AGH! Bubble nest! HELP

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Cypress

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I just noticed what I assume is a bubble nest this morning. One of my Dwarf Honey Gourami appears to be guarding it. The other is staying up behind the intake and heater all morning.

What should I do? How do I know if she has already spawned? I have angels, GBRs, cories, and a rainbow shark. I don't have any place large enough to move them all. Should I even bother trying to save the larvae?

I didn't expect anyone to spawn so quickly and I am really unprepared. Any advice would be great.

I do have a LFS that would take the babies if they got big enough.

THANKS!
 
Just see what they do with it this time and if you see fry, you can siphon them off into a gallon jar temporarily. If they successfully spawned this time, you can set up more permanent quarters for them for next time.
 
Without an extra tank, things are going to be severally compromised and I don't think the fry will survive. You can temp save them in a breeding trap...But they cannot be raised there.
You could try a tank divider, but the anabantoid fry are small and may slip through it.
 
I would just let nature take its course and see if they survive. That way you can see what you need to do the next time they spawn again.
 
Will I be able to spaw see a difference when they spawn? I'm thinking he has just built the nest, it just looks like bubbles, I don't see anything that might be larvae.

I don't even know if I have a male and female. He wouldn't have built a nest if the other Gourami was a male would he?
 
he might have built a nest regardless.
keep us posted tho.
 
Cypress said:
Will I be able to spaw see a difference when they spawn? I'm thinking he has just built the nest, it just looks like bubbles, I don't see anything that might be larvae.

I don't even know if I have a male and female. He wouldn't have built a nest if the other Gourami was a male would he?
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If you can get side pics of both of them I can tell you if they are male and female. If they are both males one may have made a nest just because but that would be unlikely.
 
Thanks everyone!

Well, last night I needed to do a water change. I thought the bubble nest would just go down with the water level. But, it stuck to the glass and was ruined. He is in the process of building another. It's about half the size of the first so far. I tried to get some pics of the one I believe could possibly be a female but I can't find my cord to upload. Hopefully I can
upload them tomorrow. :)
 
are these true honey's or the ones with alot of orange? I can post pics for you of my honeys(true not sunset)....The female has a brown lateral stripe and pale yellow, the male is bright yellow with a white or brown/black throat (when in breeding colors).
 
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