sophie wiggins wrote:


oh no! I thought I was doing te right thing for him, and all I've done
is get his hopes up only tohave them dashed by inadequate females...
at least he has an interest, I suppose.

The "inadequacy" may be temporal, though. I have never kept gouramis,
but if they are anything like my betas, the female will be driven of the
nest unless in heat. And then, as the saying goes, things that belong
together will grow together. And egg production in femals may start only
in the presence of an eligible male.