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Tropical Fish Keeping => Gallery Showcase => Topic started by: Rustle on August 01, 2017, 07:42:18 PM

Title: Tank update
Post by: Rustle on August 01, 2017, 07:42:18 PM
Harlequins have settled in their new home. It's now been 3 days and everything is fine and we are hoping to get 4 more on friday.

Excuse the photo it was taken from my phone.
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: Littlefish on August 02, 2017, 06:46:31 AM
Glad to hear that your new arrivals have settled into their tank.  :)
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: fcmf on August 07, 2017, 07:16:05 PM
Glad that they're settling in. It's lovely how they shoal together - I have video footage of mine at the beginning and it's a delight to watch.
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: Rustle on November 09, 2017, 08:34:05 AM
We now have a male golden honey gourami after losing our first one a few months ago now.The female is a lot happier now she has a companion again and both are getting on great.

 
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: apache6467 on November 09, 2017, 09:46:25 AM
They look lovely together, maybe i should get another pearl gourami for my loner...
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: Sue on November 09, 2017, 10:41:26 AM
Can I ask, which one do you mean is the golden male? The photo shows a natural coloured male (the tan one with the black throat) and a yellow female (the yellow one with the black stripe).

They both look fit and healthy and the male's colours are very strong, which is a good sign.
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: Rustle on November 09, 2017, 12:46:14 PM
The one with the black throat was advertised as a golden honey male at maidenhead aquatics.  The photo makes them look pale I will try take a better one.


Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: Sue on November 09, 2017, 01:51:13 PM
Shops call them whatever they feel like  ;D

The male is the natural, wild colour of honey gourami. The female natural colour is grey-beige, which is probably why so few shops sell the natural coloured ones.
In the profile on Thinkfish http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/fish/honey-gourami.html the pair shown are the natural colour of honey gourami. Yellow and red are man made colours produced by selective breeding.

I got a trio of the natural coloured ones a week o so ago, but I'm still waiting for the male to colour up properly.
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: fcmf on November 09, 2017, 09:02:23 PM
How lovely that they're getting along and that she is happier with the new company.

I got a trio of the natural coloured ones a week o so ago, but I'm still waiting for the male to colour up properly.
This is big news - did I miss this? I hate missing out on any tank additions, etc. Anyway, congrats!  :)
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: Sue on November 09, 2017, 09:04:35 PM
I hadn't mentioned it before, just sneaked them into my signature  ;D

I like to wait till I know they're OK before saying anything  :)
Title: Re: Tank update
Post by: Littlefish on November 09, 2017, 09:17:10 PM
Don' forget to post some pics.  ;D