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Help sexing honey gourami?

Hi all,

I am looking for some help sexing my pair of honey gourami. The more orange colored one with the dark ventrum is clearly a male, and the more yellow one was presumed female. Today however, I saw some circling behavior I had not seen before, and noted that the presumed female had some slight darkening ventrally. From my reading this only happens with males. Is this a male as well? Also does

anyone know if nondominant males resemble females in terms of coloration? The bigger, definitely male fish is more dominant and I will need to return one to the fish store if the circling is sparring and if both are vying for dominance. Thanks for any advice you can give. Pictures are below





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Yes- the tank is a heavily planted 15 gallon for the pair, but I am keeping a watchful eye since a 20 might be preferable. Still, there are plenty of hides.


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