Woke up to a bubblenest! - Aquarium Advice

exodus · 05-11-2006, 03:32 PM

Came downstairs this morning to find a bunch of bubbles in a corner of my tank, looks like one of the gourami was trying to breed. I guess this is a good thing because it means they're quite happy.

Should I just leave it be, or should I suck it out or scoop it off or..?

Now I know my blue gourami is for sure a female though

CompMage · 05-11-2006, 03:42 PM

Not much you can do really. If he's happy he'll just make anther one.

Good luck with the little ones and good to hear about happy fish!

DeathWarp · 05-11-2006, 08:05 PM

Im hoping like crazy my gouramis breed... good luck to you

RoK · 05-12-2006, 12:02 AM

I don't mean to get your hopes down or anything but sometimes they will do that without a female present.
I'm guessing the flame gourami is a dwarf, yes?
Is this blue gourami a dwarf as well? If they aren't the same species, they won't breed together.

05-11-2006, 03:32 PM	#1
exodus Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Redding, CT Posts: 291 Images: 1	Woke up to a bubblenest! Came downstairs this morning to find a bunch of bubbles in a corner of my tank, looks like one of the gourami was trying to breed. I guess this is a good thing because it means they're quite happy. Should I just leave it be, or should I suck it out or scoop it off or..? Now I know my blue gourami is for sure a female though __________________ Tanks: 55g - Planted/PFS - Up and running as of 4/30/06, heavily planted running 2x 175 metal halide, dry dosing. lots of fish. Royal pleco!! 10g Freshwater - Fake plants/PFS - Breeding pair of convict cichlids purchased from the LFS I work at for $1.25 (best part is that I have a place to get rid of the fry!)

05-11-2006, 03:42 PM	#2
CompMage Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Maryland Posts: 260	Not much you can do really. If he's happy he'll just make anther one. Good luck with the little ones and good to hear about happy fish! __________________ Always remember Men's Rule #1 1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

05-11-2006, 08:05 PM	#3
DeathWarp Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 248	Im hoping like crazy my gouramis breed... good luck to you __________________ I Am The End.

05-12-2006, 12:02 AM	#4
RoK Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,224 Images: 11	I don't mean to get your hopes down or anything but sometimes they will do that without a female present. I'm guessing the flame gourami is a dwarf, yes? Is this blue gourami a dwarf as well? If they aren't the same species, they won't breed together. __________________ Current fish (includes all 8 running tanks): Gouramis, polypterids, SA cichlids, convicts, rainbows, plecos, loaches, ACFs, a platy, tetra, & a Ctenopoma

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