Weird spots on my Honey Gourami

[Geoff kuiken]

Anyone know what these spots are?  I’ve had this fish for about 2 months.  Eats fine and no abnormal behaviour.

ph 7.6

Ammonia 0

nitrite 0

nitrate 15ish 

[Colu]

Do you have more honey gourami's in the tank if you do they could be fighting leading to the marks on your fish

[Geoff kuiken]

1 minute ago, Colu said:

Do you have more honey gourami's in the tank if you do they could be fighting leading to the marks on your fish

I have 4 total in the tank.  I’ll keep an eye out for an aggression.  I personally haven’t seen any aggression between any of them but it’s possible I just haven’t witnessed it yet.  

[Colu]

Are they showing any breeding behaviour because that can lead to territorial aggression and fighting

[Geoff kuiken]

27 minutes ago, Colu said:

Are they showing any breeding behaviour because that can lead to territorial aggression and fighting

One of them did indeed make a bubble nest about a month ago but I’m pretty sure I have all males so it went unused.  This one is the smallest and doesn’t have near as much colour as my other males.  Possible female?  

[Colu]

Males have more pointed dorsal and anal fins females have black line a long the body and are usely fatter

Edited March 13, 2021 by Colu

[Hobbit]

My male honey has a brown spot that I think of as a freckle. I thought it was a lost scale at first, but it hasn’t changed appearance in months except to maybe grow a tiny bit. One time I read some posts here about ticks and other parasites and I got nervous, so I netted him, held him at the water surface, and very gently scraped at the spot with a pair of tweezers. It wasn’t raised or anything so I figure it’s just a weird pigment.

So if it’s not parasites or aggression wounds, it may just be freckles!

[Hobbit]

9 hours ago, Colu said:

females have black line a long the body

Not all honey females have this black line. I wonder if it’s fairly recent that they’ve bred the line out of them because most of the internet seems to think they all have a line. My female is a solid color.

 

Here’s a picture of my male’s “freckle:”

[Geoff kuiken]

2 hours ago, Hobbit said:

Not all honey females have this black line. I wonder if it’s fairly recent that they’ve bred the line out of them because most of the internet seems to think they all have a line. My female is a solid color.

 

Here’s a picture of my male’s “freckle:”

Great looking fish.  I’ll keep an eye on everything. I don’t want to start remedying if it isn’t necessary.