Crossbreed?? Possible??

[Samps]

Hello just wondering if it’s possible for a kissing gourami (male) to breed with a honey dwarf gourami (female)?? If not what can breed with the honey gourami?

 

[Andy Sager]

It's highly unlikely since they come from different families, breed in different manners and a breeding size kissing Gourami would have no use for a Honey, even if she were extra large in size.
As for what else can breed with a Honey, most of the dwarfs might but why would you want to mix them when a pure Honey is such a pretty fish?

 

[Samps]

Just was wondering if it was a possibility glad it’s not honestly didn’t want to deal with that. I had two dwarfs. Our honey dwarf named butter and a neon blue and orange male named Gypsy but he had to be moved to a different tank because he kept nipping at our female. (Both genders were confirmed) but he recently died on Sunday of unknown causes. I was wanting to get more honey females but where I live it’s like impossible to find.

 

[Andy Sager]

Just beware that Kissers grow quite large and can get aggressive towards other and smaller fish. ( The "Kissing" is actually a sign of aggression when they are not in a group.) Also, it's extremely difficult to identify the sex of a Kissing Gourami when they are not spawning so being assured of a male with a smaller Kisser would be near impossible.