Honey Gournamis

[killifish1]

are these ok good communitt fish
are the ok with ..

rtbs
albino shark
tetras
shrimp

 

[Boxa]

Yeah they should be ok, don't know too much about Gouramis but there about the same size as the dwarf Gourami, and as long as you don't get anything like Tiger Barbs or any other fin nippers they should be ok, was gonna get a couple of these yesterday for my community tank but settled for kissing Gouramis instead because they seem more active.

 

[killifish1]

ok well may i say these are lovly iv not had em long but thee gorgeus.2 of them.

 

[Boxa]

Yeah they did look nice in the shop yesterday just the kissing Gouramis looked more characters with their big lips still might get a couple though tomorrow, will have a look and see.

 

[killifish1]

lol ok

 

[yvez9]

i keep 2 male honeys with a bungh of tetras and they're doing great
as for kissing gouramis, they do tend to grow quite large...

 

[killifish1]

how large
i kive my to new gournamis

 

[Callum]

kissers grow to about 20-30cm

 

[Boxa]

Well at the moment the kissing Gouramis are just tiny about 4cm fine enough for the community tank at moment, when they get bigger I will put them in a hopefully by then purpose built Gourami tank which I'm planning.

 

[killifish1]

ok great thanks

 

[killifish1]

are they top dwellers as one of mine stays at the top a lot

 

[sylvia]

They should stay at the top most of the time as they like to establish a territory in the upper layers. It's usualy the males though. BTW, it's not usualy a good idea to keep them in pairs as one will tend to bully the other - trios are better (one male, two females). It can be tricky to tell what sex young ones are but males tend to have pointier and larger fins than females and are more brightly colored. When in good condition, the males turn a dark color on their ventral half.

Kissing gouramies need over 30 gallons to be comfortable and grow very quickly. If you don't have somewhere to put them now, return them to your LFS and get some once the tank you are planning is actualy ready for them. Note that they'll also devour plants and, once grown, can eat very small fish.

RTBSs and albino sharks will fight once mature.

 

[killifish1]

well i donmt know if ive got a male or female
they do the rtbs chases albino shark
ill get rid of one soon

 

[sylvia]

Then you need to find out! Can you post pictures? I might be able to help you sex them if they're not too young.