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  1. Hi @laritheloud, just wanted to provide you an update. The 2 that I had are definitely both females. I tried to get a male for the tank, but my LFS isn't able to get less than 6 at a time, so not really viable for my 16-gallon tank. I found I could get captive-breds, however, so I ordered one and got a male. 🙂 I thought they wouldn't have much of an interaction due to being captive vs. wild-bred, so I was going to re-home the females. However I recently noticed the male making a bubble nest?? Is he courting the wild females? If they'll be courting or pairing up, I'd be inclined to keep the females! Thanks for your time and thoughts as always. 🙂
  2. Thanks @laritheloud! I've had them for both for a month now. Behavior-wise, they mostly just explore the tank nibbling. Every now and then one chases the other for a quick moment but it's not persistent. The brighter-yellow fish is more bold and curious; for instance when I took the pics this evening it had no problem hanging out near the front of the tank and letting me snap shots. The other was very shy and required a lot more patience to get a good shot of. I kind of think you're right about having 2 females, though. Would love to get a male/female pair but I have no idea how to get more of these fish without ordering online and paying through the nose in shipping (and even then I could just get more females – not a viable option for my tank size). Neither of the LFS's in my immediate area had any curiosity or interest in learning the difference between the thick-lipped and the Honeys either (out of probably 8 fish I saw between both stores, they all looked like thick-lipped), and it sounds like their distributors have no idea either. Maybe a larger store might have a better source or more of an idea. Or maybe some type of fish trade show?! Anyway, thanks again!
  3. Hi there! This is very helpful. I had purchased a couple of what I was told were "Sunset Honey Gouramis" at the LFS. I stumbled upon this forum in my efforts to try and figure out the sex, and along the way discovered I apparently had thick-lipped gouramis. They were pretty, but I read they could get up to 5 inches in size and could be a little more testy than Honeys, which wouldn't be great for my 16-gallon tank, so I returned them and began my search for actual Honey Gouramis. I arrived at this site, which showed me 2 results: "Red Gold Honey Dwarf Gourami" and "Honey Dwarf Gourami." The latter appeared to be the Wild-Type Honeys you are describing here, so I ordered a pair about a month ago. They arrived looking identical, but have some slight differences now. I'm wondering if you could help me figure out the sex on them? One of the two has brighter yellow fins. The other appears to have more faint yellow/duller coloration on the fins. Thanks in advance for your help!
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