Honey Gouramis

[paudie22]

hi iv recently got a tiny honey gourami (it had dwarf honey gourami on tank). im keeping it in a community tank with two dwarf gouramis in it too but hes tiny compared to them and is always hiding. i am going to get more of them but will have to get rid of some of my livebearers 1st. i was just wondering if he will get any bigger, how many i will need for him not to be as shy and how do i tell difference of male and females.

 

[malakye]

It should grow to the same size as your dwarf gourami's, sexing is the same as for your dwarfs

 

[stang1]

Honey Gouramies are very shy and are best kept in groups of six or more. They also like a planted tank with plenty of places to hide.
They are generally a little smaller than Dwarf Gouramies and the colours develop more as they mature. Males tend to deepen in colour and females normally develop horizontal bands along their side.

 

[paudie22]

Honey Gouramies are very shy and are best kept in groups of six or more. They also like a planted tank with plenty of places to hide.
They are generally a little smaller than Dwarf Gouramies and the colours develop more as they mature. Males tend to deepen in colour and females normally develop horizontal bands along their side.

very good info thanks, il have to get more now and swap around my livebearers

 

[Goodygumdrops]

Yep,I'd echo the above,I've got a group of 6 of these honey dwarf gouramis.They're not the true ones,but imo,much prettier.(Is yours a pale fondant orange colour or silver?Silver are the true ones).
Mine were very shy at first but are real characters now and nothing phases them.I'd say mine were fully grown and are only about half the size of my brother's dwarf gouramis (powder blue etc).
Mine seem to be happy in their little gang,there's a lot of display but no aggression.They were all the same colour when I got them,but keep an eye out for changes.
What I believe to be the males (I'm fairly certain),will firstly show an opal blue translucent edge to the dorsal fin (what I assume are females have a thin red edge),then a few black scales will start appearing on the gill covers,followed by a black band developing in the anal fin.
This is my experience with these guys,in the lfs they were all pretty stressed out and pale and about the only way you could make any kind of guess on sex is that some appeared to have the very thin red line on the dorsal and others didn't.
I'm still watching mine avidly though,I believe I have 4 males and two females.I've had them about a month now,no breeding attempts yet,but if they do,I'll make sure and list the difference in colouration for one of the sticky threads as I've found there really isn't that much specific info on these guys on the net.
One of my guys:

Looks a bit washed out there as it was up near the light.They are very orange now,and btw,in the lfs,they will probably ALL have a horizontal band on them,this is a stress colouration,so don't take that as any sign of sex when buying.These bars will disappear once they are in the tank and settled.

 

[paudie22]

Yep,I'd echo the above,I've got a group of 6 of these honey dwarf gouramis.They're not the true ones,but imo,much prettier.(Is yours a pale fondant orange colour or silver?Silver are the true ones).
Mine were very shy at first but are real characters now and nothing phases them.I'd say mine were fully grown and are only about half the size of my brother's dwarf gouramis (powder blue etc).
Mine seem to be happy in their little gang,there's a lot of display but no aggression.They were all the same colour when I got them,but keep an eye out for changes.
What I believe to be the males (I'm fairly certain),will firstly show an opal blue translucent edge to the dorsal fin (what I assume are females have a thin red edge),then a few black scales will start appearing on the gill covers,followed by a black band developing in the anal fin.
This is my experience with these guys,in the lfs they were all pretty stressed out and pale and about the only way you could make any kind of guess on sex is that some appeared to have the very thin red line on the dorsal and others didn't.
I'm still watching mine avidly though,I believe I have 4 males and two females.I've had them about a month now,no breeding attempts yet,but if they do,I'll make sure and list the difference in colouration for one of the sticky threads as I've found there really isn't that much specific info on these guys on the net.
One of my guys:

Looks a bit washed out there as it was up near the light.They are very orange now,and btw,in the lfs,they will probably ALL have a horizontal band on them,this is a stress colouration,so don't take that as any sign of sex when buying.These bars will disappear once they are in the tank and settled.

got 5 more today and on closer insection they all have same fins underneath so will have to wait for colour changes but they are the golden colour not silver