Dwarf gourami like guppies, you should drop the fish food in a more spread out area so that the Dwarf gourami has a higher chance to snatch the food before the other fish do for as mentioned earlier, Dwarf gourami's are timid fish. Dwarf gouramis tolerate fairly high temperatures. Temperatures of are easily tolerated. Dwarf gouramis raised for aquarium trade in Singapore may carry dwarf gourami iridovirus. Recent research has shown that 22% of Singapore "Trichogaster lalius" carry this virus. A varied diet is very important to the dwarf gourami, which is an omnivore that prefers both algae-based foods and meaty foods.
Kissing gourami do not guard, are spherical, smooth, and buoyant. Initial development is rapid: the eggs hatch after one day, and the fry are free-swimming two days thereafter. The kissing gourami does not care for its young. The kissing gourami present a kind of behavior associated with their characteristic jaw and mouth: two individuals approach their mouths in both mediolateral and dorsoventral planes and press for a few seconds. This type of "kiss" has given "H. temminkii" the common name of kissing gourami has been considered an intraspecific aggressive behavior also known as "mouth fight" due to the contraction of the jaw