balloon kissing gouramis?

[.Occy.]

At my lfs, I was looking around and saw balloon kissing gouramis...what are these crossed with? i didnt like the lok of them, they didnt seem too healthy

 

[Mr Miagi]

They sound strange.....i hate it when ppl mix. Its just not right

 

[Ben]

i blelive that balloon gourami,or any balloon fish for that matter are hybridized,its just caused through different ways of the breeders
JMO
DD

 

[Opcn]

Balloon Mollies are the result of linebreeding, chances are that this is the same situation.

mr_miagi32 You're not allowd tobash hybridisation in this forum

 

[sylvia]

The 'balloon' trait is just a random mutation that showed up (just like some of the colors that appear in various fish) and is simply now line bred, as mentioned, to keep it in the species. It's similar to balloon rams and mollies and is not hybridised. Besides the shape and a slight difference in size, balloon kissers are exactly the same as any kissing gourami.

 

[Opcn]

Just t keep things straight the ballon ram is actually a cross between a ram and an angel (they are rather closely related)

 

[Synirr]

Just t keep things straight the ballon ram is actually a cross between a ram and an angel (they are rather closely related)

I've heard that's just a myth because the shape of balloon rams tends to make them look like angelfish... they're not actually hybrids.

 

[Ben]

Just t keep things straight the ballon ram is actually a cross between a ram and an angel (they are rather closely related)

I've heard that's just a myth because the shape of balloon rams tends to make them look like angelfish... they're not actually hybrids.

so true,escept people heard about this myth and tried it out,i have balloon rams which were line bred,the reason i know is because if you look at the balloon rams mouth and it has a sort of deformed mouth and cant close it ,it was hybridized
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[grayshark]

They sound strange.....i hate it when ppl mix. Its just not right

well you dont like my then look at my signature all differnt types of fish.