[How to tell a Honey Gourami from other small Gourami species]

On 3/15/2023 at 12:22 PM, Cinnebuns said:

In this case they are using the word dwarf as a description of a small gourami. That's where the confusion comes in. The term "dwarf gourami" can mean a specific type of gourami or aa a description of a small gourami. One of many cases where the common name leads to confusion. 

Here's the color morphs of dwarf gourami by common name:

 

Honey gourami do fine in groups or alone either so you are safe with another one. 

Just for fun, I also recently got 2 new honey gourami. Forgive the fake plants. It's temporary until the live grow out. 

 

 

Beautiful honeys to add to your tank. Those are what I wanted originally and looking to get for friends for my wild honey. They are just so pretty 😍

[How to tell a Honey Gourami from other small Gourami species]

On 3/15/2023 at 8:06 AM, Lennie said:

Yes! Their in store names do change a lot for honey gouramis, no surprise 🙂

As long as you are able to differentiate what is what, then you are good to go!

if you are not sure, we can try to help here as well.

I regret only getting one instead of a group as well, I have never ever seen them in my lfs again 🙂 one of my regrets.

I love gouramis

 

They only had the one remaining when I bought it and I thought it would be ok alone given my luck with past gourami, but not in this case. I feel like it's lonely and shy so he/she needs some friends. This thread has certainly helped me with figuring out what is true honey and what is not. 

I have it with rosy barbs and Pygmy corydora and the barbs are very peaceful and leave her/him alone, but they eat all the food and this one is quite picky turning it's nose up at flakes, pellets or frozen bloodworms unless it's super hungry. I often see if picking off the decor in the tank so it must be eating something lol. I just want a better living environment for him/her to be comfy 😊

[How to tell a Honey Gourami from other small Gourami species]

On 3/15/2023 at 7:49 AM, Colu said:

That just a different colour morph of a honey gourami I thinks it's a sunset honey gourami they are fine to put with your other honey gourami @wildfish

Beautiful. Thank you so much. This thread makes me happy to know I can find her a tank mate and help her come out if hiding now without having to wait to find wild ones 😊

[How to tell a Honey Gourami from other small Gourami species]

On 3/15/2023 at 12:19 AM, Cinnebuns said:

I would say yes to other honey but no to other dwarf gourami. Given you mean the gourami NAMED dwarf and not as a description. It can get confusing. Dwarf gourami (flame, neon and powdered blue) are kinda a crap shoot for temperament and wouldn't work well with another gourami most of the time. 

If by dwarf you mean a smaller gourami, that's a different discussion. 

This is what they called honey dwarf gourami 

[How to tell a Honey Gourami from other small Gourami species]

On 3/15/2023 at 12:12 AM, Lennie said:

Beautiful fish!

And yes they can live with other color variations of honey gouramis. They are the same family. It is generally just not adviced to mix different gourami species. What do you mean by dwarf honeys? If you mean dwarf gouramis, that's a no go. 

But for other color variations of honeys, like sunsets, you are good to go. 

Just make sure they are honeys. Sometimes thick lips are marketed as honeys too

 

 

Thank you so much. I saw a LFS say dwarf honey gourami in a listing and thought it was a thing. I know the dwarfs are normally the blue with orange (as I've had those in the past and blue powder) and they can be quite aggressive so I don't want that. 

I'm happy to know that any variation of honey will work. Finding other wild ones is proving to be a challenge here on Vancouver Island. 

 

On 3/15/2023 at 12:19 AM, Cinnebuns said:

I would say yes to other honey but no to other dwarf gourami. Given you mean the gourami NAMED dwarf and not as a description. It can get confusing. Dwarf gourami (flame, neon and powdered blue) are kinda a crap shoot for temperament and wouldn't work well with another gourami most of the time. 

If by dwarf you mean a smaller gourami, that's a different discussion. 

This LFS labelled a honey as a dwarf honey gourami and this is why I got confused. I definitely won't be mixing any other species with this one. While they say "peaceful" for gouramis, that is not the case with those others always lol. I've done ok with pearl in the past, but dwarf and blue powders can be meanies and I've had to rehome from bullying. I don't want that with this little one. He/She is so tiny right now ☺️

 

Any idea if mine is male or female? I'm having a hard time, but I think it may be female. 

[How to tell a Honey Gourami from other small Gourami species]

I'm completely late to this party, but this is a great thread about gourami. 😊

I recently bought a wild honey gourami and they only had one left in the tank. I'm having the worst luck finding additional tank mates for this little baby. I think it's a girl, and she's so sweet but very young still. Can wild honey's live peacefully with regular or dwarf Honey's given they're both pretty small? She is extremely shy, and not eating a whole bunch (plucking at the decor mostly) and I just want to get her some friends so make her more confident.