GIANT gouramis

[Loulou]

i know they hide but you can do alot better on the pic's,lol i've seen your pic's.you r good at it!!!!!!

Thank you for the compliment, my friend Well, as soon as I find an opportunity, I'll try to get a decent shot at them

 

[Yanbbrox]

Substrate in Pictures later, the pleco won't come out from underneath the filter so can't quite finish it.

I didn't realize I was putting my somewhat small reputation on the line, I hope I'm right and haven't got your hopes up for nothing Lou.

This is the shot that sealed the deal for me:

Thanks for saving me the time with this one lou


The dark band behind the gills it the elephant ear thing hence the name, the mouth is also a give away.

Seeing as I'm already out there I'll set myself up for an even bigger fall: Top picture female, bottom male
I would like apologize in advance in case I'm wrong

 

[zix]

here are my 3 beasts, sory about glass

 

[Loulou]

No need to apologise - we are all here to learn, be it by trial and error!

Anyway, more crappy pictures to (hopefully) assist in the identification process... I've tried to focus more on the spots... sadly, these pictures show the poor condition of the fish... I believe the dwarves that were sharing their tank at the LFS were beating them...

 

[Loulou]

here are my 3 beasts, sory about glass

They are sweet!

 

[Yanbbrox]

If the are exodons then they will be fine, when George was growing up he tore his fins all the time, good treatment and they should make a good recovery, I treated the damaged fins with waterlife myzaxin if that helps

If you want to know for sure if they are pm fugupuff, aka Wes, if it's rare he's the guy to ask.

 

[Yanbbrox]

here are my 3 beasts, sory about glass

Nice

 

[Loulou]

If the are exodons then they will be fine, when George was growing up he tore his fins all the time, good treatment and they should make a good recovery, I treated the damaged fins with waterlife myzaxin if that helps

If you want to know for sure if they are pm fugupuff, aka Wes, if it's rare he's the guy to ask.

I will wait and see how they grow up... if they are really GGs, we'll know soon enough

 

[Tequila]

No need to apologise - we are all here to learn, be it by trial and error!

Anyway, more crappy pictures to (hopefully) assist in the identification process... I've tried to focus more on the spots... sadly, these pictures show the poor condition of the fish... I believe the dwarves that were sharing their tank at the LFS were beating them...

Looking at the photos of Lou fish in post #1015 especially the bottom photo, I think Yanbbrox is wrong. Looking at the set of photos Lou posted #1006 from the web. I have to say that your gourami is a RTGG. That fish looks very much like my smallest female RTGG, when I purchased it. She was skiddish and shy and she been pretty banged up from larger fish in the holding tank. That and she leaped out of the tank and landed some feet away on the floor when the sales person tried to catch her.

 

[Loulou]

Looking at the photos of Lou fish in post #1015 especially the bottom photo, I think Yanbbrox is wrong. Looking at the set of photos Lou posted #1006 from the web. I have to say that your gourami is a RTGG. That fish looks very much like my smallest female RTGG, when I purchased it. She was skiddish and shy and she been pretty banged up from larger fish in the holding tank. That and she leaped out of the tank and landed some feet away on the floor when the sales person tried to catch her.

Having spent some time looking at my two gouramis hiding behind the filter and looking at the picture of a baby RTGG (Osphronemus laticlavius), I tend to agree with brother Tequila here... most probably, I've got 2 females RTGGs (both have round dorsal fins and show hints of red in the caudal fins).