Breeding dwarf gourami's

[JoandWilly]

Just wanting some advice on breeding these things, we have 1 male and 2 females and read up a lil on them but want some first hand breeding advice.

[Billaney]

what i do is feed up both fish for about 2 weeks , lots of live food / frozen bloodworm etc , set up a small tank just a degree warmer than there normal tank, place a strip of polystirine about 2-3cm wide accross the front of the tank for them to build a nest under. also place a few things in the tank for the female to hide in until the male has finished building the nest.... add fish and wait , withing two day there will be a nice nest with lots of eggs in it, 2 days later lots of very little fry. After there have done there thing i remove both parents, add a few leaves of crushed lettue for infersoria and a few drops of number 1 fry food. sit back and watch

Has workd every time for me

[peanuts]

and with that advice of Paul's I have managed to breed fry. :bounce:

[JoandWilly]

Thanks just a couple of other things, should i put all 3 fish in there or just try with 1 of hte females to start off with and if nothing happens after 3-4 days swap her

Also whats some other ways of making the insufoira (spelling) I would prefer to make it out of the tank and add it as needed to stop pullotion to much.

[Billaney]

you can do the lettue thing in a bucket outside just to make the green water and add some as needed but i fine its not a problem.

I'd use one female at a time to start with , i have done it with two but it seemed to confuse the male a bit, you know us males are easly confused :roll: