there are 3 variations of the blue gourami..what are they ??

[Bubble_B0y]

there is the blue gourami
there is the gold gourami

they both have spots

what colour is the other variation ??

 

[Fluff]

There is the opaline gourami that looks like the other two you mentioned. Is that what you are looking for?

 

[Bubble_B0y]

yes

what colour is opaline

 

[Fluff]

It's a blue like the three spot, but has dark patches instead of spots. Here are a few examples.

http://www.fish2u.com/fish2u/regopgour.html
http://www.petresources.net/fish/anaban/tri_tri.html
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/bluegour.htm
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=958

 

[lmw80]

yes, opaline is the other color variation. Very pretty.

 

[Bubble_B0y]

thank-you !!

 

[Fruitbat]

The Opaline is a man-made strain developed by a fellow in Fort Worth, Texas a few decades ago. It is also sometimes called the 'Cosby' strain.

-Joe

 

[RoK]

There are actually some other color strains now. Platinum and lavender are 2 others.

 

[virus]

neon is cool too

 

[rich311k]

Did they really all come from the 3 spot gourami? Which you can not even find any more.

 

[willowthepoet]

there are also albino ones!

 

[Feeding_Frenzy]

Regular

Opaline

Gold

Gold Opaline

 

[Bubble_B0y]

THANK-YOU !!
I can see the differences !!

Regular

Opaline

Gold

Gold Opaline

 

[Feeding_Frenzy]

lol theres 4 variations

 

[Bubble_B0y]

tell me if I got this right.....

FEMALE

MALE

both female

MALE

 

[Bubble_B0y]

lol theres 4 variations

what about .......

There are actually some other color strains now. Platinum and lavender are 2 others.

neon is cool too

there are also albino ones!

are these part of the same species too ??

 

[Feeding_Frenzy]

MALE

FEMALE

use this as a guideline...thingy

 

[Bubble_B0y]

MALE

FEMALE

use this as a guideline...thingy

THANKS !!

 

[Feeding_Frenzy]

lol i stand corrected

 

[bosk1]

Forgive the stupid question, but are the lavenders...well...really lavender? I haven't seen that variety before.