GIANT gouramis

[Tequila]

It is indeed. It is my GG that I have had for 15 years. Have not seen its coloration before, anywhere. Always thought it was a wild caught RTGG. But comparing to real RTGG seems less likely. It has the MFK community stumped, so they have summoned your vast and infinite knowledge to shed some light on the situation. ummm, Oh Great One? ( ok, I am new here, so I am not sure if I am suppose to kneel, or kiss your ring or something):j/k: But any info you can share would be most helpful. All info and history and pic are posted a few pages back by me with the subsequent analysis by others. Many thanks.

Guess I'll have too go through the mounds of stuff posted and get back too you on this. Though from what little bit I've seen, I think it's a really simple answer - one you and everyone else may not like or agree with either.

As for the Kneeling and Kissing part all can apply, but the sending of a large and expensive bottle of Tequila always works best.

 

[piggy67]

 

[Flying Fox]

Fair enough. I defer to your knowledge. I have searched for years for anything even remotely close that can help me identify and came up empty. Maybe I have been looking in the wrong places. A hybrid is possible. If it is, with what would be the question.

 

[Tequila]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the only photos I see of this GG are in Posts #3413 & #3414, and both are the same shot just ones larger than the other. Pls post a few more photo and if need be shoot WITHOUT a Flash, Digital camera will make more of the corrections in the camera at time of exposure. However many digital cameras suck at estimating what is going to happen too the coloration when the flash goes off. PHS Digitals are some of the best for shooting stuff without a flash, just make sure that the auto flash is off. You can also try upping the ISO rating say from 50 too ISO 400 to help with the camera shake. I'm looking for coloration so the pic doesn't need too be sharp. We already know its a slow growing male.

 

[gtgg]

Up for adoption: Tom (RTGG) about 12 inches. Free to a good home. Need to have a big tank with friendly tank mates.

PorkChop has been beating up Tom for awhile. It got too crazy and had to remove Tom to my smaller tank. Tom is currently recovering and looking for a new home.

If any GG lover is interested, please pm me

 

[Yanbbrox]

Up for adoption: Tom (RTGG) about 12 inches. Free to a good home. Need to have a big tank with friendly tank mates.

PorkChop has been beating up Tom for awhile. It got too crazy and had to remove Tom to my smaller tank. Tom is currently recovering and looking for a new home.

If any GG lover is interested, please pm me

Not going to say I told you so(because I don;t think I did ), they just never seem to get on, a gg community tank must need to be so huge. Sorry to read about the troubles:

Post in the market place, careful follow the rules or the thread will get deleted, big MFK area near you so hopefully someone will pick him up.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=37


I've been there with George and Georgina, didn't work, moved her to grow out worked for two weeks, then moved her back, he beat her up so bad that I didn't think she would make it one day out of nothing, nursed her back to health but had to let her move on to someone else. Sucks but you've got the fishes interests at heart.

Master T had 4 in a, I think and don't quote me on this. a 180g tank when they were all small, plenty of space but once they grew into monsters it just never worked, the males would always fight and all hell would erupt.

Still could be worse, planning on an arrow/gg tank in the not so distant future

 

[Flying Fox]

Will try to make more pics this weekend. I am in the process of moving some fish around in my 250gl. My RTGG only has a V. Synspillum and Syndontis cat as tankmates at the moment in a 150gl. But , true to form, once my Syn. reached around 6", she was no longer welcome in the tank. So out she will go to my 250gl. Fortunately, because of the RTGG poor swimming skills, most fish can get away from him unharmed for a bit, but that doesn't make him any less angry . He can move surprisingly fast in a short distant (more of a lurch), he just can't chase anything down. So it's a ticking time bomb in there until I can get her out, because if there is one thing I have learned over the years with him is he eventually catches them. He does this whole routine of everything is cool, you can swim closer and them BAM, he jumps them. Very sneaky and calculating . He has only flat out killed about three fish as an adult, but seriously hurt many. It usually happens to tank mates around 5-6". Doesn't matter if they grew up in there with him or not. I would like to put him the 250gl, just can't trust him not wreak havoc on everyone .

 

[Flying Fox]

BTW, that is a pic of my Synspillum as my avatar. She grew up quite nice. Hate to see her mangled by the RTGG .

 

[Egon]

Guess I'll have too go through the mounds of stuff posted and get back too you on this. Though from what little bit I've seen, I think it's a really simple answer - one you and everyone else may not like or agree with either.

There should be a GG section in "Other Monster Fish" area.

Mods, please add a GG section here....

Thank you

 

[piggy67]

Im thinking about relocating cornelius to piggy's tank today, he will prolly get beat up as piggy is 3x his size but you just never know with these crazy fish. Cornelius has healed very well and should be healthy enough to go in with piggy(if piggy allows it). This might not be pretty but cornelius still has plenty of room in the 125 if i have to put him back..I'll probably chicken out tho....lol...i really dont want to stress either fish or piggy's african tankmates..(which might be sold off soon)..