rox Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Here a couple of pics of our 2 new Gourami, sold as mates for Dwarf Honey. Inclined to believe they are both female as they are in the same tank as our Dwarf Honey male and he is not aggressive or enthralled. The front one is much more coloured than the back one, back one shows more blue. Will try for better photos tomorrow, any help appreciated, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hard to tell without pictures focused on the fish. But I'm inclined to guesstimate that in the top pic, right hand fish is a male, left is too overexposed to get an idea of its coloring. Bottom pic looks like probably a male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 You could have both colisa chuna(dwarf honey gourami) and colisa lalia(dwarf gourami) in the honey/suinset variety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I will try and get a better photo tomorrow. This is a photo of the original one we had. A little camera shy Dwarf Honey male/female? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'm fairly sure from the two pictures that they are Colisa Labiosa or Thick Lipped Gourami sometimmes sold as Orange Gouramis here are a pair of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hi Paul thanks, I think you are right, here is one I took this morning. Will post one of the more paler of the two separate cos "she" was zipping around loving the camera, as I said a lot paler. At least if they are a pair then thats a start, we were bought them as female dwarf honey and got a deal for taking the two as the males had already been snapped up. Is the a Honey a male? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 look at the dorsal fin on mine , the males fin is much more pointed than the female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi Paul, thanks well they still look very much alike, just one is much more coloured than the other. So looking at todays photos would you still say they are thick lipped? Bit of a shame cos we were trying to buy Honeys, now looking at the photo the Honey is a Honey male? We had a lovely pair of Dwarf Colbalts, first we lost the male and then the female, they were distinctively different, I suppose its harder to call in younger fish? Garry is looking at breeding fighters and really wants to do Dwarf Gourami as well so we will have to see how these develop. ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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