Gourami Site List.

[Inchworm]

...I just purchased a tattoed gourami (that's what they told me it was). Does anyone have any information on them or a picture. I took one here at home of it. I will post it later.

Hi jlunde96

Welcome to the forum!

Tattooing is the current "in" term for the cruel practice of injecting dyes into a fish for decorative purposes. It is sometimes done to gouramis. Here's a link that shows a picture of one. Just scroll down to the "Polka Dot Gourami" to see an example of it.

http/www.deathbydyeing.org/colormedead.htm

 

[FCRM91488]

betta abd gourami fan here....used to have a male betta but unfortunetly he died of old age.....just started with gouramis and i love them....just last week i successfully breeded an opaline and a gold gourami....more then 200 frys....hopefully when i got more room and money i will start to bred bettas...but for now...gouramis rock!!

 

[redtailblackshark]

I just realized I got ripped off at wal-mart. That's what happens when a guy who works at electronics gets your fish.I was supposed to get a dwarf gourami, which is 6.00, but he gave me a danded gourami, which is worth 4.00. I don't really care about the money, I just think they should get people to work at the fish section who can tell what fish they are, and get the right ones.

 

[leostockton2007]

hello...
yes i agree gourami`s are lovely fish , i just got 4 ther other day but im abit unsure what type they are and how big they get, my girlfriend bought them and didnt assk wot they were ya see. 2 of them are orange with a lovely blue tail which really stands out (LFS said they are honey gourami`s but theyre not the same as the pic that was displayed earlier) so id like 2 know what they are and how big they get, also she bought 2 bright yellow beautiful gourami`s which are alot larger than the orange ones. id like 2 know what theyre called and how big they get as i think theyre guna be big ones.
id really appreciate it if u cud help me, thanks
LEO


MY AQUARIUM
3 clown loaches, 3 cory`s, 1 common plec (if theres another name for the common plec cud u let m kno plz) , 8 neons, 2 blue rams, 2 honey gourami`s, 2 ytellow gourami`s ? , red tailed shark and 3 candy loaches ( botia something?? ) (plz cud u help me identify the candy loach aswell as im not 2 sure wot the proper name is. thanks

hello...
yes i agree gourami`s are lovely fish , i just got 4 ther other day but im abit unsure what type they are and how big they get, my girlfriend bought them and didnt assk wot they were ya see. 2 of them are orange with a lovely blue tail which really stands out (LFS said they are honey gourami`s but theyre not the same as the pic that was displayed earlier) so id like 2 know what they are and how big they get, also she bought 2 bright yellow beautiful gourami`s which are alot larger than the orange ones. id like 2 know what theyre called and how big they get as i think theyre guna be big ones.
id really appreciate it if u cud help me, thanks
LEO


MY AQUARIUM
3 clown loaches, 3 cory`s, 1 common plec (if theres another name for the common plec cud u let m kno plz) , 8 neons, 2 blue rams, 2 honey gourami`s, 2 ytellow gourami`s ? , red tailed shark and 3 candy loaches ( botia something?? ) (plz cud u help me identify the candy loach aswell as im not 2 sure wot the proper name is. thanks

 

[hedgehog738]

gouramis are awsome. im setting up a 250L gourami tank in the next week or so

 

[Back in the fold]

Is there a national organization here in the U.S. that specializes in Gourami’s ? Something like the Killifish , Betta , livebearers and cichlid people have ?

 

[anewbie]

One of these days I will try one of these:

Licorice Gouramis - AMAZONAS Magazine

All the licorice gouramis of the genus Parosphromenus that are known live in stained blackwaters. Note, however, that blackwaters aren’t really black, but a dark red-brown color, produced in part by peat-like materials but mainly by the decomposing leaves of trees and scrub that grow close to...

www.amazonasmagazine.com

 

[GaryE]

This is a zombie thread, from 2007. But it isn't a zombie subject.

I know of no Anabantoid groups that have gotten off the ground. I was really into gouramis at one time, and kept most of the species then available in the hobby. I even wrote a beginner's book about them.

The best sources of info are often killiekeepers, and Betta breeders, who often also keep small Anabantoids.

I would love to get my hands on any licorice gourami species. They'd be fish for when time makes me downsize, as they need a lot of care and detailed attention. But they are beautiful and full of life. They do things. They've never become common because of their degree of difficulty.

They're fairly shy, and I found longer lived in cooler tanks than in well heated ones. I began to keep them like difficult killies. Lots of careful water changes with softwater are needed. You don't see them every time you look in the tank, but when you do see them, and they are active, they are great. I'd like to put 2 or 3 pairs in a 30 inch/75cm tank with no other fish and just enjoy.

The little wine Betta group is also worth the trouble.

I think there are stages/levels in fishkeeping, as snobby as that can sound. We can play at all these stages at once. They go community tank, then with more experience, single species tank. It's really hard for many people to buy into one species, one good sized tank. It limits the popularity of fish that need that.

If my plans go ell, before Christmas this year I'll visit one of the world's premier Anabantoid collectors and breeders, and I hope to see some of the tiny ones he specializes in. I've only ever visited one labyrinth fish fishroom, run by a woman in Montreal who was quite brilliant with these fish. But she liked the larger species.