Hello everyone,
This is my first post on this site so I'm not really sure what to expect. I've been viewing previous posts trying to get as much information as possible on breeding my paradise gouramis. i couldn't get as much specific information as i wanted to which lead me to creating an account and asking for advice.
This spawning between my paradise gouramis was very unexpected but with the help of this site and other articles i was able to get to the point i am at now without the whole thing becoming a huge bust. I cut a styrofoam cup in half (length ways) and secured it to the side of my tank with tape for the male to make his nest and as soon as it was in there he went to work. he had been making a bubble nest in some floating water sprites which became dislodged because of too much current from the filters. i fixed that problem and the water is completely still now. the female was removed after i assumed they were done with their business (the hint was the male constantly chasing her away from the nest).
Now my problem is i don't know what to do next. the eggs hatched last night and the male isn't watching over the nest as closely as he was. should i remove him or leave him until the fry are free swimming? i have set up a 10 gallon fry tank that I'm trying to cycle now with the help of two of my angelfish and some smart start complete live bacteria. another question is how do i remove the fry from the larger tank to the 10gal safely without killing them? i would leave them in the tank they're in but I'm afraid my two filters will suck them up as soon as they try and go for my java moss for cover.
so basically my questions are:
when should i remove the male?
when should i remove the fry?
and how do i remove the fry safely?
thanks,
Zack
This is my first post on this site so I'm not really sure what to expect. I've been viewing previous posts trying to get as much information as possible on breeding my paradise gouramis. i couldn't get as much specific information as i wanted to which lead me to creating an account and asking for advice.
This spawning between my paradise gouramis was very unexpected but with the help of this site and other articles i was able to get to the point i am at now without the whole thing becoming a huge bust. I cut a styrofoam cup in half (length ways) and secured it to the side of my tank with tape for the male to make his nest and as soon as it was in there he went to work. he had been making a bubble nest in some floating water sprites which became dislodged because of too much current from the filters. i fixed that problem and the water is completely still now. the female was removed after i assumed they were done with their business (the hint was the male constantly chasing her away from the nest).
Now my problem is i don't know what to do next. the eggs hatched last night and the male isn't watching over the nest as closely as he was. should i remove him or leave him until the fry are free swimming? i have set up a 10 gallon fry tank that I'm trying to cycle now with the help of two of my angelfish and some smart start complete live bacteria. another question is how do i remove the fry from the larger tank to the 10gal safely without killing them? i would leave them in the tank they're in but I'm afraid my two filters will suck them up as soon as they try and go for my java moss for cover.
so basically my questions are:
when should i remove the male?
when should i remove the fry?
and how do i remove the fry safely?
thanks,
Zack