Hi all, first time here. I saw several refs to this site from Aquaria Central, so I thought I'd try my luck with getting some advice here, too.
So my wife and I purchased 3 dwarf neon blue gourami over the weekend. I remembered my sister having a gourami in our comunity tank as a kid and thought they were attractive enough the wife would like them too, bonus! Well, after a couple days of getting settled, we noticed that Monday night, one of them had built a big bubble nest in one corner of the tank. He wasn't overly protective of it, but he didn't want anyone else really touching the nest itself, so as long as they stayed a couple inches away, he seemed fine. Well, yesterday I say the video posted here by NinjaPenguin and thought, "That must be nice, the only fish we can breed are guppies, and our Julli Cories"... Last night when I got home, he wouldn't let anyone including the cories in "his" half of the tank. He would chase away anyone withing about 8-10 incehs of the nest. The nest itself is smaller, but several of the bubbles are larger, about the size of a pea, and seem to have an "oily" or iridescent sheen to them. I tried to take some pics, but they didn't really turn out with enough details to be of help. I notices in NP's video, it said that 24 hours later, there were fry swimming around.
Do Gourami really go from eggnest to fry in a 24 hour window?
Does it sound like we should be looking for some when I get home, or just a freak coincidence?
If we do have baby Gourami, do I need to take any special care, aside from crushing the food a bit finer for them?
Are they likely to be consumed without adequate cover protection or a seperate tank?
I guess some of this I should have looked up before purchasing them, but like I said, we've never REALLY had luck with breeding. I mean, who CAN'T breed guppies, and I heard that cories were somewhat difficult to breed, so assumed that was a fluke...
Any help and feedback would be great!
So my wife and I purchased 3 dwarf neon blue gourami over the weekend. I remembered my sister having a gourami in our comunity tank as a kid and thought they were attractive enough the wife would like them too, bonus! Well, after a couple days of getting settled, we noticed that Monday night, one of them had built a big bubble nest in one corner of the tank. He wasn't overly protective of it, but he didn't want anyone else really touching the nest itself, so as long as they stayed a couple inches away, he seemed fine. Well, yesterday I say the video posted here by NinjaPenguin and thought, "That must be nice, the only fish we can breed are guppies, and our Julli Cories"... Last night when I got home, he wouldn't let anyone including the cories in "his" half of the tank. He would chase away anyone withing about 8-10 incehs of the nest. The nest itself is smaller, but several of the bubbles are larger, about the size of a pea, and seem to have an "oily" or iridescent sheen to them. I tried to take some pics, but they didn't really turn out with enough details to be of help. I notices in NP's video, it said that 24 hours later, there were fry swimming around.
Do Gourami really go from eggnest to fry in a 24 hour window?
Does it sound like we should be looking for some when I get home, or just a freak coincidence?
If we do have baby Gourami, do I need to take any special care, aside from crushing the food a bit finer for them?
Are they likely to be consumed without adequate cover protection or a seperate tank?
I guess some of this I should have looked up before purchasing them, but like I said, we've never REALLY had luck with breeding. I mean, who CAN'T breed guppies, and I heard that cories were somewhat difficult to breed, so assumed that was a fluke...