Favourite anabatoids?

[datfish]

Just curious of what the favourite species of everyone here are.

Mine is of course my red tail giant gourami.
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My second choice would have to be the Kingsley Ctenopoma. Basically a giant Leopard Ctenopoma minus the spotting. And then sizing down much smaller, the licorice gourami would be my third choice.

[Boundava]

Looking forward to keeping the licorice gourami, sparkling gourami and the Valiant Chocolate/Samurai gourami in the future. I currently have some honey and pearls, and a banded/"giant" gourami and just love them. Also will be (hopefully-if available) adding some Betta imbellis, Betta mahachaiensis and Betta foerschi.


BTW your giant is absolutely stunning. He has to have such a great personality.

[datfish]

Looking forward to keeping the licorice gourami, sparkling gourami and the Valiant Chocolate/Samurai gourami in the future. I currently have some honey and pearls, and a banded/"giant" gourami and just love them. Also will be (hopefully-if available) adding some Betta imbellis, Betta mahachaiensis and Betta foerschi.


BTW your giant is absolutely stunning. He has to have such a great personality.

Oh true, the samurai gourami is stunning too! We have most of these species at my work, so I get to appreciate them without having to take them home. Which is good for my home life haha

Thanks! And no, he's actually terrified of me because a year ago he jumped out of the tank during maintenance and thinks I hurt him ��

[Silbar]

What is with everybody here posting FANTASTIC pics in the month where there is NO POTM???????

[datfish]

What is with everybody here posting FANTASTIC pics in the month where there is NO POTM???????

Second time called out for not using a picture for POTM, I really should enter...

Thanks!

[angelcraze2]

Second time called out for not using a picture for POTM, I really should enter...

Thanks!

Yes you should! But unfortunately POTM is cancelled for the month of October. November! Would love to see you enter :)
I've never kept an anabatoid fish :(

[Boundava]

Oh true, the samurai gourami is stunning too! We have most of these species at my work, so I get to appreciate them without having to take them home. Which is good for my home life haha

Thanks! And no, he's actually terrified of me because a year ago he jumped out of the tank during maintenance and thinks I hurt him ��

Wow, you work in a fish store, how fun. I haven't seen these guys locally-will have to order them online whenever I am set up for them.
Ouch-too bad with your beautiful giant, I hope you can try to tempt him by feeding him some treats, either from hand or tongs. I have my goldfish and other gouramis trained to come up to hand or tongs. Sister has a pea puffer and she knows us or tongs means num time. Sometimes she is disappointed as its only maintenance time Sometimes she is so disappointed (=MAD) she will try to bite the python... that's why her name is Diva.

[datfish]

Yes you should! But unfortunately POTM is cancelled for the month of October. November! Would love to see you enter :)
I've never kept an anabatoid fish :(

I will enter November.

That's genuinely impressive that you've never kept a betta.

[angelcraze2]

Impressive? No I don't think so lol. Pathetic is more like it. I actually just got my first guppy as a baby plant hitchhiker a few months ago lol. He's a tequila sunrise guppy in a sweeet planted 5.5g pad.

[datfish]

Wow, you work in a fish store, how fun. I haven't seen these guys locally-will have to order them online whenever I am set up for them.
Ouch-too bad with your beautiful giant, I hope you can try to tempt him by feeding him some treats, either from hand or tongs. I have my goldfish and other gouramis trained to come up to hand or tongs. Sister has a pea puffer and she knows us or tongs means num time. Sometimes she is disappointed as its only maintenance time Sometimes she is so disappointed (=MAD) she will try to bite the python... that's why her name is Diva.

I work at one of the biggest in Canada and spend all my paycheque there

He'll come take treats and food, but he still ducks away even if I walk by the bedroom. It's been slowly getting better, but it is frustrating that this fish has such good memory.

Puffers are such a good time, I always enjoy hearing stories about them!