eiginh

I love sparkling gourami! B/c they are tiny and have an amazing sparkling color as well as their dopey personality.

Please explain why as well (forgot to mention), it might even persuade another hobbyist to purchase that certain gourami.

harpua2002

Blue, gold, and opaline gourami are all the same species- trichogaster trichopterus.

I'm a big fan of pearl gourami and sparkling gourami.

HN1

Other. T.Pectoralis is one fish that I want to be able to keep.

Butterfly

Chocolate Gourami

capekate

All Gourami, in my opinion are beautiful fish with so many color variations.I have had many different types but the one kind of Gourami that I just fell in love with were the Honey Gourami, or sunset Honey Gourami. It just seemed that their personality was so much more calmer then some of the other types and I just think they are so darn cute..

HN1

Care should be taken whenever you read common names. "Sunset Honey Gourami" is usually a color variant of the colisa lalia. A real "Honey gourami" is colisa chuna. They are very different fish.

capekate

Thanks... well, when I look at the 'honey' Gourami... I just think they are the cutest little things... for myself.. it doesnt really matter whether they are in the family of colisa lalia or colisa chuna...

HN1

They are definately cute. So are a lot of fish. They are DIFFERENT fish though. They act differently and should be stocked differently. That's like saying all tetra are equal because they are in the Characin family.

capekate

Boy.. you sure are the argumentative type arent you? jesshh.. chill out ok?
So lets clarify...
I LOVE the honey Gourami.. they are so cute...
The Sunset Gourami is very cute too.. I also like them.
Now.. is that better for you?

Lucy

I like my Dwarf Gourami (I have no clue what the scientific name is, nor do I care )

Gouramiguy17

Honey gourami because of their peaceful and timid personalities. They add a nice splash of colour. They are bigger than guppies and platys but won't pick on them.

harpua2002

I agree. Common names tell us nothing.

It wasn't posted for the sake of being argumentative. It was posted for the sake of pointing out how different these fish are because a lot of people reading this post probably don't know. It isn't like the LFSs go out of their way to educate people about the fish they are purchasing, and even if they did it's probably inaccurate info.

We try to learn scientific names of fish when possible because common names tell us nothing. They vary even from LFS to LFS in many cases.

prairielilly

I've only kept dwarf gourami and honey gourami, but I think they're both adorable (colisa lalia and colisa chuna respectively, since we're getting all technical - pics here of the latter )

sirdarksol

Alright, folks... Let's drop the scientific name discussion. This wasn't a thread about "what species of gourami is most docile/aggressive/large/small/colorful/etc..." It was "what's your favorite?"
A "what's your favorite?" poll is something for fun... something to pass the time and learn everyone else's personal preferences. Nitpicky posts tearing apart another's choice of naming drag this kind of thread down. In a "what should I stock, given my current stock?" thread, that kind of info is more relevant.

For me, my favorite would have to be the blue gourami (aka three spot gourami), but that's probably because that's the only kind of gourami I've ever had.

eiginh

LOL!

Im not sure if I'm suppose to laugh or not but I'm sorry if I offend anyone.

My four sparkling gouramis are pretty funny, two would swim shortly together then the bigger one comes out of no where and chase them then stops and the other two would come back again lol. Like kids pestering a granny in her front porch yelling "get off my lawn!" While the ghost shrimps would be chilling and watching on the wisteria plants. The 2nd biggest gourami is just plain dopey and swims around checking out everything. He reminds me of my brother-in-law's cat named cougar.

harpua2002

Well apparently for some it's a bannable offense.

I should have also mentioned licorice gourami. If I had the time to dedicate to a really specialized setup for them, I think it would be a really interesting challenge.

Shawnie

Not that I know of

My fav are the 3 spot also...love their patterns ad adults

haedra

Well I am biased because I've only ever had one kind.. my powder blue dwarf gourami. But he is so interesting, I love him.

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