What Color Is She?

[Brightestdai]

Never seen this coloring in an opaline gourami before, any ideas?

 

[Ruskull]

Very nice coloring, looks like a Lavender Three Spot Gourami in the startled state where they flash the contrast.

 

[Brightestdai]

She's very shy right now, I've only had her 3 days. And thank you

 

[Ruskull]

Lavender is a semi rare color of the Three Spot Gouramis.  Another semi rare one is Platinum Gouramis.

 

[Brightestdai]

So what are the rare ones?

 

[Ruskull]

Lavender and Platinum, at least around me they are! I've only seen the platinum at one local store, never seen the lavender avail.

 

[frapadoodle]

Better than me, only seen platinum and lavender in others tanks around the web.
But opalines don't seem popular round here.

 

[Paradise3]

I've seen practically all colours of Trichogaster gourami XD Opaline, Gold, Lavender, Platinum... Plus some. They are the most popular gourami round me despite Opalines sometimes getting territorial with other fish lol.

 

[Shelster]

Lovely looking fish

 

[Ruskull]

Yup, one of the best patterns I've ever seen on an Opaline color variant.  Take good care of her.................
 
You should try to take a crisper picture & enter her in the Fish of the Month competition on this site,

 

[frapadoodle]

+1 she'd get my vote.

 

[Brightestdai]

Thanks I will take great care of her! She's doing much better in the tank, and is now accepted into the "girls group"

Free-Bee, Solè and Tigra

 

[Metka]

Very nice colouring! Should you ever want/need to pass her on, gimme a shout

 

[Ruskull]

The tank looks very clean, she's a lucky fish.  I also noticed you only have females, another very smart fish keeping practice if you want to keep Three Spot G's.......

 

[Brightestdai]

I have 1 male in there with them, he keeps to himself unless they bug him

This is my full tank