Pearl gouramies looking a bit odd.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:01 pm #303568
plesnerParticipantHi,
A friend of mine bought a group of pearl gouramies in what is probably the best place to buy fish in Copenhagen. According to the shop they’re bred in Denmark. When she came home with them and studied them in their tank, she thought that they did look somewhat odd. Though they look nowhere as awful as balloon pearl gouramies, they do look a bit short and high-bodied and the fins are quite extreme (especially in the males) for fish which sizewise shouldn’t quite be adults yet.
What is your opinion?
TIA,
Plesner
February 23, 2015 at 9:37 pm #354235
plesnerParticipantI just received a picture of yet another one of the pearl gouramies. Though it’s fairly small in this picture, it does look a lot worse than the other ones.
February 23, 2015 at 11:56 pm #354236
torsoParticipantthey look odd. here some pics of wild caught
http://www.igl-home.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6176
it’s a pity that selection leeds to these forms.
on the IGL-website I’ve read a remark: good news is, that this species resists all tentatives to breed colour forms. and now this
http://www.aquariumglaser.de/de/archiv.php?news_id=1288
cheers Charles
February 24, 2015 at 12:36 pm #354238
helschParticipantHi, –
those are actually my fish, – and thanks plesner for uploading.
I can confirm that the fish are odd indeed, – and in fact, I am not in doubt any longer, – they are simply not ‘natural’, they have been bred to look like this, – with a strong emphasis on lots of sparkling colours and extended fins, – short bodies.
It seems in this particular batch some of them are ‘worse’ than others, – some of them may look slightly as the normal ones. But theres one ‘freak’ fish, looking very little like a normal gurami in fact.
I just had to ask my fellow hobbyists if this could really be true, I had never expected this to happen when one went to an ordinary shop and wanted to buy ordinary pearl guramies.
I will most likely return them to the shop. Although in many ways they are pretty striking beatiful I hate the idea of having fish like that in my tank.
Thanks for any reply which can contribute to solving or understanding this problem
February 24, 2015 at 9:01 pm #354239
helschParticipantsorry
I dont seem to be able to put the photos right, – but heres just a few more better pictures. The large pearl in the back is my ‘old’ normal one
February 26, 2015 at 1:26 pm #354253
MattKeymasterShort-bodied pearl gouramis, whatever next?
February 26, 2015 at 7:30 pm #354259
oakenParticipantI recently saw short bodied Ctenopoma acutirostre. The funny thing is they go for a higher price than the normal ones. Apparently “short body fish” seems to be a big trend among “monster” fishkeepers.
February 26, 2015 at 10:46 pm #354261
helschParticipantWith these ‘pearls’ the thing is as plesner wrote – they look totally matured and fins and colours are as it would be in a very matured normal fish, but bodywise they look like ‘teenagers’ if anything.
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