Zodiac007

Which do you prefer and why?

I'm trying to choose to get 3 blue gouramis and 2 pearl gouramis or 3 pearl gouramis and 2 blue gouramis. 3 will be 1 male 2 females and 2 will be 1 male 1 female. it's hard to decide because they are both beautiful.

CWO4GUNNER

I like the male Dwarf Neon Blue myself, at least that is what they called it at the LFS. Too bad they stay so small and you cant have a school of males in the aquarium as they look awesome in groups. Although that never stopped the LFS. Mine one and only here.

agabr123

pearl they're more peaceful and i love the way they look

CoryMac

pearl gourami!!

Corycat5

Neon Blue and you could also get a red gourami so they would look cool together

AlyeskaGirl

I have a Pearl Gourmai and he is peaceful.

DE88ROX

Im partial to the Pearl scine I have one.

very peaceful fish. leaves everyone else alone. Plus he looks great!

platy ben

I have both, i have 4 pearls and 1 blue/opaline.
Pearls really need to be kept in a male and female pair or alone if you are getting less than the recommended 5+ for a peaceful group, but then again, opaline gouramis dont do well in groups and it is often hard to find a pair that will get along.
For colour i would go with opaline gouramis but for peacefulness, (is that a word?) i would go with pearls