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Just wanted to post some pics of my new sparkling gourami. I find them to be quite peaceful, graceful, fun to watch and even intelligent. I'm amazed that these fish aren't suggested more often as small tank inhabitants. They have very similar personalities to bettas and come from very similar conditions in the wild to bettas, 'cept they're much smaller and much more peaceful. Anyway, on to the pics

They spend a fair amount of time at the surface:





But also like to poke in and out of the plants, "hunting":





Finally, they seem to LOVE floating cover, swimming in and out of the floating root systems:



enjoy!

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nice pictures.

they are so small

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Thanks, they really are small. Which is a big part of why they're great fish - just poking in and around the plants and DW etc. I could probably fit more than the 7 I have in my tank easily.

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Those are great pictures! I love these little guys, and had 8 of them in my 30 gallon tank. They didn't school, per se, but they do like to hang out together, and they often pick out a favorite spot. I love the blue, blue eyes...

Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...

I love the blue, blue eyes...

No matter how the light strikes them that's their most striking feature.

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Very nice, I love the second and last shots!

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those are some vibrant eyes! love the pics.

*Chelle*
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I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...

Thanks

I'm also coming to realize why they're called dwarf "croaking" gourami Every night after lights out the croak, they sound like little frogs. I've heard that means they're either excited or in a breeding mood - either way it's a good thing.

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cool fish now i want them no fare nice pics

For anyone interested, there are more pics at the bottom of this page. Don't want to double post.

They've colored up really nice after being fed some high quality food, taken on a reddish brown color, along with bluish-green hints.

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your links not workin...

*Chelle*
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I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...

Whoops, sorry about that. It isn't linking properly. Anyway, they're on one of the last two pages of my log in planted forum, if interested.

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