My Gourami Is All By Himself

[L u]

and he's staying all my himself. He's such a friendly little guy, the
way he looks at me. :) I don't think he cared for other fish, and I
don't want any gourami fights. Did you know these fish were so friendly?

[ExPat]

On Mar 14, 11:57*pm, (L u) wrote:
> and he's staying all my himself. He's such a friendly little guy, the
> way he looks at me. :) I don't think he cared for other fish, and I
> don't want any gourami fights. Did you know these fish were so friendly?

Some are some are not......Tynk mentioned she thought it was a dwarf.
I seem to think its a dwarf flame gourami. Dwarf flames have the back
half of them a bright orange or sunset orange color. and dwarf
gouramis are a bluish color, with lateral or horizontal lines of
reddish orange. They only get about 2 to 3 inches in size in an
aquarium.....and they do benefit from some veggie matter in there diet
as well.

[L u]

He IS a Dwarf. And he looks just like this photo.
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[Alpha]

It is a flame gourami, not a dwarf. You really have some bad advice and
info.

[L u]

A flame? I looked up photos of dwarfs, and they look like just like
mine. Now I'm gonna go take a look at pics of the Flame ones.

Thanks

[ExPat]

On Mar 16, 10:03*am, (L u) wrote:
> A flame? I looked up photos of dwarfs, and they look like just like
> mine. Now I'm gonna go take a look at pics of the Flame ones.
>
> Thanks

I second the "Its a Flame" not a dwarf.maybe a flame drawf, I dunno
but its definately a flame gourami. Wtih all the info you get form the
lfs your dealing with I have to wonder how they manage to stay in
business since they are so full of bad info. No its not just the few
on this gorups opinions either as what was stated here goes hand in
hand with what is published and accepted methods and process of fish
keeping.......now I need to see if there is a full sized gourani or is
the term drawrf Flame legit or yet another petshop missnomer...as
thats where I got the monicker of drawf flame......

[Alpha]

Oh, it is dwarf Colisa Lalia (prob. mispelled)...just not the variant Dwarf
Gourami which is a completely different coloration. This is a case where
dwarf does not mean size for one variant, and is implied in the Flame case.
When these flames were released to retail in ca. 1977, they were $30 EACH.

"ExPat" > wrote in message
...
On Mar 16, 10:03 am, (L u) wrote:
> A flame? I looked up photos of dwarfs, and they look like just like
> mine. Now I'm gonna go take a look at pics of the Flame ones.
>
> Thanks

I second the "Its a Flame" not a dwarf.maybe a flame drawf, I dunno
but its definately a flame gourami. Wtih all the info you get form the
lfs your dealing with I have to wonder how they manage to stay in
business since they are so full of bad info. No its not just the few
on this gorups opinions either as what was stated here goes hand in
hand with what is published and accepted methods and process of fish
keeping.......now I need to see if there is a full sized gourani or is
the term drawrf Flame legit or yet another petshop missnomer...as
thats where I got the monicker of drawf flame......

[ExPat]

On Mar 16, 7:03*pm, "Alpha" > wrote:
> Oh, it is dwarf Colisa Lalia (prob. mispelled)...just not the variant Dwarf
> Gourami which is a completely different coloration. *This is a case where
> dwarf does not mean size for one variant, and is implied in the Flame case..
> When these flames were released to retail in ca. 1977, they were $30 EACH.
>
> "ExPat" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Mar 16, 10:03 am, (L u) wrote:
>
> > A flame? I looked up photos of dwarfs, and they look like just like
> > mine. Now I'm gonna go take a look at pics of the Flame ones.
>
> > Thanks
>
> I second the "Its a Flame" not a dwarf.maybe a flame drawf, I dunno
> but its definately a flame gourami. Wtih all the info you get form the
> lfs your dealing with I have to wonder how they manage to stay in
> business since they are so full of bad info. No its *not just the few
> on this gorups opinions either as what was stated here goes hand in
> hand with what is published and accepted methods and process of fish
> keeping.......now I need to see if there is a full sized gourani or is
> the term drawrf Flame legit or yet another petshop missnomer...as
> thats where I got the monicker of drawf flame......

Ok thanks.........so its a "true" dwarf then..........
There is another gourami that looks a lot like the flame also. I just
seen one today and for the life of me can not recall its name.

[Alpha]

"ExPat" > wrote in message
...
On Mar 16, 7:03 pm, "Alpha" > wrote:
> Oh, it is dwarf Colisa Lalia (prob. mispelled)...just not the variant
> Dwarf
> Gourami which is a completely different coloration. This is a case where
> dwarf does not mean size for one variant, and is implied in the Flame
> case.
> When these flames were released to retail in ca. 1977, they were $30 EACH.
>
> "ExPat" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Mar 16, 10:03 am, (L u) wrote:
>
> > A flame? I looked up photos of dwarfs, and they look like just like
> > mine. Now I'm gonna go take a look at pics of the Flame ones.
>
> > Thanks
>
> I second the "Its a Flame" not a dwarf.maybe a flame drawf, I dunno
> but its definately a flame gourami. Wtih all the info you get form the
> lfs your dealing with I have to wonder how they manage to stay in
> business since they are so full of bad info. No its not just the few
> on this gorups opinions either as what was stated here goes hand in
> hand with what is published and accepted methods and process of fish
> keeping.......now I need to see if there is a full sized gourani or is
> the term drawrf Flame legit or yet another petshop missnomer...as
> thats where I got the monicker of drawf flame......

>Ok thanks.........so its a "true" dwarf then..........
>There is another gourami that looks a lot like the flame also. I just
s>een one today and for the life of me can not recall its name.


For once Wiki is pretty good: see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_gourami

[L u]

My Gourami looks just like that pic, except for the stripes. He's cuter
than cute!

[Alpha]

"L u" > wrote in message
...
> My Gourami looks just like that pic, except for the stripes. He's cuter
> than cute!
>

Did you scroll down? Your gourami is pictured at the bottom of the page. I
suspect you do not have a flame after all, but the so-called neon-red which
is far, far less impressive in color than the flame.