Gourami Bubble nest
I have a 55 gal tank that houses (among many tetra and a few Ottos) 6
Gouramis (2 Flame, 2 Blue (dwarf), and 2 gold. One of the Flames has built himself a bubble nest in on corner of the tank in a thick stand of Water Wisteria. Needless to say, he is displaying fantastic red and blue colors and is very rambunctious. I think that all 6 are males (not sure about the blue dwarfs. They are solid blue. Female maybe?). Will a male go through the process of building a nest if there are no females present in the tank? Also, I have no facilities for raising fry if eggs happen to get laid. Should I just scoop the nest out now or if I let nature take its course will some fry possibly survive? I understand that the female will eat the eggs and the male will eat the fry. These guys are moving quick. The Flames have only been in the tank two weeks! |
Gourami Bubble nest
"Mike" == Mike K writes:
snip Mike Will a male go through the process of building a nest if there Mike are no females present in the tank? Yes - one can always hope that a nice female will just happen to swim by. Changes in water temperature and food may have something to do with it as well. Mike Also, I have no facilities for raising fry if eggs happen to Mike get laid. Should I just scoop the nest out now or if I let Mike nature take its course will some fry possibly survive? I Mike understand that the female will eat the eggs and the male will Mike eat the fry. I would just let it all play out, but it is unlikely that you will end up with any surviving fry. -- Remove the spam-me-not. to e-mail me |
Gourami Bubble nest
Mike K wrote:
blue dwarfs. They are solid blue. Female maybe?). Will a male go through the process of building a nest if there are no females present in the tank? Yes. Also, I have no facilities for raising fry if eggs happen to get laid. Should I just scoop the nest out now or if I let nature take its course will some fry possibly survive? I understand that the female will eat the eggs and the male will eat the fry. Unless you like conflict, I would remove the nest. Gouramis get very territorial and aggresive when protecting a bubble nest. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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