Description
Honey Gourami – Sweet-Natured and Beautifully Subtle
(Trichogaster chuna)
The Honey Gourami (Trichogaster chuna) is a gentle and graceful freshwater fish prized for its peaceful temperament and warm, honey-like coloration. With its soft golden body and calm nature, this small labyrinth fish is a perfect addition to community aquariums or peaceful nano tanks. It’s ideal for aquarists of all experience levels, from beginners to advanced keepers.
Key Features:
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Warm, Radiant Color: True to its name, this gourami glows with golden-yellow to orange tones, with males displaying deeper hues during breeding.
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Peaceful Personality: One of the most docile gourami species—perfect for small, calm community tanks.
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Compact Size: Grows to about 5–6 cm (2–2.5 inches), making it ideal for nano setups and mid-sized planted tanks.
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Labyrinth Breather: Can breathe surface air thanks to its labyrinth organ, allowing it to thrive in lower-oxygen environments.
Tank Compatibility:
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Great with small, peaceful species like rasboras, small tetras, otocinclus, and shrimp
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Best kept singly, in peaceful pairs, or small groups with plenty of cover to prevent territorial behavior
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Avoid fin-nippers or overly active fish
Care Requirements:
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Temperature: 24°C–28°C (75°F–82°F)
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pH: 6.0–7.5
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Soft to moderately hard water
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Loves a well-planted tank with floating plants, low flow, and dim lighting
Feeding Tips:
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Omnivorous and easy to feed
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Enjoys quality flakes, micro pellets, and frozen or live foods such as brine shrimp, daphnia, and bloodworms
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Feed 1–2 times daily in small portions
Why Choose the Honey Gourami?
Gentle, attractive, and easy to care for, the Honey Gourami is a favorite for peaceful community tanks and aquascapes. Its sweet demeanor and glowing colors bring harmony and beauty to any aquarium.
Click & Collect
Livestock will only be bagged once you arrive, or if you contact us in advance to request it ready beforehand.
Local Delivery
Order anything from our in-store range and have it delivered right to you.
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Minimum spend: £50
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Delivery up to 10 miles: £10
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Delivery up to 25 miles: £20
Distances are measured “as the crow flies”, not by road.
Once your order is placed, we’ll be in touch to arrange a suitable delivery date and time.
Please note, delivery may take a little longer as we often group orders together to build an efficient delivery run.
Important: If you’re ordering a large aquarium, please ensure someone is available to help unload the van on arrival.
Dry Goods Delivery
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DX Express: 1 working day, same-day dispatch before noon 0-75kg
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Express Pallet: 1–3 working days 75-500kg
If you'd like to add more items to an existing order that hasn't yet been dispatched, please place a Click & Collect order and leave a note asking us to combine the orders.
Please note: We currently only dispatch parcels Wednesday to Friday.
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Livestock Delivery
Thursday Delivery – £24
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Dispatched Wednesday afternoon
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Delivered Thursday before 1pm
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Order by Wednesday 12 noon
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Minimum spend: £50
Friday Delivery – £24
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Dispatched Thursday afternoon
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Delivered Friday before 1pm
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Order by Thursday 12 noon
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Minimum spend: £50
Saturday Delivery – £29
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Dispatched Friday afternoon
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Delivered Saturday before 1pm
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Order by Friday 12 noon
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Minimum spend: £50
📦 Want to Add to an Existing Order?
No problem! Just place a Click & Collect order and leave a note asking us to link it with your original one (as long as it hasn’t been dispatched yet).
🛒 Dry Goods Now Included!
You can now include dry goods in your livestock delivery – perfect for topping up supplies in one go.
❄️ Please note: We can’t send frozen food with livestock – please order frozen items separately.
⚠️ Delivery Exclusions
Unfortunately, we’re unable to deliver livestock to the following postcodes:
Scotland & Isles:
AB30–AB56, DD8–DD10, DG3–DG9, DG12–DG14, FK17–FK21, KA18–KA19, KA26–KA30, PA20–PA38, PA80, PH3–PH40
Cornwall Isles: TR21–TR25
All of the following postcodes are excluded:
BT, HS, IM, IV, JE, KW
Plus Channel Islands and Shetland Islands
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