Feeding Kissing Gouramis

[the_evil_duboisi]

Hey, I was wondering, what do you feeder your kissiers? Are their fairly delicate looking lippy mouths suitible for eating all kinds of foods, like the articles say?

Actually I had a kisser once, but it died in a day, and had trouble eating pellets....

 

[star4]

I have a kissing gourami that lives with a turtle and a red tailed shark, she eats anything!! will happily try to eat turtle pellets, prawn and will take flake food.

 

[indigoj]

What size kisser? Mine eat anything, they also love courgette and algae wafers along with flake, pellets and frozen foods.

 

[the_evil_duboisi]

Wow....I didn't know that! My (very very long time ago) 15cm blue gourami male had trouble eating pellets, so I was wondering about kissers too. Their mouthparts don't seem to be very strong so....



Maybe when keep them, I'll get a group for competition. I guess that would be a bonus on food response

 

[home breeders]

Hey, I was wondering, what do you feeder your kissiers? Are their fairly delicate looking lippy mouths suitible for eating all kinds of foods, like the articles say?

Actually I had a kisser once, but it died in a day, and had trouble eating pellets....

Hey mine loves just Flake food !

 

[indigoj]

Wow....I didn't know that! My (very very long time ago) 15cm blue gourami male had trouble eating pellets, so I was wondering about kissers too. Their mouthparts don't seem to be very strong so....



Maybe when keep them, I'll get a group for competition. I guess that would be a bonus on food response

Remember they use their mouths to fight and 'test each others strength'! They are tougher than they look.

I keep 2 at present and have had as many as 4 together and they interacted nicely. Just keep in mind they can reach 12" (although usually 6-8 in aquaria).

I've never had a gourami struggle to eat anything although my oldest one didn't have a clue what a bloodworm (or anything else apart from flake) was until I got the others.