Colu Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) Was reading an article on two newly described species of licorice gourami parosphromenus juelinae and parosphromenus kishii they are just stunning just been discovered and nearly extinct hopefully they can be saved Edited February 8, 2022 by Colu 1 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Pretty….. really like the top one. thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Ohhhh, how I'd love to keep and breed licorice gouramis. I think I would need an RO unit before I could tackle that project, though. My water is too alkaline. They are such beautiful fish, I hope they can be bred well in captivity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateGoldfish Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Wow, I am a goldfish nut and even I have to say those are stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 So many beautiful special of licorice gourami being discovered most are under threat from habitat loss hopefully they can be saved by captive breeding and protecting their habitat like parosphromenus phoenicurus 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaHomesAndGardens Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I have a new dream fish! I hope some day these gorgeous fish are returned to the numbers they should be! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 6:32 AM, Colu said: So many beautiful special of licorice gourami being discovered most are under threat from habitat loss hopefully they can be saved by captive breeding and protecting their habitat like parosphromenus phoenicurus Wow! I love the look of that. Beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) On 2/8/2022 at 3:59 PM, H.K.Luterman said: Wow! I love the look of that. Beautiful! I have been reading up on licorice gourami a large number of species are threaten with extinction due to drainage of there peat swamps so many beautiful special would be very popular in the hobby parosphromenus deissneri is more readily available in the hobby if anyone's keeping or breeding licorice gourami i would be interested in what species your keeping and any breeding success you have had Edited May 27, 2023 by Colu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) Their a Great website parosphromenus project lots of useful information Edited February 8, 2022 by Colu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Rae Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I just started keeping licorice gourami 3 weeks ago. I have 3 fish and had no idea how to sex them. They live in a blackwater tank with a lot of botanicals on the floor. One night, one of them lost all color and the stripes turned a really pale pinkish brown. It was hiding under the leaf litter and pods on the floor. I panicked, thought it was going to die. Turns out to be female reading to breed! The males' stripes turned black and their fins bright blue. They are extremely camera shy and still adjusting, so I gave them their privacy in hopes to encourage breeding. I have since added a cave. I must say, I am shocked that they have responded so well to their new home. They are not easy. They are super picky eaters and can hide really well. This picture really does not do justice to this beautiful fish. They absolutely shine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) On 2/12/2022 at 3:13 PM, Opal Rae said: I just started keeping licorice gourami 3 weeks ago. I have 3 fish and had no idea how to sex them. They live in a blackwater tank with a lot of botanicals on the floor. One night, one of them lost all color and the stripes turned a really pale pinkish brown. It was hiding under the leaf litter and pods on the floor. I panicked, thought it was going to die. Turns out to be female reading to breed! The males' stripes turned black and their fins bright blue. They are extremely camera shy and still adjusting, so I gave them their privacy in hopes to encourage breeding. I have since added a cave. I must say, I am shocked that they have responded so well to their new home. They are not easy. They are super picky eaters and can hide really well. This picture really does not do justice to this beautiful fish. They absolutely shine. what species of licorice gourami do you have Edited April 13, 2022 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Rae Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 11:19 AM, Colu said: It's what species of licorice gourami do you have They were sold to me as simply 'licorice gourami" by my LFS. I have really soft acidic water so when they came in the LFS called me - lucky me! Since they are new to me and not fish I was planning for, I have really just been focused on setting up their tank and providing them with the right foods. I will now dig deeper to figure just what species they are. I love them. They are very interesting fish and very different from my trichopsis pumila (sparkling gourami). Do you keep licorice gourami? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) On 2/12/2022 at 5:51 PM, Opal Rae said: They were sold to me as simply 'licorice gourami" by my LFS. I have really soft acidic water so when they came in the LFS called me - lucky me! Since they are new to me and not fish I was planning for, I have really just been focused on setting up their tank and providing them with the right foods. I will now dig deeper to figure just what species they are. I love them. They are very interesting fish and very different from my trichopsis pumila (sparkling gourami). Do you keep licorice gourami? It could be parosphromenus deissneri not at the moment but after going down the rabbit hole I will be getting some in the future am just reading up about the different species and water parameters they require at the moment Edited February 13, 2022 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) Just thought I would share some pictures of another beautiful species of licorice gourami Parosphromenus ornaticauda Edited June 17, 2022 by Colu 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Ooooh pretty! They have the same red rocket stripe on their tail as clown killis Epiplatys annulatus. I wonder if this is some form of cryptic camouflage or just a rebellious streak. ”It’s not a phase mom *ugh*” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 5:06 PM, Biotope Biologist said: Ooooh pretty! They have the same red rocket stripe on their tail as clown killis Epiplatys annulatus. I wonder if this is some form of cryptic camouflage or just a rebellious streak. ”It’s not a phase mom *ugh*” Looking at the pattern I think they would be very well camouflaged in the leaf litter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 7:38 PM, Colu said: Just thought I would share some pictures of another beautiful species of licorice gourami Parosphromenus ornaticauda ORD😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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