Honey Gourami

[Essjay]

Are we talking standard length or total length?

 

[Essjay]

I can’t find a male, just indexed. Don’t want a female. Dang!

That's the downside to buying on-line - most sellers will just send the first fish they catch. With 'real' shops they usually let you chose the fish you want for fish like gouramis.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Guess I’ll call my local fish store.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Guess I’ll call my local fish store.

That's where I got my last few...

 

[FishGuest5123]

That's where I got my last few...

They have none.

 

[Slaphppy7]

They have none.

Well, dang it...

 

[Fishy_Dan]

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I think my favorite thing with these two is watching them prod each other with their little barbels

by the way, both females? Males? Male/female?

That looks like a male and female to me. The male on the left has more red in his dorsal and tail fins.

 

[FishGuest5123]

That looks like a male and female to me. The male on the left has more red in his dorsal and tail fins.

I thought the same thing.

 

[Manon]

They are beautiful, laid back fish. I would recommend getting 4-6 as they do much better in small schools. They also like to have some vegetation to hide out occasionally. I have always loved having gouramis in my community tank.

I agree. My four get on great with each other and live happily with ember tetras. I only have females though. Initially I had a male but he was fierce with the other fish. His territorial instincts were too strong so he had to go back to the LFS.

 

[itiwhetu]

Are we talking standard length or total length?

We are saying larger than a 4" fish and smaller than a 6" fish. I never actually measured them so they may have been 4.5" or 5" or... . Who knows.

 

[Essjay]

I was just wondering if you included the tail in the measurement (total length) as most fish profiles don't include the tail (standard length) which would make your fish appear bigger than the size given in fish profiles.

My male pearl is pretty big now. I've had the pearls just over a year so they are fully grown. I haven't actually measured him but at a guess I would say about 4 inches standard length. If I hold a tape measure against the tank he swims to the back.

 

[itiwhetu]

I was just wondering if you included the tail in the measurement (total length) as most fish profiles don't include the tail (standard length) which would make your fish appear bigger than the size given in fish profiles.

My male pearl is pretty big now. I've had the pearls just over a year so they are fully grown. I haven't actually measured him but at a guess I would say about 4 inches standard length. If I hold a tape measure against the tank he swims to the back.

Usually you don't include the tail as you are looking for body mass. When judging fish at shows the tail is never included in fish length, for point allocation.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I measure head to tail on some fish. For instance, my comets and only to educate a member on how large the do get. For goldies, space needs to be included because most have a long tail.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Now, back to my thread...can anyone suggest any other gourami’s?. Colin_T gave me several to consider but can’t locate some of them.

 

[ClownLurch]

I was just wondering if you included the tail in the measurement (total length) as most fish profiles don't include the tail (standard length) which would make your fish appear bigger than the size given in fish profiles.

My male pearl is pretty big now. I've had the pearls just over a year so they are fully grown. I haven't actually measured him but at a guess I would say about 4 inches standard length. If I hold a tape measure against the tank he swims to the back.

Stick a bit of masking tape along the tank sand area. Put some inch markings on it all the way along it’s length so if he swims along the front you’ve a few attempts at measuring him.