Unknown Gourami

lilaliend

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Hello,
Well the purpose of registering here today was to ask about two new gourami's I recently purchased.

They're pinkish red, with a bright aqua/blue spot along the top of the bodies, started at the tip of their dorsel fin, and going all the way down to their tail. The fin is the same blue as well, and there is a hint of white between the two colors, with the red being pinker along that edge and darker red towards the bottom of their body.

The body shape is the same as my blue gourami's, not at all like my dwarf gourami's. They're currently only about .75" long. I bought them from a pet store in our local mall, over the weekend so the employee's working weren't very helpful about the fish in general (not to different during the week either). The store caries a WIDE varietal of some very unique fish though, so I buy most of them from there.

They were just labelled as "Sm. Gourami", so I don't know what breed they are. I'm hoping someone here might though. I'll try to get a picture of them later today when I get home from work.

My only answer is that they're just some random hybrid.

I'm mostly interested for pairing reasons. If I could distingruish the sexes I would like to go back and get a specific sex if need be.
 
Well, not that anyone has seen this or is wondering about it.... I've discovered what they are.

They're in fact red flame/fire gouramis. They just have a lighter color, and more blue then most of the pictures I can find. I guess they're body just haven't quite matured into their full shape then other dwarf gouramis that I've owned/seen. This is kind of dissapointing. They're obviously both males, and will more the likely become territorial, which means I'm gonna need to get some females to give them some bit of comfort and pair off, which are hard to find.

Oh well,they're still pretty :)
 
Hi lilaliend! Welcome to the TFF! Always nice to see a new member!

Congratulations on your new purchase! Gouramis are pretty cool... since they have "feelers" and all! I'm glad you were able to find out what kind you have... would've responded sooner, but ... well, you know how it goes...

Again... welcome to the board! :thumbs:
 

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