breeding Gouramis
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breeding Gouramis
twocat Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:01 pm
Does anyone want to try there luck breeding my Blue pair?
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Re: breeding Gouramis
Laura_Leigh Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:51 pm
I just got a pair of dwarf gouramis.... any suggestions on how to care for them?
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twocat Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:24 am
They are easy to care for. I feed mine a variety of flake food, brine shrimp, blood worms. They do not appear to like fast flowing water but they are very tolerant of poor water conditions, They are easy to breed however it is difficult to fine female dwarfs. If you know of where you can buy some females let me know.
The next time we do a group buy for fish I am planning on getting about three of every type of dwarfs that they have. I am currently looking for females, which you do not see too much because they do not have much color. I have some juvenile blue ( non Dwarf) that you can have if you want some.
I purchased some juvnile pearls that I hope will be big enough to breed in several months. When they breed you get a ton of babies.
The next time we do a group buy for fish I am planning on getting about three of every type of dwarfs that they have. I am currently looking for females, which you do not see too much because they do not have much color. I have some juvenile blue ( non Dwarf) that you can have if you want some.
I purchased some juvnile pearls that I hope will be big enough to breed in several months. When they breed you get a ton of babies.
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Re: breeding Gouramis
Laura_Leigh Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:47 am
As much as I hate to admit it. I got mine at walmart in taylorville. They had quite a few females. I'll post pictures of them later if I can.
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twocat Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:13 pm
Our Wal-Mart only had one and I would like to have 4 more so I will try the one in Pontac in a few days.
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Laura_Leigh Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:17 pm
If you don't find any let me know. I should be in town later this week and can pick some up. I'm hoping to be able to make it to the meeting this month. Or I can try my hand at breeding my pair
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Re: breeding Gouramis
twocat Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:08 pm
Laura,
If you go by the Taylorville store and plan on heading to Bloomington I would love to get 5 females and I would pay you for them
I will PM you my phone number if that works out.
Mark
If you go by the Taylorville store and plan on heading to Bloomington I would love to get 5 females and I would pay you for them
I will PM you my phone number if that works out.
Mark
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Laura_Leigh Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:13 pm
I'll try to run down there tomorrow. I'll see what they have!
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twocat Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:01 pm
It is, I hope you have them in a tank by themselves.
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Laura_Leigh Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:42 am
Yep. Sure do. Do you still want me to get those at walmart or would you like some fry? Lol
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twocat Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:20 am
If can pick up some from wal mart that would be nice, Hopefully we can swap some fry in a couple of months.
Mark
Mark
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Laura_Leigh Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:01 pm
sure can. What do I feed these guys if/when they hatch?
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twocat Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:19 pm
PM me a address and I will send you some stuff in the mail or you can pick some stuff up at the meeting. In the mean time take a pinch of flake food and grind it up very small between your fingers.
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Laura_Leigh Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:54 pm
wait a second..... how quick should I be expecting to see these little guys? how little will they be? Will I need to put the parents in a different aquarium once they hatch? I have to admit, I wanted to breed them eventually, but I really didnt think it would be within 4 days of me getting them. Heck, I didnt really expect them to live longer than a week with them coming from WalMart.
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Laura_Leigh Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:03 pm
do I need to turn off my filter to prevent them from getting sucked in?
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Laura_Leigh Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:47 pm
I caught my gouramis in the act tonight. Should I pull the female tomorrow?
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Laura_Leigh Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:07 am
i saw two babies free swimming this morning! They are so tiny!
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Re: breeding Gouramis
randywoowoo Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:05 pm
Congratulations!!! You should have several hundred by tonight. I have a sponge filter in my Gourami fry tank. They really do not like getting knocked around by fast flowing water. I have had my fry for around 3 weeks now. Some have grown to about double their original size whereas others are still very tiny. I am by no means an expert at this, but I have somehow been able to keep several hundred of my fry from kicking the bucket. Keep us posted.
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Re: breeding Gouramis
Laura_Leigh Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:27 pm
yeah, I just completely unplugged my filter all together. I'll move the parents over tonight I guess. Put the main filter on the new tank. I'll get a sponge filter on Friday to get them going
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Re: breeding Gouramis
twocat Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:15 am
My Pearl gourami pair finally spawn. I was planning on taking a picture of the bubble nest to show Gina what a nest looked like but I see Laura already has a good picture of a bubble nest.
Gina this is a good picture of a bubble nest.
Mark
Gina this is a good picture of a bubble nest.
Mark
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Re: breeding Gouramis
RainingReason112358 Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:39 pm
Congrats Mark, You still looking for a female dwarf? I have two that are just sitting around!!!
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pops48 Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:12 pm
Betta fry will take microworms soon after they are free swimming so I would bet these would too.
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Re: breeding Gouramis
twocat Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:36 pm
I will take you upon the females. I will try to breed them to.
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