Peaceful, Colourful Fish for Your Aquarium - Honey Gourami Care & Breeding Guide

[@MiraSubieGirl]

My Honey Gourami has a 90L tank solo, with 8 Neon Tetras, 3 Corys, 4 Oto's and 3 Mystery Snails! His name is Yogi and he is the President of Work Tank :)

[@MHAquaticsUK]

Definitely S tier fish! Great job Blake loved the video!

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

You did a great video on these little fish as well MH👍 I hope you're having a great day 🙏🌱🐟🌿

[@MHAquaticsUK]

@@marypaigeflynn4512 Thank you Mary! I'm sure am, you too!

[@aquamate]

They are really cool little gouramis good info again as always haha

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

I remember the first time I ever had an aquarium when I was little... I had a gourami!! Of course it was one of those big blue mean ones that a killed everything in my tank.. then I got the big idea that I wanted kissing gouramis 🤣 that didn't go well either!! I've always thought a gourami was gourami! Until... I started watching KZbin and learned about these little honey gouramis... My past experience kept me from thinking about these beautiful little fish! Thank you for sharing this... You have such a wealth of knowledge and it's really nice to be learning about different options for the types of fish I would like to keep. I really like these little guys and would really like to have some... Research research research... And I'm really enjoying the research! I hope you have a blessed day my friend!👍🌱🐟🌿🙏

[@BlakesAquatics]

These comments are always so lovely i never know how to respond. Thanks so much always appreciate your kind words 😊

[@peterreece2340]

Like you, when I was young I had a Gourami that made me dislike them. I found a Dwarf Gourami recently which with KZbin has taken me to the Honey. I live on a Caribbean Island so had to ask a pet shop to include a few in their next order for me. I have made two thirty gallon aquariums for their arrival.

[@patjesscole2709]

Gourami are in my top 5 favorite fish love there little feelers 😋

[@juliansfish617]

Just a warning: thick lipped gouramis are often mislabeled as honeys. They are wonderful fish too, but they're not as social, larger, and a bit more aggressive. They can still live with other fish, i have one with my corydoras. The main giveaway that it's a thick lipped gourami is a larger, rounder forehead, thicker lip, and a sort of translucent look to it, especially it's tail. The main thing you want to watch out for is that the thick lipped gourami may see other gouramis as competition, so if you're trying to keep a group of honeys and you get one thick lipped, there could be problems.

[@michaelmachos8969]

I have six Honeys and LOVE them! Never a problem.

[@laszlomiklos7903]

What is the male female ratio in your tank?

[@michaelmachos8969]

@@laszlomiklos7903 Crazy enough, I have 1 male and five females!

[@ginafrench9198]

I love honey gouramis. They are my favorite gourami. Have 6 of them.

[@jaylox6132]

@ginafrench9198 are they in the same tank i just ordered four, im getting mixed info if I can keep them together or not

[@mapd6831]

Good looking fish as well

[@BlakesAquatics]

Thanks 👍

[@yashtag7778]

might have convinced me to get one of these buggers

[@BlakesAquatics]

Cant go wrong 👍

[@remcovanderveen161]

Thanks for the video! Great info! I see that honey gouramis don't like heavy flow. Can I keep them in my 47 gallon and a filter with 5 times the amount of liters in the aquarium per hour?

[@BlakesAquatics]

As long as there is areas of little to no flow like behind a rock or amongst some plants sure

[@remcovanderveen161]

@@BlakesAquatics Alright thanks! Is it okay if this is not at the top of the tank but more on the bottom?

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@remcovanderveen161 less desirable because they sleep and breathe from the surface

[@remcovanderveen161]

@@BlakesAquatics Alright thanks a lot!

[@jimdoe6199]

Hi and thank you for your videos ! Do you think I can add 2 gouramis in a 17g tank with neons tetras , pygmys corys and guppies ? Thank you!

[@BlakesAquatics]

Yes i think that would work well 👍

[@aquariumtreasures1054]

Good info, thanks😊👍

[@BlakesAquatics]

Cheers mate

[@dynestis2875]

I have a 14 gallon long with _1 male Honey gourami_ , _6 Celestial pearl danio's_ and a bunch of shrimp. It's a fun tank!

[@BlakesAquatics]

Sounds like it would be 👍

[@FishRfun]

@EKGsandPianoKeys hey I know it's been a long time since you posted this, but I'm a bit worried as well for the same reason. I have 20 cherry shrimp and i just ordered a sunset honey guarami today. After doing a lot of research and talking to a lot of people on YT and Reddit, the vast majority of people say it will be fine. I'd be interested in hearing what you decided to do and what the outcome was

[@michellepinet686]

Could I keep 2 female honey gouramis? I have one female and noticed that after over a month there's one lone (likely female) still at the pet store from the same order I got my first one. 16 gallon (24 L x 12 W x 15.5 H) well planted tank with 8 glowlight tetras?

[@BlakesAquatics]

I prefer to keep fish in 1 or 3+ but it is a good chance of working with little issue

[@marthanewsome6375]

So are the same as flame dwarf gourami? I bought 8 and they look very similar, although they are dark red.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Gday, no flame gourami are a different species. Trichogaster lalius vs trichogaster chuna.

[@Lefty3213a]

I bet gourami boy is happy you made this :P

[@BlakesAquatics]

I expected that but no sign of him 🤷‍♂️

[@FishRfun]

I just ordered a sunset honey guarami. Should be here day after tomorrow which the same day my Blake's Aquatics kribensis t-shirt will be here...very excited about both. After doing quite a bit of research on these, I decided to take the chance that it won't harm my cherry shrimp. It's OK if it eats the fry because I really don't want my tank overrun by cherry shrimp anyway. I'd hope a few shrimplets will survive in the cholla wood and moss until they are big enough for it not to eat.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Fingers crossed for you and thanks for ordering 😄

[@aliaxandrk7791]

Thank you for the video. I like peaceful! :) Do you think they will live well with badis?

[@BlakesAquatics]

they would probably out compete them for food to be honest.

[@aliaxandrk7791]

@@BlakesAquatics Thanks, Blake!

[@danielkim1657]

Can you keep them with dwarf gouramis?

[@BlakesAquatics]

Yeah, tje dwarfs might pick on them if they are a bit aggressive, just keep an eye on that

[@danielkim1657]

@@BlakesAquatics Ok thanks, my dwarf gourami is pretty nice and chill. Occasionally chases the guppies but never does any real harm and never actually nips any of them, I think he's just saying Im the alpha lol. I am going to redo the entire tank so hopefully the dwarf doesn't get territorial

[@elise3687]

Hey quick question, I have a Superfish 110 which is 118 liters. I'd love a Pearl Gourami, but I thought Honey or Dwarf Gouramis as the center piece fish would be better because they're smaller. I'd like to get some Cory Cats, Fancy Guppies and Rummynoses or something like that. I'd love your opinion, I'm going to do some research when I have some time.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Hey great question. pearl gourami do get larger and may be more of a showstopper, but I think honey gouramis do much better in community tanks. In any case both are good choices, just make sure you dont get both because multiple types of gouramis usually ends in war. enjoy!

[@elise3687]

@@BlakesAquatics Hey sorry I took a while to respond. Thanks a lot! I’ve finally decided on 3-4 Honey gouramis (2-3 females) and I currently have 7 Pygmy corydoras but I’ll get 12. Hopefully I can get some Ember Tetras too.

[@hobbyscape4433]

Cool video. Just bought a couple. Do you use a heater on these fish in your area or can they survive without it?

[@BlakesAquatics]

I do have to use a heater yeah. 👍 cheers

[@hobbyscape4433]

@@BlakesAquatics Thanks mate 🙏🏼

[@ObscuraAbyssus]

I was thinking of getting 6, think my Angelfish will leave them alone? 🤔

[@BlakesAquatics]

Depends on the angelfish, cover and size of the tank. A single angelfish id say might be ok

[@ObscuraAbyssus]

@@BlakesAquatics 70 Gallon Jungle, think it would be fine, thanks!

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@ObscuraAbyssus yeah always a bit of a risk with any fish pairing but id give it a go and wouldnt lose sleep at night doing it lol

[@bentleytelles7295]

Can they live with red cherry shrimps?

[@BlakesAquatics]

Ive done it. They will eat some here and there

[@edstar81]

cool fish. thanks for video :)

[@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..😭😭😭😢🙏

[@BlakesAquatics]

Sure thing

[@thndermcncheese6525]

@@BlakesAquatics can i send it to your gmail😁?

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@thndermcncheese6525 [e-mail]

[@thndermcncheese6525]

@@BlakesAquatics do you have instagram account can i send it there instead? gmail is not working rn sorry😭

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@thndermcncheese6525 i link it in every video description 🙂

[@QuintenCG]

My male honey gourami doesnt give a funk about floating plants or leafs. Half my surface is bubbles :')

[@BlakesAquatics]

🤣🤣

[@bacon6496]

2 people disliked because they think they deserve to be g teir and not have a vid about them I personally like them also do you know if matt from she's Aquatics will go live tonight

[@BlakesAquatics]

Haters gunna hate. I dunno mate

[@juliansfish617]

Honey gourami is the worst cichlid ever (inside joke) also is ranking game today?

[@bacon6496]

ssssssssssssss for them

[@bacon6496]

@Eric Graydon hello

[@Johnjimo1987]

Still don't want one though