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May 26th, 2009
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| omg he's spitting??
I didn't know they did that! We were eating dinner (which is right near the tank), and he spit a few streams of water up through the surface.
Now I'm completely gourami addicted. It was just too cool.  Why do they do that? | 
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May 26th, 2009
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| Some fish do that to knock insects out of the air so they can eat then 
They will also do this when they have eggs/fry in a bubble nest to keep them in the bubble nest
Carol | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| Very cool. I've never seen an anabantid spit before, although I've seen this behavior from SW puffers in the past. He must be very happy in your tank. Great job! | 
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May 26th, 2009
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| Sounds interesting! My gourami never does that. | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| That's really cute. Is there a female with him? | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| Love to see that charade! | |
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May 26th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Lucy  That's really cute. Is there a female with him? | No, he is the only one of his species! Thus why I was confused, because I didn't see any rogue bugs in my tank either, lol. | |
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May 26th, 2009
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|  I think I'd be sitting next to the tank with my camera hoping he'd do it again. lol | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| It would make a great Youtube vid!  | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| I know, right? So of course I sat there for like a half hour and he refused to do it again.  | |
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May 29th, 2009
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| One of mine have does all the time. He spits a stream out of the water up about 2 inches. I didnt think anything of it and thought it was normal because I see him on top of the tank building nests and spitting all the time. Next time I see him doing that I will be sure and try to record it.
Harry | |
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May 29th, 2009
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Originally Posted by haedra I know, right? So of course I sat there for like a half hour and he refused to do it again. | Patience my little grasshoper patience. | |
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May 29th, 2009
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| Hehe, my gourami does that too. Usually if there's any plant matter floating around he will squirt it onto the glass above the water line. Thanks to him, I have a crud filled corner of my tank, but at least it keeps the water clean. | |
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May 29th, 2009
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| neat! mine never did that. That would be so cool if you got a video of it | |
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June 4th, 2009
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| Mine does it at plant matter too, he does keep the plant matter in a nice corner.
I guess he's happy  | |
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June 10th, 2009
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| lol, and here I was running over here to report my DG doing the same thing and worrying if it was normal... | |
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June 10th, 2009
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Originally Posted by BettaGammaDelta lol, and here I was running over here to report my DG doing the same thing and worrying if it was normal... | Hehe. I did manage to get a video, here: Neptune cooperated with me. :) | |
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July 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| My dwarf gourami, Amadeo, does the same thing! It's so cool.
Thanks for sharing, here I thought I was the only one too! | |
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