Red and sunset honey

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I want to put another honey gourami with my single sunset honey gourami. Does a red honey gourami count as a mate, or will my sunset gourami still be considered lonely because they're a different type of gourami?
 
If both are honey gouramis, they will go together provided they are not 2 males. Males are territorial and will quite likely fight.

But there is also a variant of dwarf gourami called sunset. Could you post a photo of the sunset gourami to make sure it is a honey gourami, please.
 
I'm a hundred percent sure it's a honey gourami, maybe not a sunset but a regular yellow honey
 
As long as they are the same species, it doesn't matter what colour they are.


(There's a red variant of dwarf gourami that's sometimes called sunset, I needed to check :) )
 
There's no such thing as an actual "red honey gourami" as it's most likely Trichogaster labiosa rather than T. chuna.

Here is what an actual honey gourami will look like:
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- "Sunset" variety male
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- Wild type male
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- "Sunset" variety female
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- Wild Type female



Now here's what a "red honey gourami" Trichogaster labiosa will look like:
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To answer your question, honey gouramis tend to do best when kept in a group, so it's best if you can get least 5 or more.
 
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