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TnMark
01-31-2003, 12:00 PM
I had an Opaline Gourami fat with eggs who was very sick so I moved her into a quarantine tank last week. She died a day later. Today in the quarantine tank (that hasn't housed any other fish) I see 2 little babies swimming around. What can I do to keep them alive? What can I feed them? Help!
Thanks. Mark

OrionGirl
01-31-2003, 12:50 PM
Figure out what kind of babies they are...

Most gouramies are bubble nesters. The eggs are fertilized externally by the male, who then stores them in a bubble nest and gaurds the nest until the eggs hatch. Similar to bettas. There are exceptions, but none of them include internal fertilization. A female who was isolated would not have fertile eggs.

However, most fry can be fed 1-2 day old brine shrimp, microworms, vinegar eels, or flake food that's been crushed finely.

TnMark
01-31-2003, 1:01 PM
Thanks. After reading about them that was how I understood them to reproduce. The only other explanation for the babies was that a couple fertilized eggs were on a plant I pruned and put in my quarantine tank.
Thanks again. Mark