Breed Gouramis

[kyle12]

how do you BREED GOURAMI

[dorkfish]

Couldn't you just "bump" this thread (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77962)? All you have to do is make a post containing the word: bump.

Oh yes, supgourami bred her three spot gouramies, and says she has 500 fry (babies), are you sure your prepared for this massive undertaking? I haven;t bred fish before, but have done tons of reading about doing it, and one thing I have learned is that you should expect atleast a half hour a day spent taking care of the fry tank for gouramies, excluding feeding 3-4 times a day, and raising food for the fry (the fry are usually small and need VERY tiny food, such as white worms, wich are quite hard to find in my expierience. This is all that's preventing me from going through with my plans of breeding my bettas.).

Here is supgouramie's member page, with the actuall scentence conting the words "500 fry".

Supgourami's Member page (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/member.php?u=47508)

[supgourami]

Yea. I wouldn't suggest breeding them unless you are extremely prepared. It takes 2 or 3 months for the fry to get about and inch long, and about a year before they are sellable. I'll tell you how to do it if you let me know that you have plenty of tanks ready for these pesky little guys. I won't tell you how to do it if you are not prepared for the huge responsibility that the raising of the fry takes.

My 3 spot gouramis had around 500 fry, but they were also somewhat large 3 spots. What kind of gouramis do you have? Because the number of fry depends on the species.

[kyle12]

ok i have a huge built in tank that just has sand now no water. YET they are gold.

[dorkfish]

Can you get the measurements on the tank? your judgment of "huge" to one person can be small to another.

If you use this tank to raise the fry, you must be happy with having them and nothing else until they get big enough to not be eaten/eat flaked foods.

Gold gouramies are a three spot gourami variant, but just to make sure I'm right, is this your fish(es):

http://users.kent.net/~lisab/goldgouramimale.jpg

Note the pointed dorsal fin, that indicates that its a male. Females have a rounded dorsal fin.

[kyle12]

yeah thats my fish whould they do good in a 30 gallon tank for a while?

[supgourami]

Are your gouramis in a community tank, or is it just one female one male gourami?

[kyle12]

theres more fish in the tank.

[supgourami]

The gouramis won't breed in a community tank. You need a sepaerate tank to breed them.

[kyle12]

im going to do that i have a 1100 gallon built in tank they can go that has been running with no fish in it.