Trista Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I have a 10gal that I've had set up since December '21. I re-scaped it a couple months ago and have had 2-3 pygmy corys, 4 sparkling gouramis and a zebra danio in it with snails. I'm not sure what type of fry these are, I'm suspecting sparkling gouramis. I've been working on setting up a 20gal to move them into, it's cycled and now has snails and amano shrimp, the only reason I haven't moved the fish is because I couldn't finish the scape until my bog wood fully water logged. I think it's good now and a good thing because now I have to move these fish! I've caught the gouramis and the danio, the pygmy corys bury themselves in the sand and get so stressed, I think I'm ok leaving them (no clue). I've never had fry before and am so unprepared, LOL. I can hatch BBS, I usually feed these to my other fish anyways. Any advice would be appreciated! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Congrats, my attempt at keeping Sparkling Gourami didn't end well. They're such beautiful little fish, I hope your fry survive and thrive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trista Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/22/2022 at 3:15 PM, Patrick_G said: Congrats, my attempt at keeping Sparkling Gourami didn't end well. They're such beautiful little fish, I hope your fry survive and thrive. @Patrick_G What happened with your gouramis?! I got so excited when they started croaking a few months ago. I've even got video of the two males sparring. The only issue I've had so far is my LFS telling me I could keep them with a betta, I didn't know they're closely related and eventually had to move the betta. Then they accidentally scooped up a zebra danio when I was picking up my pygmy corys so the danio has been fighting them. That's why I wanted to move them to a bigger aquarium so I could get a couple more danios, hoping that would relieve his stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widgets Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Good luck. Unexpected fry is so exciting. I had a pair of Zebra Danios in a tank I was setting up for a shrimp tank. Two days after moving them out and the shrimp in, I had Zebra Danio fry all over the place. I am setting up another tank to move the larger Zebra Danio fry since they are getting big and I am afraid for future shrimplets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/22/2022 at 12:43 PM, Trista said: Patrick_G What happened with your gouramis?! I originally bought three and they seemed to die from different reasons. The first female withered away soon after purchase. The second female was super shy and never ate well. The male was in good shape then disappeared for weeks, only to be found when I was breaking down the tank. 😥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trista Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 So I moved the adult sparkling gouramis to the 20gal I had been preparing for them on Friday, it's now Monday and I have a male protecting a bubble nest! LOL. I guess we'll see if I notice more babies in the new tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trista Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 It's confirmed! I have new babies in the new tank I moved all of the adults into so the other babies wouldn't get eaten! I don't know what to do...do I try and move the new fry into the 10gal with the other fry? Any advice is appreciated! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumplkrum Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Personally, I'd leave the fry where they are. You'd probably have to tear that tank apart to net them out, and the stress on them might kill them. Let nature take it's course. You have the other tank with fry so those are your backups. And if the fish are spawning this readily, you'll have more batches in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trista Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 12:30 PM, sumplkrum said: Personally, I'd leave the fry where they are. You'd probably have to tear that tank apart to net them out, and the stress on them might kill them. Let nature take it's course. You have the other tank with fry so those are your backups. And if the fish are spawning this readily, you'll have more batches in the future. @sumplkrum Thanks for the advice, I was leaning toward leaving them as well. I have a ton of dwarf water lettuce in this tank I had planned on thinning out. I guess I'll leave it for now as it will give the fry extra coverage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 It's not a bad problem to have 😁. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trista Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 All those tiny babies! I counted around 50! 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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