Pearl Gourami

Description

Look at this beautiful fish; she seems to have been sown with pearls. That is probably how she got her name, Pearl Gourami. When it is time to breed, the Gourami builds a nest by gathering up her mouth leaves and little twigs that float in water and glueing them together with froth made of air-bubbles. The nest ends up like a little island. The Gourami hides her roe inside it so that it shouldn’t get washed away or eaten by other fish, then stands guard by the nest until the little Gourami’s have bitten their way out of their eggs.