This is the one that is usually sold at a size of 2 to 3 cm right? Also available as an albino variant if I recall correctly.
As usual, great picture!
Cheers,
Since the server is behaving, might as well post something before it goes down again.
An old LFS staple that used to be quite common. This wild colouration has given way to a more exotic and artificial looking red/pink variety.
I always thought this fish to be in the Colisa genus but Fishbase list it to be in Trichogaster genus. I think most references still list it as Colisa. Oh well, whatever.
Does anyone knows if this and the pink/red version are the same fish? Someone suggested to me the red variety could be a hybrid. I find it quite unbelievable. Anyone knows?
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This is the one that is usually sold at a size of 2 to 3 cm right? Also available as an albino variant if I recall correctly.
As usual, great picture!
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Benny, is the 2-3cm one you are refering to Parasphaerichthys lineatus instead? I have not kept it till it shows breeding colour before.
This is the common one. I think most LFS just refer to as Honey Gourami.
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Nope. I'm refering to the Honey Gourami.
Parasphaerichthys lineatus is also currently availble in the market. I just bought a batch, but did not condition them properly and nothing much survivied. Shame.
I think the honey gouramis are very attractive fishes, especially for a nano setup. Fuss free and relatively easy to keep.
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I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
PhD level shots! this is the wild male colour, all others are "hybrids" which I assume to mean line-bred rather than inter-generic or inter-specific hybrids ala LH.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
you don't understand, only SMS lingo and such are not allowed, recognised abbreviations are perfectly acceptable.
Commonly used aquatic and aquarium-related abbreviations are also quite acceptable, such as LH which stands for Luo Han.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Choy,
Stephen obviously understands. He is only trying to mock our guidelines to make AQ a better place, either in jest or in a subversive attempt to vent his fustration that we do not accept such bastardization of the English language.
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I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
I know, just clarifying for others who might get misled.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
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