Honey Gourami - Should I Worry?

[TnTLondon]

I have recently bought 3 honey gourami's. They have been in the tank about a week now and one of them, male I think, has developed dark/black markings under his eyes. Is this normal or is he sick?
I have tried to get a pic but every time I get the camera out he swims behind the plants. It seems he is like me, camera shy!
Is he a he or a she?
 

 

[ReddSamurai]

yea id be worried, im not sure what it is though.

 

[TnTLondon]

Thanks, I have no idea either! Hard to treat if you don't know where to start

 

[NeonBlueLeon]

Do the scales look damaged?  What else is in the tank with it?

 

[TnTLondon]

No the scales are not damaged and the fish itself is behaving normally.
it is a planted tank with 1 Dwarf Neon Rainbow, 19 Green neon rasbora, 5 Amano Shrimps and 6 Red Cherry Shrimps. Nothing aggressive in the tank at all.

 

[NeonBlueLeon]

I did some looking around and found this thread: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/353531-honey-gourami-turning-black/
 
I'm not a gourami expert, but seems like people have seen this before.

 

[TnTLondon]

Thank you. This is exactly what it looks like. So you could say he is growing up and becoming a ladies man