lili70

What kind ?
Dwarf, cobalt blue, boys or girls ?
I bought them from an "assorted tank of dwarf gourami" at Big AL.
Please, experts advice !
Thank you.
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bmxer193

a pretty one! lol ,sry I dont know

lili70

Thanks!
They are just babies. I know it's hard to tell ....

Oblivion

in the first 3 pics, it looks like neon blue maybe? and the third pic a turquoise

lili70

Are they dwarfs ?! I just bought a 20g for them and ..... I don't think I'll get a bigger one ...
Please, say dwarf !

Kevin

yes, they are dwarfs...right now, it looks like they are both neon blues...but the 2nd pic shows orange stripes...but they are definently dwarfs

martynmarion

I agree w/kevin- they look like neon blue dwarfs

swords3711

they r dwarfs
they r also both males cuz of the colors
the females are gray, careful, the males r territorial
we never really had luck wit them even tho they r beautiful fish

lili70

It says that the dorsal fin is rounded in girls .... but these all have it rounded not pointed. Or they are too little to tell.
Anyway, there are 3 of them, 2 with stripes and one blue.
When I choose the blue one from the "assorted tank" (crazy idea to sell assorted fishes like kandy) there were males in there with a bump on head and visible nice orange stripes. So, I assumed that one was a girls.
With the other 2, later on, I looked not to have the bump on the head. The ones I could tell that were males had more colorufull stripes but they were bigger. So, the girls don't have stripes at all ?I'll keep you posted if I can figure it out. No agression so far ....
Thanks. At least they are dwarfs.

lili70

One of the little ones (with stripes) is pecking on the blue-big ones chest. It's kind of following her/him around.
I assume that's a male :



Well, I hope the other one is a girl ...

swords3711

they are both males and they are territorial so be careful they will fight with each other sometimes

wolfman21

Those are Powder Blue Dwarf Gouramis. Their coloration looks to be female, but that could be the camera and tank lighting playing tricks. If they are agressive and terrotorial then they are most likely males.

lili70

Thanks for reply.
The color looks better in the pics than reality.
They kind of play-chase like neons do, nothing like betta-girls kind of chase.
The 2 little ones dance together (like chasing eachother tail) and then they kiss several times. Interesting to watch.
I don't know about territorial .... every little fish seems to have his own place in the tank.
Thank you.
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jack11

I agree, in my tank i have a mlae and then 2 which look like urs that i bought from my LFS as females, so i think u may have females there.

lili70

The little GIRL




And, maybe a little BOY ?



The big girl and little girl eating together:





The big GIRL


Right ?

fordtrannyman

lili70
the last set of pics of your Colisa lalia
It looks like you do have them sexed correctly. Another way of sexing by their dorsal fin
is to look at the length of it when they are relaxed. When it is not all flared and pointy, the length of the male will actually pass the point where the anal fin starts.
The female will fall short of the anal.

lili70

Thank you. The little girl is having a hard time being under the watch of both little male and big female. I tried to separate her ... she is going mental without her friends (they spent too much time together already). We'll see ... I am keeping an eye on her.
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guppy07

is that a cory in with the gouramis? what type of cory is it.

And if I am wrong what is it. It looks awesome!

jsalemi

No, that looks like a loach, maybe a dwarf or yo-yo loach.

lili70

Yo-Yo loach it is ! Very nice fishes ! I would recomend them anytime.


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Kevin

angelicus botia (loaches) are also really nice...so cute and playful

lili70

On the label it was "Botia almorhae=yo-yo loach" but I don't know .....