)
Parasphaerichthys	63	(1)
Luciocephalus-Pikehead Gouramis	63	(2)
Ctenops	65	(1)
Macropodus	66	(2)
Belontia-Combtail Gouramis	68	(2)
Anabas-Climbing Perch	70	(1)
Osphronemus-Giant Gouramis	70	(1)
Betta	71	(11)
African Bush Fish	82	(9)
Sandelia	91	(1)
Conclusion	91	(1)
Information	92	(2)
Index	94