I have a gold, a blue, and a pearl in the same tank together. They each are very nice. The blue is unique and eye catching. Buuut. The colours and pattern on the pearl is by far the most exquisite and beautiful.
I have lived in Thailand for the last 25 years, the phenotype here is brown instead of blue, it has the same attractive color pattern though just that blue is swirtched out for light-chocolate brown. They are found in huge numbers and caught and dried and used for fish soups. When I was keeping fish, Thais would laugh derisively at my choice of fish, "I just get hungry looking at your tank." They h=generally don't appreciate small species tanks, enjoyment of the hobby revolves around how big of a fish you can keep alive. So you you have big unhappy solitary and huge fish kept in bare glass tanks. Fish that look scary or dangerous or actually are dangerous get you respect, hence we now have pirahna in the natural environment. That said, I was introduced to the tiny croaking gourami and indigenous Badis another tiny and lovely fish by a group of friends in the market had a kin dof fish club centered around appreciation for micro fish and also wild caught and wild collected aquarium plants. They also were probably the only people in the country raising some killifish species like the local panchax species which come in some interesting color variations and also I got my first Nothobranchius species from them, a Notho rachovii easily the most beautifully colored fish I have ever kept. If I start a new tank I will definitely try to stock it with some Nothos and croaking gouramis.
@@JohnCrute-q4b No doubt, I dont eat them myself. They are a favorite aquarium fish for me, but the are found everywhere in such large numbers here, it makes sense that people have eaten them for centuries.
I Iove how these blue gouramis look. But they can be tricky / probIematic. They (especially the males) can become territorial / aggresive. Since they can be territorial.. is better to have a bigger tank for a gourami to make a specific place of that aquarium his territory. If the tank is smaIIer he will do the WHOLE tank like his territory 😄 and he can become aggresive especially towards the smaIIer species of fish or as the guy from the video says.. against the more docile type of fishes. If you have more than one blue or golden gourami in your tank and they don't get aIong too well ..the plants (having a bunch of fairly tall plants) may help too ..because the plants will break the view to some other gourami (not seeing it very often / like for example both being in a quite open space). The plants will also help the other gourami that is chased by the first gourami ..to hide / run away to a safer place.
I have a gold, a blue, and a pearl in the same tank together. They each are very nice. The blue is unique and eye catching. Buuut. The colours and pattern on the pearl is by far the most exquisite and beautiful.
@@fluval I do this in celebration of Kamala Harris my male 3spot blue gourami and Female opaline gourami are democrat🔵 the cichlasoma boliviense cichlid will be single forever cause it's republican🚩
I have a gold, a blue, and a pearl in the same tank together. They each are very nice. The blue is unique and eye catching. Buuut. The colours and pattern on the pearl is by far the most exquisite and beautiful.
The blue gourami is my very favorite anabantoid. They’re just so interesting and beautiful.
Majestic looking and elegant moving / swiming. 🤩
I have lived in Thailand for the last 25 years, the phenotype here is brown instead of blue, it has the same attractive color pattern though just that blue is swirtched out for light-chocolate brown. They are found in huge numbers and caught and dried and used for fish soups. When I was keeping fish, Thais would laugh derisively at my choice of fish, "I just get hungry looking at your tank." They h=generally don't appreciate small species tanks, enjoyment of the hobby revolves around how big of a fish you can keep alive. So you you have big unhappy solitary and huge fish kept in bare glass tanks. Fish that look scary or dangerous or actually are dangerous get you respect, hence we now have pirahna in the natural environment. That said, I was introduced to the tiny croaking gourami and indigenous Badis another tiny and lovely fish by a group of friends in the market had a kin dof fish club centered around appreciation for micro fish and also wild caught and wild collected aquarium plants. They also were probably the only people in the country raising some killifish species like the local panchax species which come in some interesting color variations and also I got my first Nothobranchius species from them, a Notho rachovii easily the most beautifully colored fish I have ever kept. If I start a new tank I will definitely try to stock it with some Nothos and croaking gouramis.
Yes, this species is brownish in nature, but the domesticated varieties are blue or gold.
@@shemusmcquillaide eating them is not a thing these are pets if you want to eat fish get tuna
@@JohnCrute-q4b No doubt, I dont eat them myself. They are a favorite aquarium fish for me, but the are found everywhere in such large numbers here, it makes sense that people have eaten them for centuries.
Beautiful fish, I love Gourami. Always find they tend to be bullys, so schooling fish always go well with them, spreads their anger around
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I have a couple of blues gouramis.
Will they reproduce, If alone?
The species can absolutely be bred in captivity! We've never done it, but there are all kinds of great resources online! 👍
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I Iove how these blue gouramis look. But they can be tricky / probIematic. They (especially the males) can become territorial / aggresive.
Since they can be territorial.. is better to have a bigger tank for a gourami to make a specific place of that aquarium his territory. If the tank is smaIIer he will do the WHOLE tank like his territory 😄 and he can become aggresive especially towards the smaIIer species of fish or as the guy from the video says.. against the more docile type of fishes. If you have more than one blue or golden gourami in your tank and they don't get aIong too well ..the plants (having a bunch of fairly tall plants) may help too ..because the plants will break the view to some other gourami (not seeing it very often / like for example both being in a quite open space). The plants will also help the other gourami that is chased by the first gourami ..to hide / run away to a safer place.
Beautiful fish but the pearl Gourami is the best Gourami Fish
In your opinions yes 😁 In my opinion is this one (the blue).
I have a gold, a blue, and a pearl in the same tank together. They each are very nice. The blue is unique and eye catching. Buuut. The colours and pattern on the pearl is by far the most exquisite and beautiful.
How about putting a male cichlasoma boliviense cichlid in with them
Possibly! Mixing South American cichlids with Southeast Asian anabantids is always a bit tricky.
@@fluval I do this in celebration of Kamala Harris my male 3spot blue gourami and Female opaline gourami are democrat🔵 the cichlasoma boliviense cichlid will be single forever cause it's republican🚩
@fluval for me it's (democrat🔵 pet fish politics) I vote Kamala Harris 🙂
@@fluval oh I forgot the freshwater female paradise fishing 🔵 will soon have an African American husband fish🔵 to breed with 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂