Breeding Angelfish or Dwarf Gourami's

[Dangerdoll]

since the original poster was asking about dwarf gouramis, it should be mentioned that Colisa lalia is dimorphic and quite easy to sex -- even the newbiest newbie should be able to distinguish between the silver of the female and the bright color of the male.

whoops, didn't realize the post was limited to "dwarf gourami's"..... but still the point is out there

 

[jk19]

i would personally go with dwarf gourami's but it depends on the demand for the species. due to intensive commercial rearing of angelfish the adults lose the ability to rear young. this is because the eggs in farms are artificially reared, taking them awaqy from the parents. this means the process is not passed on th the offspring, and so they don't rear the fry. ive had this before, i separated a pair from a small shoal to find that the eggs are fanned and guarded, even unfertilised eggs are removed, only for them to attack the fry once they hatch. young pairs can do this for the first few times anyway, but i found this was always the case. im looking to breed dwarf gourami's very soon, as over here in england finding decent females is becoming difficult!!

 

[CharlieV]

Thanks you guys (gals) for all the input. I have a 40 gallon Hex and a full size 60 gallon ready. I'm thinking hex for Angels, they like to swim up and down a lot.

Should be cool for a pair..... it's more total height due to finnage of angels (can get to 1ft in Scalare and around 14-15inch on P. Altum) - my two in my 30g never venture above middle tank (unless fruitlessly chasing a danio!)

Easy to breed - well they did it on their own in my 30g - I don't have the space for the fry so just aswell they ate the eggs!
Stimulous seems to be 50% water change 2deg F below tank temp - well for me anyways!