Sparkling gourami

[Tinyfellows]

I recently got a trio of sparkling gouramis and it appears I got two females and a male and I am newer to the hobby and I am interested in breeding these guys for a fun project. What would be the ideal set up for a new 5 gal tank I would start to move the trio to. 

[Daniel]

Lots of floating plants and livefoods have always worked for me in the past with sparkling gouramis. They are not too picky about water chemistry.

Here is a video I shot of sparkling gouramis breeding a few months ago:

 

[Tinyfellows]

@Daniel awesome video is the live food for the fry or is it to promote mating? 

[Daniel]

Live foods promotes mating. The fry are very small and need green water for a week or two before they can consume baby brine shrimp.

This baby sparkling gourami is just big enough to eat baby brine shrimp, but he is still tracking down rotifers too eat also.

 

[Tinyfellows]

Awesome thanks for the great videos and information @Danielin your experience does a sponge filter cause to much surface agitation for the bubble nests?

[Daniel]

Not necessarily.

The bubble nest I have seen are small and deeply embedded in a fine leaved floating plant like hornwort or Utricularia.

Here is a video of a male tending a bubblenest built in Utricularia.