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For some reason I have difficulty photographing these it could be that their bodies reflect the light and often come out over exposed.

Also they never seen to stay still.

Photo No1 bottom RH corner note a small piece of banana that went in just over one hour.

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Photo No2

I think I managed to get them all in this photo.


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nice pics!!

I thought you only had 8 gouramis?

nice pics keith. heheh thats alot of gouramis. they almost look blue but i suppose opalines are just a lighter blue then blue gouramis with outhe agression.

great pics keither thanks. was dieing to see how nice yours looked i use your fish as a prime example of what fish SHOULD look like when healthy and happy.

i've heard that opalines are a subspecies of the blue gourami, but i've also heard that they are a different color variant either way, the only opalines i've ever had were completely aggressive fish and killed several of my other fish before i got rid of them

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blue gouramis are opalines......

victimizati0n

I know this book is old "handbook of tropical fishes" dr herbert r. axelrod & dr leonard p. schults
published 1971

Three-spot or Blue Gourami / Trichogaster trichopterus.

A variety of this fishfrom Sumatra with a hazy coat of whitish blue, which has caused it to be nicknamed "Blue gourami"


exotic aquarium fishes by Dr Wiliam T. Innis 1966 ???

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The opaline or Cosby Gourami Trichogaster trichopterus showed up origionally as a "sport" in a brood of Blue Gouramis.

Where I buy my Opalines they have the three varieties
three/two spot, blue, and oplaine.
There is a distanct difference in colour and size. The only reason I bought them was, they are very hardy and extremly peacefull.

Note I only have males but ther could be one FM there.


Keith

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