Gourami

Hmm, Seriously Fish says of the Snakeskin Gourami; "It is cultured commercially for food in it’s native countries, and is used to make a particularly tasty fish soup!" but this perhaps doesn't help with your question in the slightest...... 

Not sure about the general behavioural compatibility, although the Snakeskin's & Pearls seem to be considered good community fish whilst the Kissing Gourami's are referred on SF to as 'often belligerent'. I would also wonder about the size difference of the Pearl's as both the Snakeskin's and Kisser's (correct term??) would grow significantly larger.

yes i did think about the size difference but got unsure when the cc didnt flag up any issues,
no were not eating my snakeskins   

i have lots of long grass that grows faster than i blink    and a few good bush plants that are nice and dense that they enjoy to hide in and feed in and ontop of that i have caves bridges and a slate bungalow with extra slate cave ontop ( got rid of the roman building , couldnt get on with it )  so there is plenty of hidey holes infact sometimes theres so many its hard to find a fish ( i am sure they see me looking and laugh at my attempts to find them    )  , i will try with the two kissers first then see what happens , maybe leave the pearls.

I've always thought it'd be a great idea for a pet shop to have a tank full of leaves and branches with a sign on the outside saying "Chameleon".... but with no chameleon in it. Then stand back and watch people staring into the tank for ages.

iam sure at least half the people would claim to see the chameleon

Has anyone noticed the title of this thread is gourmet?

opps my bad morning typing , in my defence it was started before i had my morning liter of coffee.
i did read some were that they was eaten a lot .  i wont be eating mine if anything they will eat me if  forget to feed them.