Mean Gold Gourami

Fishiesconfuseme · May 9, 2020

What gourami is this?

Bub · May 9, 2020

Gold gourami, a Trichopodus trichopterus variant. Not the most peaceful gourami, and they get quite big too.

Fishiesconfuseme · May 9, 2020

Thank you I ordered honey gouramis and was very surprised by the size of them they are nearly 4 inches.

AquaBarb · May 9, 2020

Honey gourami (Trichogaster Chuna) tend to max out at 3 inches. Are you sure its not gold gourami youve ordered?

CassCats · May 9, 2020

Definitely not a honey! Id ask for a refund if you don't have the tank space for a trio of these guys.

@jinjerJOSH22 knows gourami well

Byron · May 9, 2020

I agree on the species and the temperament issues. Depending upon the tank size and the other fish, you might have to remove/re-home/return these.

Fishiesconfuseme · May 10, 2020

Russjw said:
Honey gourami (Trichogaster Chuna) tend to max out at 3 inches. Are you sure its not gold gourami youve ordered?

Yeah I ordered a pair of honey Gouramis online as I've only got a 60 litre tank

Fishiesconfuseme · May 11, 2020

Bub said:
Gold gourami, a Trichopodus trichopterus variant. Not the most peaceful gourami, and they get quite big too.

I think I have a male and female of these fish and the male is getting really nippy towards the other. Do you know what I should do?

PheonixKingZ · May 11, 2020

Yes, definitely not a Honey Gourami.

Fishiesconfuseme said:
I think I have a male and female of these fish and the male is getting really nippy towards the other. Do you know what I should do?

How many other Gourami’s do you have in that tank? (Also, how many males/females?)

Fishiesconfuseme · May 11, 2020

PheonixKingZ said:
Yes, definitely not a Honey Gourami.

How many other Gourami’s do you have in that tank? (Also, how many males/females?)

I have 1 male and 1 female pearl gourami. These two are very peaceful fish.

Byron · May 11, 2020

Fishiesconfuseme said:
I think I have a male and female of these fish and the male is getting really nippy towards the other. Do you know what I should do?

This is the normal behaviour we mentioned previously. You must separate the fish ASAP. Return them to the store, or give them to someone, or in individual tanks.

DwarfCichlidLvr · May 11, 2020

You have a male there in that picture. I had a female once that that was super mellow but more often than not these are semi-aggressive fish.

Fishiesconfuseme · May 11, 2020

DwarfCichlidLvr said:
You have a male there in that picture. I had a female once that that was super mellow but more often than not these are semi-aggressive fish.

These are the two fish, do you think they're both males?

DwarfCichlidLvr · May 11, 2020

Fishiesconfuseme said:
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These are the two fish, do you think they're both males?

Im pretty sure but there is a glare in the second picture which makes me rethink my original statement that it i s male. For now I retract it. The first picture is, with out a doubt, male. He has a pointed dorsal fin. That's how you can tell.

Byron · May 11, 2020

I won't guess as to gender, but if you have two males and one is attacking the other, that willonly end when the loser is killed. If you have a male/femasle, the male may want to spawn and if the female is not co-operative he will want her out of "his" space and she will end up dead. If both are females, the first issue can still occur. Another member here recently had a female of this species kill any other fish in the tank until she was removed.

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