Live plants tend to be used as a food source and will not make good decorations for this reason. The Pink Kissing Gourami is typically a middle to top range swimmer, they are surface breathers like other Gouramis. Kissing Gourami are very stunning and beautiful. They have pink to translucent bodies, with very large eyes. At maturity, the Kissing Gourami will reach a size of up to 12 inches.
Females tend to be larger than males, though otherwise they are impossible to distinguish.
The Kissing Gourami, or Helostoma temminckii, is originally from Thailand. If ammonia levels get even a little high it can kill this fish. They will best thrive in waters with a temperature range from 72 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. A pH level of seven to eight and a half will be acceptable for the Kissing Gourami. Their diet includes fresh zucchini, lettuce, peas, spinach, live brine shrimp, bloodworms, glass worms, tubifex worms, and frozen, freeze dried, and flakes.