Golden Honey Gourami

The natural form of the Honey Gourami comes from India and Bangladesh, where it occurs in slow-flowing to standing, warm waters. Colisa chuna belongs to the labyrinth fish and thus has a so-called labyrinth organ with which it can breathe atmospheric air in addition to gill breathing. This helps it survive in these oxygen-poor waters. In the breeding variant “Golden Honey Gourami”, both males and females are an intense golden yellow to orange.

Care in the aquarium

The Golden Honey Gourami is not too difficult to care for, as long as the required water parameters are observed. It is important when keeping the Honey Gourami that it can easily reach the surface to breathe and that there is not too much current or sufficiently low-current areas in the aquarium. So the Honey Gourami feels comfortable and can show its natural behavior. Furthermore, you should pay attention to a dense planting of the aquarium, which in places reaches to the water surface. Similar to the dwarf gouramis, socialization can take place with other peaceful fish, but not with tiger barbs, as these tend to nibble on the fins of the Honey Gourami.

Feeding

Colisa chuna can be fed with flake and smaller granulated food without any problems and live and frozen food are particularly popular.

Sexual Characteristics and Breeding

In this breeding variant, the females are in no way inferior to the males in terms of their color splendor and on the whole they look very similar, which makes it very difficult to distinguish between the sexes and which is why we cannot offer a guaranteed sex selection. The black courtship coloration on the chin and chest, which the males of the classic Honey Gourami have, is not present in the Golden Honey Gourami. In order to make the Golden Honey Gourami more willing to mate, the water level can be lowered (ideally to about 20 cm) and the water temperature increased to about 27°C. Feeding more live food additionally stimulates the fish. Like most labyrinth fish, the Honey Gourami builds a bubble nest on the water surface into which the eggs are transported after fertilization and the male takes care of the brood until the young hatch.