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	ID Gourami for me please
silver fern Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-May-2005	it seems to be a female as the males have long dorsel fin but as everyone else says it it hard to tell from the photos
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	They do tend to, but females also have rounded fins, whereas male gourami dorsal fins have pointed tips. Again, it is difficult to tell from the photo, but the fin does not look pointed to me. I have seen quite a few female blue gouramis with somewhat long fins, but they are still all rounded off at the tip. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	blue gourami.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
niko001 Hobbyist Posts: 71 Kudos: 54 Votes: 8 Registered: 02-Mar-2005	I do agree with HCA. It seems to be a male three spot gourami. Females tend to have smaller fins than males
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
hca Fish Addict Posts: 783 Kudos: 434 Votes: 211 Registered: 06-Mar-2004	The dorsal fin looks pointed to me- i vote male 2 spot gourami.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	yup..its opaline gourami.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Looks like some type of "blue" gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus. There are many color variations of this fish, and it looks like you have a blue one tinged with a bit of gold. For sex, that's a little tougher to tell. I wish there was a good close-up picture of the dorsal fin, since that's the most telling difference between genders here. I'm going to say female, but again, it's a little hard to see. Hope that helps you out, and welcome to Fish Profiles! And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
RedFF7_XIII Small Fry Posts: 6 Kudos: 8 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-May-2005	It is a golden gourami, here is the fishprofiles link. http://fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/bluegourami.xml It appears to be a female, because of the rounded dorsal fin, but it may be hard to tell at a young age.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
gartenzwerfe Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	Looking at the pics, it's hard to tell the sex of your gourami. Breed is easy though. It's a gold/blue/opaline/3 spot/2 spot... they're all one in the same, just color morphs. Try getting a closet, cleaner shot of the dorsal fin and we'll see what we can do ><>Dani<><
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Torc Small Fry Posts: 7 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-May-2005	Ack sorry I posted it in the wrong area. Thank you mods for moving it to the correct area.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Azizza Mega Fish Posts: 1134 Kudos: 713 Votes: 0 Registered: 09-Mar-2003	Well in any of our tanks we would call it dead. You do know you posted in the Marine thread right? Maybe a mod can Threadapult this over to the FW section
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