Honey gourami

Honey gourami are native to the extensive, slow moving waters of the Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins of India and Bangladesh. Growing up to 5cm in length, these freshwater nano fish are adored for their glowing, warm yellow colouration and gentle temperament. Many hobbyists keep honey gourami as the centre piece fish for their nano tanks.

Honey gouramis can be kept as a single specimen in a community tank; however they thrive best when kept in pairs or small groups (one male to two females) as they are highly social.

To mimic their natural environment, consider lots of live plants in your aquarium, Honey gourami appreciate floating plants to reduce the intensity of lighting, as well as taller plants like Amazon sword in the background.

Honey gourami are not strong swimmers, they thrive best with a very gentle flow.
Honey gouramis are familiar with changes to water chemistry as in the wild they typically survive huge changes in weather during the rainy season, this makes them more hardy than many other freshwater nano fish.

Honey gourami are labyrinth fish, they can absorb atmospheric oxygen from the surface of the water, for this reason, make sure that there is space to do this within the floating plants, be sure to make sure that the lid of the aquarium is tight shut so that the air they breathe in is warm and moist.

In store we feed our Honey gourami EBO Pro Soft Artemia, Spirulina and Mussel as well as frozen and live foods such as daphnia and bloodworm.