These fish can do fine at these temps but most advice given on the net is missleading and often suggests that these fish require no heater at all or a filtered tank and can live in a cup. I used to keep mine 26-28 and I too have bred them, it isn't rocket science! I find the exact opposite though, that at higher temps these fish are more active.I've just had a look around the Internet and they all say keep around 23/24 degrees
That is a good point and I think might be true to a certain extent. I heard this from keepers of liquorice gourami a while back as we had all got fish fom a new batch and mine were bigger and matured more quickly than the fish of a couple of the other keepers. They were keeping theirs at 23/24 while mine were at 26. Saying that I still have my first original wild caught liquorice gourami and they look quite different from their offspring in that they are much deeper bodied and 'meatier' so I think they keep developing physically well beyond the point of sexual maturity. Sorry , that went of point a bit...Personally I'd keep them around 26. I've found fry survive well and grow well at this temp so I don't believe the higher temp is necessary.regarding the temp, I know a few people that hold the opinion that higher temp = higher metabolism, shorter life span etc. I usually tend to go nearer the lower end range of temps for fish, think my betta is in at 25 at the moment; just a consideration, no evidence for it.
Ha, no, it is at the optimum temp for growth and breeding . This autumn I'm going to slowly drop the temp of my tanks by a couple of degrees to give my fish a winter season but it won't be going less than 24 . A natural cycle seems to be working well for the shrimp so why not fish.So the point is your temp is slightly high lol
Your temps are fine for a betta. What do you feed and how much per day?
Is he quite excited in his food response?I feed him every second day with some flakes