benlee Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 hey can anyone tell me what kind of fish this is, i havent got the time to work out how to host a pictire with my isp so i made this crappy geocities web site so youll have to click on the link, sorry. http://www.geocities.com/bigbenlee/Fish.html any thoughts would really be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 It's one of the 'croaking' gourami family. The colouring seems to be too bright of the actual croaking gourami (Trichopsis vittata). It could be the small Sparkling gourami (Trichopsis pumila) - how big is it? Where abouts did you get it from? I've got some similar to this that I picked up from Hollywoods (Auckland) a while ago and based on their size and colour have determined that they're the Three-stripe gourami (Trichopsis schalleri) - they were getting sold as Blue-lace gouramis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlee Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 they wouldent be bigger that your average house key in length. If you are right how big will they get? do you have any photos of yours or something similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 If it's T. pumila then max size is about 3.5cm, if it's T. schalleri then max size is 6cm. You can see a picture of my gouramis here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlee Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 have you ever bred them? do you know what it takes to breed them? thnaks for the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 I would say they were Trichopsis vitta as look at the vertical stripes coming down and pumila do not have this also look at the eye it is not bright blue which would either suggest females or that they are vitta I also got those Trichopsis schalleri i said to them are they croaking and hollywood said that they were blue lace which i found a bit odd but i brough them anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 The reason I think that it's not T. vittata (yeah I stuffed up the species name a little) is that all the ones that I've seen have been quite brown in colour on the body but had an intense red ring around the eye. Also I'm not sure where benlee is (NZ, overseas?) - if it's North Island then I haven't seen any vittata available for years (but I don't visit every shop - so I'm not prepared to totally rule it out). No I haven't bred them but they are supposed to be bubble nest builders like many of the other gouramis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 they can actually bred in two ways depends on your condition or how high the water is they can buil bubblenest if the water is low enough or they can deposit eggs on the floor if the water level is high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_au Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Sparkling gourami T pumila. Easy to sex once some one has pointed out that males have an extra row or rustybrow/red spots arched along their upper body. Build a tiny bubble nest about the size of your fingernail unda a small leaf close to the bottom ofthe tank. Fry are extremely small and first food hase to be euglena or very fine infusoria for two or three weeks before they will take micro worm or BBS. Breeding :- pH 6.8 to 7, Hardness 100 to 150 ppm, temp 26 *C (80 F) Alan. PS. the fish pictured both appear to be males. PPS. mine built thier nest under a Bacopa leaf about 5cm abone the sand to give you an idea how small the nest is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlee Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 i got theese fish in dunedin. they both have the same markings so wether they are male or female, they are both the same. im not sure where the fish shop got them from, they came out of a tank the shop was selling on behalf of sombody. thanks for everyones help. BENLEE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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