Hatching baby dwarf gourami

[nacra99]

Re: Hatching baby dwarf gourami

Ok... i checked.. my vinegar eel culture is still alive... albeit... smells a little funky from being neglected, but its full of eels.
You can have the whole jar for free.

send me a PM if you still need em. I'm around the galleria area.

[Krisvalkyrie]

Re: Hatching baby dwarf gourami

Thanks everyone!

[Krisvalkyrie]

Re: Hatching baby dwarf gourami

Oh, I just checked my big tank this morning - he is at it again!  Huge bubble nest under an amazon sword leaf.

How often do they breed?!

Kris

[nacra99]

Re: Hatching baby dwarf gourami

So how r the babies doing?

[PhishPhreek]

Re: Hatching baby dwarf gourami

They are like bettas, they can breed again in 4+ days if they are in really good condition but the second spawn will have less eggs.

Sorry I haven't been online.... been fighting some nasty viruses.   But if you still need vinegar eels or micro-worms,  I have them.

By the time I can see them without my glasses, they are big enough to eat bbs.

brine shrimp hatchery

[Krisvalkyrie]

Re: Hatching baby dwarf gourami

*sigh* unfortunately, I had a total loss of all of these, not sure why - one day they were eating vinegar eels, the next, gone...

[PhishPhreek]

Re: Hatching baby dwarf gourami

Loss could be due to several things
something eating them - hydra, other fish
Amonia - over feedng fry is common and dead food rots.
pheneumonia - baby anabantids begin to develop their labaranth and a they need a covered tank with warm moist air.

Also a chance that they became free swimming and scattered.   It's hard to find those tiney fry hiding in the corners and under the plants.
On more than one occasion I have gone to dump a month old fry tank and found a half dozen survivors.