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🙂 Thanks, Peter. I will be trying to breed them! OK, so if he could be p.spec blue line, with the strong red markings (at about 2 cm long), then what could my old male be? He has very rarely ever shown any colours other than blue. He’s fully grown at about 3-3.5cm long and even when he displayed for his mate he used to look pretty much the same as usual, just a little bit darker. He seems to have little white ‘tear drops’ in his caudal fin, rather than a strong line. He is the one I am trying to find a mate for, so I want to try to keep to the same sub-species.
Thank you Steff and Davy. Bartian, I’m aware that it is tricky to ID young fish, hence the following comment in my original post: “I am a total beginner when it comes to these fish, so am happy to have any guidance, even if it’s just to say that it’s impossible to ID them until they’re in breeding condition?” Thank you for your guidance pointing me towards past posts. I am sure you will be delighted to know that I have read through past posts (as I said I would in my original post) and was merely wondering whether the caudal fin and chunky shape could give any clue at all. No, I’m not offended by a reply saying it’s impossible to tell, but on the other hand it is nice to have some encouragement for people who have just started with liquorice gouramis, as too many people won’t actually care what type they have or bother to try to identify them. I was actually hoping to ID them in order to buy another pair or two, not wishing to create hybrids.
Anyway, thank you for your welcome to the project. I will be keeping an eye out for more liquorice gouramis and am sure I will be back for help with ID once my pair are older/in breeding condition/easily identifiable!
