38+ Chocolate Gourami Tank Size. This is also true for ghost shrimp from the palaemonetes genus, but these are a little more assertive and might end up upsetting your gouramis. The chocolate gourami (sphaerichthys osphromenoides) is a species of gourami native to the malay peninsula, sumatra, and borneo.
Gouramis need soft water, endlers need hard water.
An aquarium gourami fish might be sitting on the tank bottom or hiding due to being bullied or pressured. Gouramis need soft water, endlers need hard water. These fish have a chocolate colour with golden bands running down their bodies. I know it depends on which type and it's size, but i'm not clear on if you should just get a pair of gouramis, or if it'd be okay to get several of one kind (10ish) and keep them in one tank?