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Posted in toys on 08/10/2011 07:13 pm by adminVariant Chase
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I have a female pearl gourami and a male spotted gourami, can they make fry?
They take it in turns to chase each other around the tank and spend a lot of time shoaling together. Would it be possible for two variants of gourami to mate?
This is the first time i've tried to breed egg layers but i have a bit of experience in breeding livebearers. If you have any tips let me know.
It isnt a Malpulutta kretseri, I've just done some research and it looks nothing like it. I bought it as a spotted gourami from pets at home and theres are spotted gouramies in my fish encycopedia, so im pretty sure it is one.
I'm sure it would, afterall, swordtails and platies and mollies can interbreed. But breeding egg layers, what gourami's are, is difficult. Person who said these fish couldn't spawn together, did you not see what I said? If platies, swordtails, and mollies can interbreed and they are 3 different species of fish, and they can, I'm pretty sure 2 different kinds of gourami's can spawn.
These fish are just like bettas when it comes to breeding, you DO NOT put more than one female in the breeding tank. One male, one female, that's it. And yes, I've bred bettas before.
If you want to try to breed, you'll have to condition them so they stand the best chance of coming out of it healthy. You can condition them with live food if you can get it, blood worms, brine shrimp, there are a few other kinds but I'd have to go to my betta board to tell you the names. If you can't get live you can buy the frozen kind at PetSmart or Petco or just about any petstore that sells fish should have frozen fish food. Seperate them as being together has probably made them so used to each other they are less likely to spawn, but I'm not positive since again, mine was an accident, though doing so would probably be best. Condition them on a varied diet of their normal food and the live or frozen food for 2 weeks. If you don't have a seperate tank you'll need to buy one so the fry stand the best chance of survival.
Fill the tank half way full. Turn the heat up a little, For betta's I belive it's about 78 or so(I don't remember off the top of my head, I'll have to look when I go home), or a little warmer, as this makes them a little more eager to breed for some reason. Since my breeding was an accident I don't know how this part would be best, but for bettas you introduce the male first then the female in something he can see her in. If you can buy a divider that would probably work just fine as well. Put the male in one side, the female in the other and when the male starts to build his bubble nest(a nest of bubbles at the top of the water) take out the divider and hope they will spawn. Once the female releases her eggs the male will fertilize them and gather them up and put them in the nest. This is why the tank can't be more than half full, he'll get very tired if he has to swim the whole distance up and down to gather the eggs and put them in the nest.
After spawning, remove the female. I believe Gouramis are like bettas in that they take care of their eggs and protect them so you can leave the male in with the nest of eggs until they hatch, then remove him so he's not tempted to eat the fry. If you aren't comfortable leaving him with the nest, you can remove him. I hatched mine just fine by removing them from the community tank and putting them in another tank.
Once they hatch, after 24 to 48 hours, it would be best if you can buy brine shrimp eggs and a hatchery so you can feed them live food, though I successfully raised mine on powdered fry food, live is better for them. Once they're big enough you can start feeding them the live or frozen food you were feeding the adults to condition them. The most important part is to cover the tank since Grouami's are air breathers and have to develope their labyrinth organ, the organ that allows them to breath air. The air above the water has to be moist and warm so this organ develops properly. Leave the tank half full for a while, maybe till 5 weeks, then graudally start to fill it. You don't want to put a filter in there too soon, but if you can buy a sponge filter you can use that as it's more gentle than a normal filter and put that in then turn it on when the tank is full enough to cover the spout of it.
You'll want to do small water changes/cleanings, 2 to 3 weekly if you have time, otherwise at least 2 after at least the first week of their lives. If you can wait until they're almost 3 weeks, that would be even better, but you can do it before. The more often you change the water, the faster they should grow.
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