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Post  MRTom 2013-11-28, 14:37

I got lucky with my fish tank morning picture in the gallery, so I figured I'd keep taking pictures. My sparkling gouramis were around playing, so here you go...

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Post  PokeSephiroth 2013-11-28, 14:45

They look amazing, MRTom!! Very Happy Are those the ones I caught out of the overstock tank? They've colored up so beautifully since then!
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Post  dwarfpike 2013-11-28, 15:20

Awesomesauce!!!! One of my fav non-cichlid fish. A large group in a dark tanin tank is stunning.
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Post  fishNAbowl 2013-11-28, 15:30

Spot On Very nice photos!
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Post  MRTom 2013-11-28, 15:32

Thanks!

Poke, some of them are, I found a few more elsewhere and they all got together nicely. I am pretty sure the solid stripe one I got from you in the overstock tank Smile
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Post  KaraWolf 2013-11-29, 01:20

Beautiful tiny guys!! XD
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Post  cichlid-gal 2013-11-29, 07:42

Great pics Tom and beautiful fish. Nice job on your tank setup also.
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Post  MRTom 2014-01-19, 04:49

So it turns out that one of my "sparkling gouramis" was actually a croaking gourami! I've since added a few more croaking gouramis (I'll be separating them soon before they try breeding), and the croaks are a lot of fun to hear! Since a lot of folks have been asking about the croaking, I figured I'd share more details.

In the pic below, the fish on the top left is a croaking ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]) gourami. The other two are sparkling ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]) gouramis. Note the solid vs broken top line. The croaking also has a third bottom line that seems to come and go with mood (I've only spotted it once on mine).
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I'm too lazy to record and post a video of the croaking, but here is a video from youtube of what they sound like (go to 32 and 39 seconds).
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Post  PokeSephiroth 2014-01-19, 04:55

Very neat discover, MRTom!! I was shocked when you said CROAKING Gourami, at the swap last night, I thought you were joking at first hahaha!!! Smile
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Post  MikeB 2014-01-19, 06:30

super cool, I wonder what my dart frogs would think.. competition time? hehe

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Post  cichlid-gal 2014-01-19, 08:40

I wonder what a tank full of those guys would sound like? Do your "few more" keep the beat going Tom?
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Post  dwarfpike 2014-01-19, 13:40

FYI ... the third member of the genus is known as the purring gourami.
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Post  MRTom 2014-01-19, 14:17

MikeB wrote:super cool, I wonder what my dart frogs would think.. competition time? hehe
Frog1: "You hear that?"
Frog2: "Dinner time!"

dwarfpike wrote:FYI ... the third member of the genus is known as the purring gourami.
Frog3: "Man... the cat got there first."

cichlid-gal wrote:I wonder what a tank full of those guys would sound like?  Do your "few more" keep the beat going Tom?
Not quite a beat, just a sporadic, "hey, what's that noise?" kind of thing. A big tank full of these would be awesome!
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