Species profile
Pearl gourami
Trichopodus leerii
ai-generated confidence: high
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.
Care table
| Water type | freshwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | easy to moderate |
| Minimum tank | 30 US gal / 114 L |
| Minimum group size | 1 |
| Adult size | 12 cm |
| Temperature | 24-28 C |
| pH | 6-7.5 |
| Hardness | 2-12 dGH |
| Salinity | 0-0 ppt |
| Temperament | peaceful centerpiece |
| Aggression notes | Generally peaceful but needs space and calm tank mates; males may display territorially. |
| Diet | omnivore |
| Swim zone | middle/top |
| Activity level | moderate |
| Bioload | medium |
| Reef safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Plant safe | Yes |
| Invert safe | No |
| Compatibility tags | freshwater, peaceful-community, centerpiece, slow-water, long-finned, small-predator |
| Avoid with tags | fin-nipper, aggressive-fish, shrimp, boisterous |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Pearl gourami.
- Can Pearl gourami and Angelfish live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Betta live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Bristlenose pleco live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Bronze cory live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Cardinal tetra live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Cherry shrimp live together? not recommended
- Can Pearl gourami and Chili rasbora live together? caution
- Can Pearl gourami and Ember tetra live together? caution
- Can Pearl gourami and Guppy live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Harlequin rasbora live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Honey gourami live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Kuhli loach live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Molly live together? caution
- Can Pearl gourami and Neon tetra live together? caution
- Can Pearl gourami and Otocinclus live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Peppered cory live together? caution
- Can Pearl gourami and Platy live together? compatible
- Can Pearl gourami and Pygmy cory live together? caution
- Can Pearl gourami and Swordtail live together? not recommended
- Can Pearl gourami and Tiger barb live together? not recommended
- Can Pearl gourami and Zebra danio live together? not recommended
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.