bubble nest?

[my_fallen_angel]

can a male bulid a bubble nest if there is not female gourami in the tank?
I was told they are all male.
I have 2 red a blue ones (not sure of their ral name)
1 blue one
1 pearl gourami

i was looking at the pictures and i have come to the conculsion that the pearl gourami is female.
So do gouramis cross breed.
Or is one of my red and blue gouramis confused?

 

[Paradise_Gourami]

For starters most males will not build a bubble nest unless theirs a female present, a pearl gourami is a species and is not a single raced gouami they consist of both male and females. and sorry but i dont know about cross bredding

 

[rsz]

maybe the red an blue gourami is just feeling particularly lucky!!


i dont think they can interbreed

oh, and Paradise_Gourami, i think s/he realised that you can get male and female gouramis, but they thought they had a male and now it looks like a female

 

[my_fallen_angel]

thanks rsz i didnt think i was that silly

i was told they were all male but i was looking at pictures of gouramis and now i know that the pearl is a female (not a male)
The red and blue is still buliding his nest and keeps chasing all the other fish away.
i dont know mybe he'll just give up in the end.

 

[joshua]

maybe one of your 'males' had been fed hormones to look like a male?

 

[rsz]

maybe one of your 'males' had been fed hormones to look like a male?

do people do that?!



i'd just leave the gourami be, doll_dagga_buzz_buzz_ziggity_zag, maybe he's just having a bit of 'fun'