"Gill Passman" gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Gill Passman" gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote in message
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Hi All,
Any advice on keeping my Dwarf Gourami babies if they ever hatch????

Hmm, in this case you *want* the tank to get sunlight, to encourage
algae
growth and the micro-organisms which live in it. Taking algae covered
decorations from other tanks works too. Eggs hatch in about 2 days
(depending on temperature, which should be between 76 & 81F). It's
been
a long time since I bred gouramis (and it was thick-lipped gouramis, a
larger cousin), but the fry are very small. Freshly hatched brine
shrimp
might be too big for them. See if you can find fry food (powder) for
egglayers, baby infusoria or if all else fails, boil an egg and drop
tiny
portions of the yolk in near the fry (but watch you don't pollute the
tank).
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Mr Gourami is guarding the nest and the female has been seen off -
plenty of
hiding places for her....the bubble nest is close to some Java
Moss....any
suggestions as I've never bred Gourami's before....the male is doing
a
wonderful job at the moment...It would be quite exciting if I can
get
some
survivors :-)

Gill



Thanks....

I'll move an algae covered ornament from one of the other tanks if the
fry
hatch but I guess it's not a good idea to disturb the water surface
just
yet. Unfortunately the tank is positioned to minimise algae growth and
is
newly set up - they obviously couldn't wait grin. I've got live
bearer
fry food (powder) not sure how this differs to the fry food for egg
layers -
I'll get some fry food on the next LFS trip.

Thanks again
Gill


afaik, livebearer fry food is larger than egglayer fry food, so would
probably not be entirely suitable. bassett's suggestion of daphnia fry
sounds great, but I have no experience on how to do this (other than a
small tank in the window sill with flake food, which would take several
days to get going).

Even if no fry are viable, it's fun to watch the routines. Consider it a
practice run for them ;~).
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