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how come there are no female dwarf gouramis (blue or red) in LAS VEGAS area? none of the shops i go to have the females, all males?!?! and i just bought a powder blue gouramis (WOW) and searching for his mate...

is there some kind of regulation on importing female dwrafs into LAS VEGAS? anybody else have the same problem?

Its probably just because theyre small and silver and they dont sell well. Shops pandering to the wants of the masses again most likely.

Female Dwarf Gourami aren't colourful & so only a few LFS stock them, as they don't sell much.



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Like the posts before me, females are not very colorful. They look like males both in shape, apoxamate size, and color patern, but the females are extremely dull.


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Last edited by Racso at 30-Sep-2005 06:48

It's not just the las vegas area it's all over. Females are smaller, much less colorful and more drab than their male counterparts and thus, do not sell well at all.

There is also the notion that the LFS doesn’t want people to breed them so they can keep on selling new ones, but I find this ridiculous.

The sell males and females of many other species that are way more expensive than Gouramies.

But then again, maybe these guys (compared to the more expensive fish) breed rather easy in the home aquarium (I don’t know).

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i doubt its because they breed easily, otherwise they would not sell all the cichlids, and livebearers...

female bettas are kinda ugly too, well not as brilliant as the males, and they still sell them... i just bought the neon blue dwarf, and it costs me $8, so i want a female to keep him companied... too bad...

Green, just ask your favorite fish store
if they could order in a pair of female dwarf gouramis for you.
Most fish stores will honor special requests, espescially if you are a repeat customer.


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If you want to breed the Dwarf Gourami, you must get 2 females for each male.


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i dont really need to breed them, but i read that it'll make the male happier if theres a female... well, i'll call the lfs now...

k, just called, one say their distributors dont sell them at all, one say they dont know, one say they carry them in the store as assorted both females and males... but they are so far away.... and i think i might be overstocking my tank if i get the female.... hmmm lets see how the male does on his own first...

Last edited by greenfootball at 30-Sep-2005 18:09

most of the good lfs around us stock both but will only sell them as pairs.

green, dont worry terribly if you cant track one down for awhile. Male dwarf gouramis are often very happy all by themselves, and will even still build bubblenests!
They dont technically need a female to be around, but you could always keep an eye out for one in the future!
Took me a year to find some, and I bought 2, but they both had camallanus worms ]:|]:| and eventually developed other problems and after multiplicities of treatments had to be put down. Keep looking! Dont give up the hope! And continue to drop the hint whenever you are in fish stores. After awhile if they see them on the list, they will remember someone mentioning them and order some!


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