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Posted 11/13/2011 4:55:50 PM
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Hey,

  This may be a bit foolish but do all female dwarf gouramis have bland coloring?  I just read that about neon gouramis.  I have three flame gouramis, a couple that recently became really fat.  I had the impression that I had a male with two females. My male was even spitting water at the top of my tank and there seemed to be the start of a bubble nest.  But they all have a deep orange color.  So, now I'm wondering if I was just seeing what I wanted to see.  Any thoughts?

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Posted 11/14/2011 1:37:28 PM


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hard to say. can you post some pics to get a better looksee?

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I'm now expert, but if memory serves me right.  On males the dorsal fin and tail fins are very pointed, sometimes having a short pointed tip on them as well.  The females dorsal and tail fins are not pointed, but rounded with no point what so ever.  Once you've seen a male, and then a female. you'll always be able to tell, as supposedly it's the same with all Gourami's.

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