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Hi..I've been looking into getting some Honey Dwarf Gouramis, but profiles are hard to come by... So far I've seen them under the names Trichogaster chuna, Colisa chuna and Colisa sota. Does anyone know where I could get some solid (and accurate) information on the care of these fish?All I could find from 'regular sources' was some limited information on AquariaCentral and Fishbase.

dunno about dwarf but,

http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/honey.xml

That might be it, by the look of the size. :-) I was looking using the name 'Honey Dwarf' so I guess that would be why I didn't see it :-P Thx

This is my pair, along with a sparkling gourami. I've had more luck finding info on them in books than online.

[link=Here's]http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Labyrinthfish/Colisa/Colisa_chuna.htm" style="COLOR: #99FFFF[/link] one other link you can check into.



Theresa_M attached this image:


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Those look like the ones in the shop :-) Although they claim to have Red, Golden and regular varities.

Actually there's really no such fish as "Honey Dwarf Gourami".

There is the Dwarf Colisa Lalia or the Honey Gourami Colisa
Chuna.

The true Honey Colisa Chuna can be quite hard to find.

What are often sold as Honey Gouramies are in fact the Sunset color version of the Thick Lipped Gourami - Colisa Labiosa.

Judging from what you say the LFS has for sale it sound like they are Thick Lipped. Not terribly much difference between them really. Very nice fish. Peaceful, tough and nice coloring.

Actually Theresa the fish in your photo look like Labiosa to me. The body is a bit more elongated then Chuna and the very rounded part of the end of the anal fin is very characteristic of Labiosa.

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Could well be.. Noone at my LFS seems to know any scientific names.

Their lips are quite 'normal' tho - does that mean anything, or would that just be because they're young?

It's really hard to tell from the lips. They've never looked that thicker to me. Angelina Jolie they ain't

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Some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.

Ah well.
I could ask - but I'm not holding out hope :-P