coffeebean

what do i have? lol.
i just picked up some fish in a trade for plants. they guy said he thought it was a honey gourami, so im looking up pictures and im getting similar photos for honey gourami, sunset gourami, as well as honey sunset gourami.

so are they all the same?

Shawnie

as far as ive seen and had, they are one in the same.(although trusting LFS's is risky around here lol ).can you post a pic?

harpua2002

True honey gourami (colisa chuna) is a different species than honey sunset or sunset gourami (colisa lalia).
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...992&pcatid=992

Gouramiguy17

They are the same except for the coloring. The sunsets are reder

coffeebean

here s/he is



and another angle

Gouramiguy17

They both look like males to me but it is hard to tell

coffeebean

its the same fish. lol. just different angle/light.

so its a male? and is it a sunset or a honey?

Shawnie

the pics wont enlarge for me to see the finnage...so hard to tell sex... but its a honey sunset(all the same thing) adorable baby

coffeebean

sorry, i copied the thumbnail url instead of the full. should be fixed now.


s/he is getting along wonderfully in her new surroundings

Shawnie

looks like a beautious gal to me

harpua2002

I'm going to guess the honey sunset variant of colisa lalia rather than true honey gourami, colisa chuna. Different fish. Yours is very pretty!

Gouramiguy17

Lol I thought you had one that was mystery sex one and the other was called angel. The first was sorta transparent and the other picture showed his true colors. Are you sure it is a honey because there is blue on his dorsal fin and honeys don't have that.

Shawnie

in our area, we have honeys that are yellow and honey sunsets that are like coffeebeans...I can only speak from around here...and going from the web, its a honey sunset and they do have blue on their finnage...so does mine

Jeff Varszegi

Yup, that's a color morph of the dwarf gourami, not a true honey gourami. But it is pretty!

iloveengl

Wow. What a beauty! I kinda wish mine had that blue!

As harpua mentioned the similar, but different species, colisa lalia is often confused with the honey gourami. Yours looks exactly like a paler Blushing DG (colisa lalia). The colisa lalia Blushing DG is noted for have those blue accented dorsals and solid body color. http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com..._gourami05.jpg

My two honey gouramis (colisa chuna) are full-grown at 1.5 inches, bright yellow body/fins and orange tipping along the fins and an orange stripe from back of his head to the front of his tail. From my research, there are color variations in the species (though none with blue dorsals), including red, gold, orange (and maybe others) honey gourami. All of these are colisa chuna, though.

Shawnie, does yours look like the chuna or the lalia? I've read previous threads you psted in, where it sounded more like yours was the semi-aggressive lalia, but that wasn't clear.

coffeebean

unfortunately she died some time ago

Shawnie

Im sorry again for your loss coffee and other members, please check the dates of threads before you post ..thank you!

I have closed this thread coffeebean