ChrisD90 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Does anyone have any helpful tips on breeding gouramis? How do I know if they are ready to breed? I've got a beautiful pair of pearls and they have recently gone a nice deep reddish colour on the bottom I don't know too much about breeding fish so any help would be amazing. Thanks đ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 A bred my pear gourami's over 10years ago by having plenty of floating plants slow surface agitation. So it doesn't break up the bubble nest my pH 7.2 I raised temperature from 77.9 to 80 and I condition them on plenty live and frozen foods such as micro worms brine shrimp daphnia blood worms that did the trick for me i would start feeding the fry on infusoria or Sera micron after 5days I would start feeding them brine shrimp then micro worms when they get a bit larger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik_n Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 I bred a pair of blue gouramis about a year ago. Ik its not the same but you might find some of this useful. The fish bred on their own in my 180l community tank. The male chose a corner and kept the fish out of it. I had some floating plants around the area. Once I noticed the eggs I took the bubble nest out and put it into a separate container. Where the fry hatched and I fed them egg yolk for the first week, then switched to micro worms and brine shrimp. I didn't realised how long these fish take to grow out. I still have most of them in the tank about 10 months later. They get frequent water changes and are feed 3-4 times a day but they still take forever to grow out. So just be prepared that the fry might take longer to grow out. I didn't realise that until it was way too late. The pair spawned the second time, but it was a much smaller spawn. I also took the eggs out but less of them survived because I put them in the same tank as their older siblings. I didn't do anything special when trying to breed the fish, in fact I wasn't even expecting it. I fed them frozen blood worms and high quality flake about 2-3 times a day (smaller feeds) and they did the rest.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisD90 Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 12:06 AM, Colu said: A bred my pear gourami's over 10years ago by having plenty of floating plants slow surface agitation. So it doesn't break up the bubble nest my pH 7.2 I raised temperature from 77.9 to 80 and I condition them on plenty live and frozen foods such as micro worms brine shrimp daphnia blood worms that did the trick for me i would start feeding the fry on infusoria or Sera micron after 5days I would start feeding them brine shrimp then micro worms when they get a bit larger Thank you so much this is very helpful information. I will let you know how I get on. On 11/3/2021 at 5:30 AM, Nik_n said: I bred a pair of blue gouramis about a year ago. Ik its not the same but you might find some of this useful. The fish bred on their own in my 180l community tank. The male chose a corner and kept the fish out of it. I had some floating plants around the area. Once I noticed the eggs I took the bubble nest out and put it into a separate container. Where the fry hatched and I fed them egg yolk for the first week, then switched to micro worms and brine shrimp. I didn't realised how long these fish take to grow out. I still have most of them in the tank about 10 months later. They get frequent water changes and are feed 3-4 times a day but they still take forever to grow out. So just be prepared that the fry might take longer to grow out. I didn't realise that until it was way too late. The pair spawned the second time, but it was a much smaller spawn. I also took the eggs out but less of them survived because I put them in the same tank as their older siblings. I didn't do anything special when trying to breed the fish, in fact I wasn't even expecting it. I fed them frozen blood worms and high quality flake about 2-3 times a day (smaller feeds) and they did the rest.  Thank you for the info this is very useful. Do you think they would go ok if I moved them into a floating breeder box in the same tank? Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 8:22 PM, ChrisD90 said: Do you think they would go ok if I moved them into a floating breeder box in the same tank? I think that a bit small for breeding gourami's the fry should be fine in a breeder box I breed mine in a 15 gallon tank and move the adults after the fry hatched and left the fry in the 15 and I droped the water level to 6in to make it easier for the fry to feed and get to the surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisD90 Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 @Colu Hi I think I have just spotted a small bubble nest on the bottom of an Anubias leaf can you tell me if it is or not? The only other fish I have that lays eggs is a bristle nose and neon tetras but i'm pretty confident it's not them. Thanks. (sorry for the low quality photos my tank is a double sided tank and its really hard to get a good photo.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 That looks like the start of a bubble nest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisD90 Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 9:37 PM, Colu said: That looks like the start of a bubble nest Turns out its a snails egg nest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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