Honey Gourami ft. A Gamer's Wife | Beginner Guide

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you for the amazing collab, Chris! I had a ton of fun getting to know you through our interview. Hope we can work together again on another project in the future, and best of luck with your school year! 😊

[@FishForThought]

Thanks again for all your hard work! Early congrats for 1k!!!

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@FishForThought Hehe, I told my hairstylist that I would dye my hair for the first time when I got to 1k subs... now I'm thinking I should've told her 10k. 😅

[@jasons6858]

If you get a female and male dawf garami they dont become agresive

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@jasons6858 Nope, these are honey gouramis so they're not as aggressive as dwarf gouramis. I currently have one male living with two females in a 20-gallon planted tank. 😊

[@dylansummers5019]

Teach me to breed these fish oh wise one.

[@justinweisberg1634]

You know this is old when Chris only has one tank! 😂

[@mochitheexplorer2498]

Watching this 3 years later, i'm so proud of both of you, you've came very far :)

[@sitimarlina22]

My two honey gourami are not shy at all they are all over the place and will come up to me to play.. they are more fun than dwarfs.

[@MakerTom2022]

Just picked up a little juvenile Honey Gourami, and just love the little character.--his darty starts and stops, curiosity, and personality. He's still pretty shy, being new to the tank, but is starting to come out more. Thanks for this vid, and all the others you do :)

[@deankaprolet3994]

I love that go around touching everything with their little arm tentacles

[@codyrichless2952]

Favorite thing mine does

[@Nemesis0513]

I think that’s to help them sense their environment and find food. Kinda like using a cane to poke around for flounders.

[@yerabbit]

this is a great video! I've been wanting a honey gourami, but there aren't many videos about them besides just a mention!

[@FishForThought]

Awesome! I'm glad you found this video helpful.

[@urface151]

I just stayed up til 3 am watching this guy 10/10 would recommend entertaining and pretty well produced

[@FishForThought]

Thanks man!

[@FishForThought]

This video was actually produced by A Gamer's Wife, I suggest you go check out her content, as they are all very high quality and educational!

[@urface151]

Fish For Thought oh yea she’s hilarious and educational I love her channel you two do great colabs

[@craniumrex4614]

Wonderful video - love the collaboration. I have wild-type honey gourami x 3 who spawned in their QT tank - they have become my favourite fish! I have a few babies who survived my lunking handling - the babies are notoriously hard to raise, no bigger than an eyelash when they are born - but I moved the adults to their own tank and, like Gamer's Wife says, with lots of hiding places they lose their shyness. They all come out at feeding time and look up at me in the most endearing way. Honeys are a very overlooked fish, and it's too bad, because they are absolutely awesome.

[@FishForThought]

A Gamer's Wife sure did make an excellent choice in the beginner guide! I'm glad this video suited you so well :)

[@judykim9369]

Thank you, I have 6 honey gouramis and I watched your video over and over before I confidently went out and bought them.

[@FishForThought]

Credit to A Gamer's Wife! She has an awesome youtube channel make sure to check her out :)

[@Xenda]

In my opinion, Honey and Dwarf Gourami's are super fun to watch, and are very intelligent. Especially in a heavily planted tank. They will explore every inch of the tank. Plus they're super hearty fish!

[@juliansfish617]

Why is mine nibbling at my Cholla wood? Am I under feeding him? He appears to be healthy, just nibbles the wood sometimes.

[@FishForThought]

wood is a great place for bacteria and little microorganisms to grow and your gourami is always hungry so yeah xD

[@absolutelynobodycares]

Aah this makes me want to get my Dwarf gouramis back. Incredibly beautiful fish and especially the male had a lot of personality

[@dustinfisher29]

Love gouramis, too. Maybe the dwarf you had was a shepherd fish😂. He was herding the corys.

[@EddVCR]

This is the best video on honey gourami on entire KZbin. Thank you!

[@amandagrace31]

I guess all gourami’s are different, my dwarf gourami is in my 40 gallon with my cory catfish along with a honey gourami. For the first few days I kept a careful eye on the two gouramis and continue to do so, but they completely ignore each other! I wouldn’t recommend getting two dwarf Gouramis to put together without a plan B ( I have a fully cycled ten gallon I can place one of the gouramis in).

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Love this colab Chris. She has a great channel as do you.

[@FishForThought]

Thanks for your support! I am glad you enjoyed the content.

[@imogenvanderhoeven654]

I actually found your channel through A Gamers Wife's channel! Love the content from both channels (:

[@FishForThought]

Awesome! Welcome :)

[@AGDesigns123]

Thanks for the video comparing them very accurately to Dwarfs. My Dwarf suddenly died in 2 days from swimming bladder disease for no dang reason, and he has a super bully to my Corys! Gonna try a Honey now!

[@boniboni4912]

My sunset dwarf gourami it’s doing well in my community tank but every fish has its personality! I got lucky with my baby 🧡

[@rayray2131]

Me: keeping honeys and know how to take care of them. Also me: watching a beginner guide about honey gouramis

[@FlatEarthPhotography]

hi, would you keep 3 Honies, or 2 honies with 1 dwarf gourami in a 15 gallon, shallow? 27 inches long, ofc loads of other fish and shrimp in a planted one

[@Nyiminha]

I've got 2 male honey gouramis in a 20gallon tank. Most of the time, those 2 are perfect tank-mates, however, sometimes they chase each other in a quite violent manner... For now they don't seem to be getting injured from those chases, so I try to think they are like brothers loving and fighting each other.

[@AlphaOmegaKnight77658]

Been looking for a small betta-like fish for my small tank with only one AD Frog, one good for beginners. Really leaning towards this fish. Actually saw some honey gouramis in my Petco that's 5 minutes away.

[@istandwithisreal8883]

2:47 let’s get it Cory gang for life

[@travishoppins2816]

I've had my honey gourami's for about 2 years now and I absolutely love them. I have a male and female and they are bestfriends. They treat my amano shrimp super well and let them do their thing

[@samcassidy6793]

Wow my two favorite channels come together! Love it! 💗

[@saralouise2776]

Just setting up my first tank its 90 litres. What are the differences between the red and yellow. Could I keep one of each. I’m also assuming that if a choose these fish it would be better to leave the spray bar off my filter. Correct me if I’m wrong ( I’m a long way from adding fish yet just thinking ahead).

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

Have already been subbed to you both for a while Love the content on both channels. Great joint effort, with helpful information. Thanks!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thank you so much, Bob! I always find your comments on people's videos to be very insightful. 👍

[@FishForThought]

Thanks so much for your support!

[@taylortisaac]

Haha remember when Chris thought his mic was on 🤣

[@torringames]

My Dad had this gourami when I was a kid that was orange in colour like a goldfish and it ended up getting as big as my Oscar and my Oscar is currently 8 inches in a 115 gallon tank. I doubt its a giant gourami but I cant find anything about gouramis that reach that 8 - 10 inch size

[@kristengodin5425]

I got a Sunset Honey Gourami a couple weeks ago. He's awesome. 😊

[@GetpayAnyway]

I got one of these honey gouramis a month ago

[@FishForThought]

Are you enjoying having them so far?

[@KiddSteely]

This is the collab I always wanted to see!

[@missylee3022]

My beautiful powder blue gourami ate the fins off my Mickey mouse tetra. It was traumatizing. I'm very happy with my new honey gouramis they are sweet , curious, and beautiful.

[@yenyaoming]

I got a red one recently and the red is really nice on them my lfs had a tank full of them

[@phantomlakdude]

present chris would've killed this chris since that tank is barely 2 gallons

[@duncandonuts5268]

Interesting that the regular dwarf gourami didn't get along with the others. My dwarf gouramis always got along with the others.

[@juliansfish617]

I found my honey Gourami laying on it's side a the bottom looking very much dead, but after a few seconds he got up and began swimming around the tank normally. Totally freaked me out but he looks perfectly healthy, this has only happened once. Should I be concerned or not? Edit: it happened again. Anyone got some idea what's causing it? Edit number 2: fasted him for 3 days, he's fine now. Going to fast once a week from now on so this won't happen again.

[@Ongaurdforthee9]

Prolly resting or sleeping

[@juliansfish617]

@@Ongaurdforthee9 fish don't rest like that, they stay upright, and they don't start swimming funny and sink to the bottom, they swim normally to find a play to sleep, and then they sleep. Also if it was resting, than fasting it for 3 days wouldn't help.

[@11-devonb25]

My dwarf gourami is not aggresive its just personality

[@antantelope]

they are only a little aggressive towards other gouramis unless in larger groups otherwise they are nice

[@TheStrawberryAnia]

Great video. Just what I needed. Thank you.

[@rugvedkulkarni1593]

Can you do a guide to angelfish? Best beginner angelfish? Most peaceful angelfish? Angelfish for a 55 gallon community tank?

[@JustJamie-h3l]

i have honey gouramis and sparkling gouramis , they both breed easy but they are all teritorial and spend a lot of time chasing everything else in the tank away from there selected spawning sites. i love mine they are so cool to watch , really precise swimming ..

[@DMprodigy]

Does anyone think I would be able to put a few of these in with some neon tetras and cherry shrimp? I've heard that the gourami will eat shrimplets. I don't want to breed for profit, just get a few shrimp that reproduce every so often.

[@DMprodigy]

I saw in several clips that Gamer's Wife was keeping the honey gourami with amano shrimp (I think that's spelled right). I know they can get quite a bit bigger, but I would like to know if cherry shrimp will get along just as well as they seemed to be.

[@user-yb7ik6sb1v]

I miss my 9 opaline gouramis that died. Thank you for making this video. I remember my gouramis because of this

[@fernandopuentelara6937]

For a second I thought I was on an EPIC Gardening video since Kevin also plays that background music lol.

[@sherapower908]

What size tank is that she had the Tetras, Cory’s, and gouramis in?

[@AquariumCop]

Enjoyed , agree gourami's are beautiful and it's great you pointed out the happy easy one for folks - great subject fish to spotlight !!!! Great job guys. ✌💞

[@FishForThought]

Thanks AquariumCop!

[@michaelfox6820]

You said the important words: not a dwarf gourami and not subject to Dwarf Gourami Iridovirus! I lost two Powder Blue Gouramis to the disease. I liked them a lot and was using them as centerpiece fish in a 20 gallon aquarium with black neons and platys. Now I'm going to keep an eye out for honey gouramis. Beautiful aquarium, by the way.

[@georgez3442]

My honey gourami eat their eggs. I got a community tank, gourami with some guppies. For several times, I saw them mating, and male one collecting the eggs and attached them in the bubble net, but they all disappear the next day, and it happened several times. What should I do? Please help. Thanks!

[@thatboy3930]

I have 4 honey gourami (3 females 1 male) they're very interesting to watch and they always come up to the glass. My gouramis are always hungry.

[@thenerdyfishgirl]

Great collab, I am definitely checking out her channel now! 😁

[@FishForThought]

Thanks Mandy! I'm glad you enjoyed :)

[@rdred8693]

Lol @4:07. I adore Honey Gouramis!

[@boniboni4912]

I just love gouramis they are so cute!

[@kasieleow3165]

What do you recommend to feed a honey gourami? I just adopted one and he is absolutely gorgeous! I would love an updated video on them! Thank you for your videos!

[@merchantotin6266]

I have 2 dwarf gourami and they never go for the Corys maybe my bristlenose pleco stops that?

[@gracenichols5074]

I know this is super late, but I’ve always wondered this. In community tanks, or when there are tanks with multiple of a species, will they 100% breed? I want to have some honey gouramis in the future with neon tetras like in the video, but I’m worried that I’d have a million fry. I hope this question makes sense!

[@kenjiro2676]

The intro is one of my favorite anime

[@Rivergirl2878]

i got a blue gourami from petco the other day along with a few mollies.. shes really shy but will come out if im not too close to the tank. i hope she gets comfortable soon. maybe she needs a mate?

[@arthurheine5631]

These gourami names are so confusing! My lfs sold me a Trichogaster labiosa (also called Sunset honey gourami) instead of the Trichogaster chuna's sunset variant. They're 1 inch bigger and so difficult to differentiate!

[@ledkeeganledkeegan1346]

So I’m planning on getting a 20 gallon tank and I wanna get some tank mates what are some good ideas ? Also where can I find them

[@FishForThought]

There's a looot of possibilities with these guys and a 20 gallon, I suggest you search 20 gallon stocking options on youtube or google, there's a bunch of ideas! You can get these at your LFS, or by ordering online.

[@juli8vdberg562]

Lots of sunset reds in the shop I was at today... So beautiful... I rather have one of those, one of the honey one and one of the colorful more blue one

[@vichidaroch6751]

I found and bought a sunset red gurami yesterday at petco , it’s super calm and very cute

[@Game4Hours]

I just got 4 honey Gouramis 3 females and 1 male so yellow🙂 I have white cloud minnows and one Kribsensis cichlid with cory cats is safe for the Gouramis?

[@BENfromSUNDIAL]

OMG it's like suddenly seeing a friend's baby picture!

[@sergisaperaslopez4752]

can a female honey gourami be yellow as the male? Apperently I have a couple of honey gourami and they've been kinnda hugging to breed, but I still doubt if the female is actually a male, as her colors are almost as strong as the male, ans she even has a bitt of black in her bottom fin.

[@FishForThought]

I believe it is rare to have a female

[@ChetJennings]

Submarine-link movements. That’s totally it!

[@jscritters5579]

I have two male gold honey garamis just wondering if they will fight they're doing fine right now but I'm just a little concerned that they will at some point Thanks 🙂.

[@slv-mf7ui]

The sunset red one is a thicklipped gourami.

[@robjohnson342]

My Honey G started hunting down and killing my amano/ algae shrimp. Maybe exception to the rule, not sure.

[@starcasm8674]

Can I keep honey gouramis in a 90 gallon?

[@chloewells7456]

I got my honey gourami 2 days ago. He's in a ten gallon that's heavily planted with a slow moving filter. But he won't eat anything whatsoever! I've tried to feed him frozen blood worms, flakes, and pellets. He just completely ignores his food and let's it sink to the bottom. Most of the time I find him at the bottom corner of the tank. Today I got 5 guppies to keep him some company and to calm him down but he's still the same! Idk what to do...

[@FishForThought]

some things to cross off your list: - is the water temperature high enough? 22 deg C at least - did you acclimate the fish before putting it in? - how new is your tank? was it properly cycled first? - Have you tested the water to see if everything is okay? ph kh nitrate nitrite/ammonia not eating anything can be quite serious. I hope he's doing better

[@chloewells7456]

@@FishForThought Hey thanks for replying! The water temp is at 76 degrees. I acclimated him. My tank has been cycling for about a month, I put in some snails in to kickstart the cycling process. I tested my water and everything seemed fine. Sadly when I was gone away for the weekend my mom told me that he died. Not really sure what I did wrong but I'm guessing that there might have been sick before I got him at the Petco. Thanks for the help though!

[@cutefish7317]

🎄 🌟 ❄️ 🎁 🎅 🦌 Merry Christmas 🎄 🌟 ❄️ 🎁 🎅 🦌

[@philthytanks4952]

Beautiful nano fish!

[@carlypetersen1838]

Does anyone know where I can get a gold honey gourami?

[@woofgoose6080]

will a dwarf Mexican crayfish be fine living with a honey gourami?

[@trystanfranziskus]

They are so cute but I just love the personality Bettas have compared to them lol

[@x_Sotto]

honey gourami's are my schooling fish and the bolivian ram is my centerpiece xD

[@HeatherNielsenScarletAquatics]

Awesome collab! I'm going to go check her out!

[@FishForThought]

Her videos have amazing quality!

[@Taichientaoyin]

Somebody help me! I am planning to buy a Jewel lido 120 aquarium 30 gallon tank? and want honey gouramis, cardinal tetras, silver tip tetras, 5 shrimps and galaxy rasbora or dwarf rasbora. Is this too much for my 30 gallon tank? I would have 3 Male honey gouramis but is this good for the poor males wanting some female? I dont want to breed but I fear them poor creatures will suffer from sexual frustration? Help!

[@cheryllong995]

Hi Chris, I'm wondering if you know of a good medication available in Canada for internal parasites. I can't get General Cure from the states anymore & have been unable to find anything here in Canada for internal parasites such as skin & gill flukes &tapeworm Etc. I will be anxious to hear from you. Love your videos Chris.

[@tillythedoggo6537]

i have been here for so long this channel has grown soo much for the last year good job!

[@spx4044]

my male honey gourami has recently matured and has a dark blue stripe

[@zakk-kaye]

Maybe he needed do be in a pair. I've heard they are usually peaceful in pairs except sometimes at breeding time.

[@kkidwell00]

I have a 29 gallon tank, would it be safe to have 1 honey,1sunset and a light school of panda Cory’s(2-3) I’m okay with just this community but I’d love to add a platy would that be safe?

[@FishForThought]

sounds like a nice community tank right there! Yup

[@peytondodge2826]

i have a question, if i’m going for a more natural tank, do i need a filter to house these guys?

[@fabianmarcetic3232]

I think not having a filter on Any aquarium No matter What type of fish or shrimp you have is a very bad idea . ugly bio film and algea will build up everywere unless you do big water changes several Times a week. The water quality Will also be very poor unless you maintain It extreemly often and If you dont Pick up uneaten food you Will have problems. Please have a filter

[@enrqs2849]

I call my Honey gourami the "Bitch of my fishtank"

[@michaelharrity9795]

Nice fish just got one today

[@sadiesstuff4270]

thanks! my comment got a heart one of your videos a couple minnuts ago. 👍

[@AdilKhan-vn2xj]

If you didn’t know bettas are a type of gouramis

[@asyrafabdulmalik3861]

I have 2 Sparkling Gouramis in my community tank and they are peaceful and never fight with each other...

[@rosemargie257]

How does this sound like 2 of the honey bois and like 5 or 6 neon tetera dude how do u spell that whatever but is that ok in a 10 gallon btw

[@alliemille]

Will amano shrip bully a honey gouramis too?

[@thndermcncheese6525]

Can I please send you a video of my 2 honey/sunset gourami? Its been 2 weeks and I still can't identify their sex..😭😭😭😢🙏

[@sean4thought]

Luv your vids Chris

[@infiniity5529]

Two of my honey gourami are losing colour they’re going pale. Don’t know why. I checked water parameters and it’s all fine.

[@FishForThought]

Has it been a long time? Are they still eating properly? Sometimes they'll go pale if they're upset at something... like a recent water change, hardscape change, or just each other or at other tank mates.

[@infiniity5529]

Thanks for the response. It’s been couple of days I noticed and they’re eating fine swimming fine. I have to do daily water changes to lower the nitrite levels because it’s a new tank. One of them is normal but the other two are going pale. Tanks mates are all small fish. How do I even know what they’re upset at :-(

[@windows9612]

a collaboration we needed

[@thatdud819]

Story time! So I planned on getting a honey Gurmani today and I went to the fish store and my blind eyes managed to make me get a normal dwarf gurmani and I didn’t notice till I got home 😭😂😂 there’s no fish in my 70litres )I think that’s 19 gallon or something ) so I Hope when I put my corydoras in in it won’t be aggressive but if it is i will get a female to neutralise that 😭

[@mikeyok6976]

If they're so much like bettas, could I keep one with a honey gourami?

[@moonchild848]

I am looking for a very hardy hardy first time fish for a 5 gallon tank (the only fish)..I live in the country and have very hard water. I tried a betta fish last summer as it was given to me as a gift, unfortunately it died at 4 months (I was of course using water softener etc) and I have been too afraid to get a fish ever since. I really found it NOT to be a beginner fish. Even when I consulted with the petstore ppl regarding decorative items, it would rip his fins and so forth. Anyway I have only owned him and definitely adored his personality but wouldn't want to accidentally have another one die so soon. I only plan on one fish for 5 gallons. I have driftwood, heater, filter, java moss balls and little caves and hiding places. If this is the easiest fish out there, please let me know. I have often see Betta as the number one easy fish and I think it should be listed an intermediate and not beginner. Thanks for this video. I love the look of the paler honey gourami. They are beautiful.