Milet Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Hey people sorry if this is a stupid question, but are different Sorts of gouramis able to cross breed? A Mate of mine said they could, but i don't think its true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 You CAN cross (if thats your description) some of the Gourami species. But I put tongue in cheek saying this. Colisa lalia and Colisa Labiosa have been crossed. The offspring are "Crap" to all accounts and breed nornally, as they are not sterile. :evil: Blue gourami's; Crosby Gourami's; Three spot Gourami's; Opaline Gourami's; and Golden Gourami's will all cross with each other. This is the tongue in cheek bit: :roll: ALL THOSE GOURAMI'S ARE THE SAME FISH.............Trichogaster trichopterus. It's just that the breeders have fixed the mutations so as they continue to breed 95% true to ther parent fish. Good luck with anything you cross. YOU MIGHT GET THE "PURPLE" Gourami. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Cool Thanks heaps amazonian. Haha yeah looking for that special purple one Know of any websites that would help me with breeding these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Can you please explain what you mean by Sorts of gouramis Do you mean colour variations or the actual species. If you mean the species, try reading some of the comments on the cichlid or killie posts, and see what the opinions are on crossing species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Yeah im confused obviously you can cross strains of the same species (ie a blue with a gold 3 spot or 2 different coloured discus) but crossing 2 different types of fish altogther should be avoided.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hi All. There are some things I like and some I dislike. :oops: SPECIES CROSSING IS ONE THING I DONT LIKE, and I DONT ABIDE THOSE WHO DO IT. :evil: To Clarify:..............Crossing Three Spot with Golden Gourami's is OK as they are the same fish; Trichogaster trichopterus. Crossing Colisa Lalia with Colisa labiosa is a "NO, NO". :evil: They are the same Family (Colisa) but are different species and they dont deserve to be adulterated by us humans. In the wild if that happened the scientists would "FIND" a new as yet "UNNAMED" Fish, and would do their thing to sort it out. In reality in the wild it probably wouldn't happen; so lets not do it in our fish rooms. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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