Reply To: SOME MORE NEW FISH!!!!!
I picked up the chocolate gourami from the local shop, there were only two in the tank and the young lad did not have a clue as to what they were. Can you guess how much i paid ???? £2.50 each…now in my eyes that is the bargain of the century. I would love to breed them but ill have to source some more first and get a large group, apparently they are one of the hardest fish to breed and sexing is very difficult.
I have a book by Dr Herbert axelrod that was published in 1973, in this it describes in detail the only documented spawning of that time and comes complete with pictures. They are a mouth brooding anabatoid that requires very soft acidic warm water. There are one or two breeding reports on the net but none with pictures so they cannot be taken seriously. So despite searching for breeding details it seems that these lovely fish have never been or very rarely been spawned.
I will carry on doing my research until i find some more then i will start a project with them, until then i am just enjoying them in my discus tank.