Breeding Honey Dwarf Gouramis

[Lnbates2000]

Hi, I have 1 male and 1 female dwarf honey gouramis - had them about a year now.

Over the last few weeks, the male gourami has started building a bubble nest, he spends most of the day doing this, swims with the female a bit, then chases her off from time to time.

My question is... is there anyway to encourage them to lay eggs? Or do I just keep waiting? Each morning I expect eggs, but there is no bubble nest by morning and the process starts again!

I currently have breeding bristlenose plecs in the tank, along with some baby plecs, and 10 tetras. I have live plants, some of which are floating.

Thanks for any advice!

Laura

 

[Jodiem]

maybe do one big water change, like half the tank (if pos) that creates what happens in the wild and feed them a bunch of blood worm to get conditions up or put them in a different tank. or get one more female and maye that could encourage them!

but ur really lucky urs is doing a bubble nest! i have thick lipped ones for about just less thaqn a year and he wont make one but he is really fat so im thinking lazyness lol

Good luck!
Jodie

 

[Lnbates2000]

maybe do one big water change, like half the tank (if pos) that creates what happens in the wild and feed them a bunch of blood worm to get conditions up or put them in a different tank. or get one more female and maye that could encourage them!

but ur really lucky urs is doing a bubble nest! i have thick lipped ones for about just less thaqn a year and he wont make one but he is really fat so im thinking lazyness lol

Good luck!
Jodie

Thanks for your reply, may try a water change again - just got rid of white spot in the tank so maybe the conditions not quite right yet!

 

[StrontiumDog]

Hi,

I once bought a pair of Neon Dwarf G's and had them in a comunity tank but my little son god bless him didn't like them so I put them in my 2ft tank all by themselves.

Next day I came home to a large bubble nest, male had been busy they eventually mated and at the time I wasn't ready Had no worm cultures or baby brine shrimp on the go to feed them when they hatched.

What i'm realy trying to say is read more info before you start breeding them, you will need lots of plants for the female to hide in aswell. It will help if you have another tank to breed them in because the babys arnt going to survive in a comunity tank.

try doing a search on my name see if you can find my dairy on my neons, may help to understand

HTH

Edit: Live foods will help to condition them.