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Marcus, very nice fish u got here. But I thought Mainland only stock goldfish and koi?
Don't be afraid of my duck!
Happiness is finding these cute little buggers.
The top pictures shows the occelated chocolate gourami (Parasphaerichthys ocellatus), which looks like a miniature version of the three-spot gourami. But when alarmed, the characteristic mottled pattern of chocolate gouramis appears. I got three (one dieded) from Bioplast, but there are several available at Mainland Fish Farm at Pasir Ris Farmway 1. Very perky little fish once acclimatised. Size about 3 cm.
The lower picture shows an undescribed pygmy chocolate gourami (Parasphaerichthys sp.). Tiny fellows about 1 cm in length. I got six from Mainland today for my 2 ft tank. Hope they make it, but some are munching on daphnia already.
Next stop, liquorice gouramis!!!
Marcus, very nice fish u got here. But I thought Mainland only stock goldfish and koi?
Don't be afraid of my duck!
went there today, they have one tank full of these fellows. $2.50 each.
pic 2 looked more like Betta sp. If it is undescribed, how do you tell it is from the Parasphaerichthys genus? [:0]
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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hehehe ~~ i got one of the ocellated...[]
now this new pygmy is available...... hands itchy liaoz.....
saw some licorice at TB ben's couple of weeks ago..with finrot though []
good luck with ur gourami keeping endeavour.
HAD the fortune of keeping some licorice but all were gone together with my chocos and angels .[] that was really one sad incident..
wish u all the luck with these lil' things !
Don't be afraid of my duck!
the second fish is definitely NOT a betta. The panic behaviour and colouration is classic chocolate gourami, although it's not in the same genus. Parasphaerichthys is the genus used for the so-called para or "false chocolate gouramis", which are similar to the real Sphaericthys genus but not quite. The use of "sp." simply means that it hasn't been scientifically described, but is currently placed within the P genus.
hey i think i will make a trip to bioplast so many rare fishies ..
sorry but where is mainland exactly ? is it next to capricorn ? btw, i heard capricorn has shifted a few shops further ... any idea ?
also, where is bioplast located ?
many thks.
mainland is at lor halus, u need to use the dirt track..----------------
On 6/4/2002 5:12:07 PM
sorry but where is mainland exactly ? is it next to capricorn ? btw, i heard capricorn has shifted a few shops further ... any idea ?
also, where is bioplast located ?
many thks.
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ah pek shifted to where far east aquatic and ganges was
bioplast is at boon keng road
bioplast has no more p. ocellatus
i got mine from some halus farm, dunno the name
2.50 ea, kinda pricey, but heck, i can't find them elsewhere
grab them before the condition worsens
i lost one on the bus ride home
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