gt-ere

My friend is starting to get into fish, hes got quite a big fish tank. He asked me to have a look in a pet store if the had any honey gouramis. In the shop, there were honey gouramis and gold honey gouramis, is there a difference between them? (the lights were off so i couldn't see). Both of the types were about 1"-2", how big do they grow? Are they peaceful and good for a community tank? How do you sex them? And please let me know more information about them.
Thanks

sirdarksol

Presuming they are properly identified, the honey gourami grows to about 2".
They are relatively timid and should be given plenty of cover (as is the case with any of the smaller gourami). Avoid nippy tankmates, like tiger barbs. More placid tankmates, like many of the smaller neons, rosy barbs, glassfish, corydoras, kuhlis, etc... go well with them.
Many gourami have obvious sexual dimorphism (fancy words meaning "males and females are very different colors"), with the males being bright and the females being dull.

Unsure about the gold honey gourami... Haven't looked into them much.

gt-ere

thanks for the info. i thought that they grow to more than 3 inches, but its good that they are peaceful

prairielilly

I've also found that honey gourami aren't all that great with current, so I keep mine in a 10g with low flow and tiny fish (he's 1.5", and he's the biggest fish twice over in the tank).

Would 'gold honey gourami' refer to 'gold gourami'? if so they're beautiful! but I think that's the 3-spot, they get over 3-4"...

gt-ere

my friend wants to get three, will this be alright, will they fight, does it matter what sex they are?

sirdarksol

Many gourami can be aggressive with others of their kind. It's not as bad as with bettas, and individuals may be more or less aggresive, but it still should be taken into account. There should be plenty of swimming and hiding space for each gourami, so that each can have an area that feels like its own.

gt-ere

so they may fight, but does one sex fight more than the other?

sirdarksol

Males tend to be more aggressive (at least in dwarf gourami... not sure about honey gourami or any others, for that matter)

gt-ere

OK, thank you very much for the info

Fish_wise_man

So how big is your friend's tank?

I have some experience with many gouramis. I just have more experience with Male and Female Dwarf Gouramis, Paradise Gouramis, Blue Gouramis, and Opaline Gouramis.

I've raised other gouramis before, but not as much. I usually mixed up some gouramis together with other fishes. Most of them are very good together but the only thing is that if you have many males like 2 or three, and one or two females, then the males will fight with each other. I've had that problem before, but I would have to give them away or put them in another tank. If you have one blue gourami and other smaller gouramis, then they won't be attacking the blue gourami. Mainly because the blue gourami is bigger, and dwarf gouramis, honey gouramis, gold gouramis, and paradise gouramis don't grow very big. Approx 4" for the paradise gouramis, and 3" for the others. That is the max size for dwarf fish sizes.

Oh, and most males during mating season or when they are going through "hormonal effects" I suppose, they will start to fight. Even if there aren't any females. My Blue Gourami was always chasing the other gouramis around a little bit, although it is normal for gouramis to be like that.

Honey Gouramis and Gold Honey Gouramis aren't too much of a difference, just that Gold Honey Gouramis have the gold blended in with the Honey Color. Although Honey Gouramis just look like regular honey color. The Males will have a much more RICHER color, but females maybe not so much. I don't know why but it's just like for Ducks. Females have a duller color to blend in with the bushes, and for the Dwarf Gouramis, the female again is also having a duller color.

Fish_wise_man

3 male honey gouramis, and 3 male gold honey gouramis? Or 3 male and female gold honey gouramis, and 3 male and female honey gouramis?

i do think that they will still fight even if there are 3 females for the same species, and 3 other females for the other species (honey, and gold honey) But the female or male gouramis may mate with the different species (male gold honey may go with female honey gourami) Or Vice Versa.

gt-ere

His fish tank is 18 gallon, and i believe that he got 3 gouramis, 2 gold honey gouramis (left photo) and 1 honey gourami (right photo). I got the photos of the internet.

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