Gouramiguy17

Are paradise fish really a gourami because to me they seem more cichlid

Lucy

They're grouped in with gouramis because they're labyrinth fish. Def. not a cichlid.

Butterfly

They also spawn and perform fry care like gourami.
carol

Gouramiguy17

in my opinion they act and sorta look like cichlids to me

im probably a little bit predujust because the ppl at my LFS said they were peaceful and would get along with all the fish in my tank,they didn't! they killed 2 guppys, one of my 3 spots,and broke my the others feeler and tore up his fins . she was on a rampage until my catfish took care of her
she caused a bit of trouble that night

eiginh

Wow, seems like a really aggressive fish you have. I think I read on one of the threads here or a googled article that sparkling gouramis are not compatible with fish that have unique long tails. Are there enough hiding areas for your gourami?

Fish_wise_man

Awe I couldn't vote for my favourite gourami. The Lavender Gourami you didn't add it in

But they are my favourite I am waiting for a giant gourami to come in for my big tank. It's the Giant Gourami!! Although I am going to be getting it as a young one, so I can watch it grow for many years! Although I just ordered it a month ago, so I guess they must be quarantining and taking parasites out or what so ever. I am getting them directly as wild caught from Southern Asia, like Indonesia, Indochina, India, and Thailand.

Although I just ordered two. But they are EXPENSIVE!

So the Giant Gourami is my second favorite!

Lucy

Is that wise? How large is your tank?
IMO, these fish should stay in the wild or an Aquarium (not home Aquarium)

Fish_wise_man

I've heard of people having those in their tanks. Like LARGE tanks. The Toronto Zoo I've been to before a LONG time ago housed a giant gourami. And largest tank I have is the 500 gallons.

Although I ordered one for my friend whose tank is way bigger than mine. About 2,500 gallons (US)

MissMTS

My favorites are the honey dwarf gouramis, sparkling gouramis, and honey dwarf gouramis I have only owned the Honey Dwarf Gouramis, but I hopefully want to try keeping the other two sometime soon. I have been wanting to add a pearl gourami to my 70 gallon planted tank, and hopefully I will be able to try keeping the sparkling gouramis once I have the money to set up my other 10 gallon

dking271

My favorite would be a Chocolate Gourami, followed closely by Pearls. IMO, Pearls with their spawning colors showing are one of the prettiest FW fish.

eiginh

Oh sorry, but I thought the Lavender gourami is also known as the Opaline gourami which is one of the voting options.

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Trich...r_trichopterus

ToxicChloe

my favorite is the dwarf gourami. I have a powder blue one. This is also the only one I've ever had. I think all gouramis are very pretty. I just like the dwarfs because they stay small

rebeccmh

I like the Pearl Gouramis and Sparkling Gouramis. For future tank ideas, I'd like to get some sparkling They are a great size for smaller tanks and I love their colors with the sparkles!

eiginh

Yes, they really have great colors that stand out. They also look like they have tiny noses, they're cool fish

dee31

pearls are the best ive got 2 and they are very peacefull...

ChelseaB

I have a gold gourami, and he's doing very well in my community tank.

small_fry

i like the gold, but they are all really nice, so graceful in the water...

Time

Dwarf Gourami is now tied with Sparkling Gourami. You can thank me later DG lovers. I like dwarf gourami because of their size. I like small fish.