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The mirror worked! His throat started showing that bluish/black color. It wasn't much but it was enough for me to know its a male. Now I just need to find a female, which might be difficult since none of my local fish stores have any. I am on a call list so we will see how long it takes to get...

I've had a similar issue with my honey gourami. If the problem persists, you could try rearranging the tank to give it something new to explore.

That's a great idea! I will grab a mirror and see if he will show any color.

Thats okay! I'm learning a lot from this thread! I don't mind the extra questions

Thanks for the explanation! So I went back to the LFS and talked to the guy and he said that he knows for sure that its a male since he saw it color up. Mine still hasn't colored up but he brought up that it may not show any color if there isn't another female for him to show off to. I'm not...

Thanks for the response! I wasn’t sure since the stripe doesn’t go all the way to they eye like some pictures show. If it really is a female it sounds like I got lucky since they are apparently hard to find.

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting so bear with me. I was reading other posts about people with similar issues but I am still unsure of what kind of Gourami I have. I picked up my Gourami for my lfs last week, they said they only had one male and were waiting on getting more. When I...