*What fish or invert would you like to see me breed next?* Comment below to let me know what you think, and view my “Breeding for Fun” playlist if you want to see more this videos like this! ruclips.net/p/PLlBBJ7xBuquYk_uRl5k-rtJVVOTFP5UUd
My two honey gouramis just started breeding today! Love these fish! they’ve really helped improve the tank ecosystem and also made it much more interesting now that my fighting fish has slowed down due to his ever growing tumor. Your video encouraged me to get these little cuties, great advice as always thankyou 😁
You have made an excellent video. Your straightforward persona & clear-headed personality brought great value to the tutorial. Heavens, no rambling at all. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I have very little time for rambling (especially if it's from someone I don't know), so I try to keep my own videos a little leaner if possible. :)
Thanks so much for this video There really is not a lot of videos about breeding gourami They’re my favorite fish and I’m so happy because thanks to your video I could breed them Lots of babies hatched yesterday Now I’m praying I can keep them alive
I bought my first Honey Gouramis on Jan 10th. It's nine days later and I have babies stuck to everything in a 10 gallon tank. :) They just started to become free swimming. Talk about easy breeding!
@Du Antunes Just my local shop on Prince Edward Island, Canada. I don't do any online fish purchases, as the shipping to here for fish is absolutely nuts.
Honey Gouramis are one of my favourites. I like your submissions: short and to the point. If you want the fry to stay in the tank during a water change, you need to screen the *inflow* end of your syphon tube, not the outflow. An air stone works well in preventing ingress, or a wad of sponge.
My honey gouramis fry just hatched!! I don't know if it happened a few hours ago or a day ago but I am so happy I didn't expect it to happen so soon now I just gotta make them some food.
The solo cup trick is interesting! Never seen that before. Had a father and daughter in at work looking for something to breed for their 10 when it was fully cycled. OneFishTwoFishROC suggested honeys, this video was super helpful. I’ll make sure to send them here when they’re ready to start. Great video!
Yay, I'm so glad! If I had a styrofoam cup around, I'd probably use that instead since it's easier to float at the surface without having to prop it up. :)
I have had my Bell on your channel for the longest but for some reason this is the first time it has popped up in my notifications. I am a little bit upset because this video was incredible in my opinion. I've been thinking about breeding some Pearl gouramis sometime in the future but I have never found a video that was as in-depth as this one. thank you so much and I will Make a better effort of stopping by more often. 😎👍
Oh my goodness, your comment really warms my heart! Yes, definitely breed your pearl gouramis - I found it to be such a rewarding experience. 😊 Check out Kaimuki Backyard's channel; he has a great playlist on his experience breeding gouramis that I found helpful as well. ruclips.net/p/PLLVpdFWioUGo0sl9undQqC57dV0IA2llY
Didn't know gouramis are easy to breed! It's the same as betta😀 I used to have many local gouramis ( I live in Asia tho) but didn't know how to breed them😂. Thanks for the video😘 this is the 4th/5th video I watched from your channel and I definitely going to subscribe! Your explanation is really straight forward,clear and easy to understand.😎
Oh my goodness, thank you for the binge watching and subscribe! Yeah, I was surprised how similarly these anabantoids breed. Love their little bubble nests. :)
Nice vid. I feed my betta and gouramy fry with vinegar eels over the first few days/weeks and then switch to banana worms/bbs etc. Way easier, than infusoria etc.
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing your expecience. I don't have goney gouramis but leeri's. Today got a bubble nest, but they are in a community fish tank so I don't really expect have some babies there
I have a 29 gallon, and I have 12 Neon Tetras, 8 Guppies, and 6 Cory catfish. But could I take out a few of the guppies, and put them in my new 5 gallon tank, and get a new Dwarf or honey Gourami? Because I really want a centerpiece fish for that tank, could it work? Or would it be overstocked?
Can I keep shrimp or any other cleanup crew in the tank with the babies? I can never seem to get all the gunk off the bottom in my water changes with that tiny airline tubing! I got a breeding pair 6 weeks ago, and they have bred 4 times so far, I am currently raising 2 of their batches. This info is so easy to understand! Thanks!!
My honey gourami are breeding in my community tank, yay! Except... now they're on their third spawn in under one week and I'm worried for their health. After this project, did you keep them together in the same tank longterm and have an issue with continual breeding?
Hi Irene !!! How did you manage to keep the air temperature even when doing water changes and feeding? Some sources said that these tiny fry are very sensitive to any changes....any idea? Thanks so much ! Love your work !
Story time! So I planned on getting a honey Gurmani today and I went to the fish store and my blind eyes managed to make me get a normal dwarf gurmani and I didn’t notice till I got home 😭😂😂 there’s no fish in my 70litres )I think that’s 19 gallon or something ) so I Hope when I put my corydoras in in it won’t be aggressive but if it is i will get a female to neutralise that 😭 It was a bit annoying 😂
Hello! In need of your advises. I have 8 gouramis, but am not sure which are female and male as their dorsal fins looks very similar. And their belly is slight rounded. Some even rounder. May I know how do I pick the right male for breeding? Cos I have a female gourami and she is way bigger than others. If the male is smaller in size, is he the right fish for the breeding? I have followed ur steps in this video, but it seem not working for mine. Why?
All I have is a 3 gallon I could use but my G’s are desperately trying and I think it would be really cool! Is 3 gallons enough? They’re currently in a 40 gallon Community tank with Danios that are just loving ruining everything!
My gouramis breed all the time. When can i take the nest out of the community tank? I never get fry even if they breed all the time in the community tank. When do i know I can feed them infusoria? Is it when the nest has disappeared? Cause I cant see them cause I have so many floating plants (not too many)
Hey, I watched this first aug 19 when my honeys bread in the 200L community tank I had just finished stocking (6 zebras danios, 6 Corys, 3 bristlenose plecos, 4electric blue rams 4HGs(1f3m, intended to be 2f, 2M). Unfortunately a lot of the fry didn’t make it due to the mean hungry Danios. I failed to catch the Danios to segregate and didn’t wish to scare off the HGs. Only 2 fry survived and sadly one passed away recently (I think due to stress of water flow... which I didn’t realise coupled with not sufficient enough water changes (I screwed up the math and was doing 10-15% instead of 20-25% weekly... I thought the tank was a 100l for some reason). Anyways how long do you think it takes for them to be fully grown? The lone survivor (suspected F) is currently around 9 months old.
My gourami layed eggs yesterday and today they all hatched. There is no bubblenest left but I hope some will survive. For now it looks like that everyone is alive but that can change.
Help my female honey gourami turned into a male then it became pink , yellow and slightly blue . I don’t know what happened or why it’s doing this please if anybody knows what their doing please tell me it’s attacked my normal honey gourami
My honey gouramis are makeing a bubble nest as I type they are in a 71L tank with two German blue Rams my second tank isn't biology ready yet HELP what do I do ? ????
Yes! I totally called around to all the major pet stores and local fish stores until I located one that happened to have in stock. It's hard to find females because they're not as colorful.
I'm very curious to see if my honeys will end up producing any healthy fry, as i found them unintentionally breeding. however my tank is also quite aged and has plenty of cyclops and other microfauna. does anyone know if those are adequate for the first few days/weeks of life?
Could be? I've heard that sometimes creatures like daphnia will eat all the infusoria in a tank so that there's none left for the fry. Let me know what you find out!
@@GirlTalksFish so far the past few days, the fry I've been able to find seem to be growing just fine, but they are still very young at this point. I just hope they can get to the point that they'll be able to eat all the microfauna in the tank, as most of what I've seen has been too fast or big for them.
So as an update to the fry, ive found a total of six little fry, and theyre growing very fast! they already are big enough at this point to start eating the cyclops that live in the tank theyre in.
Huh, very interesting! I'd have to see if my LFS would take 8-week-old betta juveniles but if so, looks like it would be a fun project. Thanks for the suggestion!
My honey gourami looks nothing like a honey gourami it looked it a yellow gourami yellow gourami need 35 gallons but mine is 21 gallons if anyone had this same thing let me know
Good eye! The father is the yellow/gold variety, the mom is wild type, and I believe the babies turned out wild type as well - although their fins are tail were much more orange than the mom's (maybe they're both male?).
can a female honey gourami be yellow as the male? Apperently I have a couple of honey gourami and they've been kinnda hugging to breed, but I still doubt if the female is actually a male, as her colors are almost as strong as the male, ans she even has a bitt of black in her bottom fin.
Hmm, the yellow-type female gouramis I saw at the store were yellow, but they didn't have any black on them, were bigger than the males, and also had a faint brown horizontal line down the middle of their bodies. I think the key deciding factor for you might be the pointy vs. rounded fin tips. Hope that helps!
It would be hard on both the parents if the female stayed around since the male _really_ doesn't want her (or anyone else for that matter) near his babies. If you only have 1 tank, you could always buy a 5-gallon plastic tote as your breeding and fry grow-out tank. Once the parents are done with their breeding responsibilities, they can go back to your main tank and then the fry would be raised in the tote. Here's a short video on how I set up a cheap quarantine/fry grow-out container: ruclips.net/video/Z8WMVVT4b7I/видео.html
It's pretty easy! In general, males are more brightly colored, have a black/dark blue abdomen when they're in breeding dress, and have sharper points to their fins. Females are rounder/bigger than males, have paler coloration, and have rounded ends to their fins. Hope that helps!
NOT HONEY GOURAMI BUT... I tried to breed my blue gourami's and whenever the male makes the bubble nest and tries to mate..the female just goes up and destroys the nest😤..yeah it does the TAIL SLAPS 😅😅..wht does she keep doing that??..
Probably! The first two weeks are the most critical times; afterwards, the surviving fry are the biggest/hardiest and tend to do well. Best of luck to ya!
Oh man, it took forever to find them! I called around to all the local fish stores and one of them happened to have a big batch of male and female wild type gouramis. They were surprised when I only wanted the females because most people just want the males for the color. :)
A Gamer's Wife Yes! I have checked every local store, no one carries the females! I’ve even looked online. I just can’t bring myself to pay the online shipping fee, not for one tiny fish. Well, the hunt continues. As always, I enjoyed your video and I appreciate your reply!
My male honey gourami is chasing the two girlfriends I gave him pretty aggressively. Your video doesn't mention this behavior...is it possible he's not a fan of his new tankmates?
@@GirlTalksFish they actually just upgraded from a 20 long to a 29gal (consider it a honeymoon gift) but the plants have definitely not grown in a lot and the three gouramis might all be competing for the same hiding spots. That said, he has his breeding dress going pretty brilliantly (my baby boy grew a beard! And it's bluish black!) So I will keep an eye on things. If anything interesting happens I'll share it here for ppl to learn :)
@@GirlTalksFish I just wanted to come back and update. He's spawned several times with the ladies in the tank and tonight is the first time in my life that I have ever seen hours-old baby fish. Such an amazing and beautiful sight to behold!! Thank you for your help and inspiration Irene
*What fish or invert would you like to see me breed next?* Comment below to let me know what you think, and view my “Breeding for Fun” playlist if you want to see more this videos like this! ruclips.net/p/PLlBBJ7xBuquYk_uRl5k-rtJVVOTFP5UUd
I know people may hate me for saying this, but I think balloon mollies are kinda cute. I'm totally tempted to follow you up on that suggestion!
Sulawesi Snails
@@emmanuelramoncerrer6390 Oh ho, interesting vote! Most people usually recommend I breed a fish. 🐌🐌🐌
Try Cardinal Tetras or Betta!
Are both these two babies females?
ur videos are to the point and about real struggles for a fish keeper so thank u and keep making videos
Thank you! So glad to hear that you enjoy them. :)
Pretty impressive for a small youtuber. You will grow soon, great content and editing :)
Awww thank you so much!
My two honey gouramis just started breeding today! Love these fish! they’ve really helped improve the tank ecosystem and also made it much more interesting now that my fighting fish has slowed down due to his ever growing tumor. Your video encouraged me to get these little cuties, great advice as always thankyou 😁
I have bred two pearl ( Blue ) Gouramis, I want.to know if the fry will all be the same color? Do you know ?
You have made an excellent video. Your straightforward persona & clear-headed personality brought great value to the tutorial. Heavens, no rambling at all. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I have very little time for rambling (especially if it's from someone I don't know), so I try to keep my own videos a little leaner if possible. :)
Thanks so much for this video
There really is not a lot of videos about breeding gourami
They’re my favorite fish and I’m so happy because thanks to your video I could breed them
Lots of babies hatched yesterday
Now I’m praying I can keep them alive
I bought my first Honey Gouramis on Jan 10th. It's nine days later and I have babies stuck to everything in a 10 gallon tank. :)
They just started to become free swimming. Talk about easy breeding!
That's so awesome! Congratulations!
@Du Antunes Just my local shop on Prince Edward Island, Canada. I don't do any online fish purchases, as the shipping to here for fish is absolutely nuts.
Honey Gouramis are one of my favourites. I like your submissions: short and to the point. If you want the fry to stay in the tank during a water change, you need to screen the *inflow* end of your syphon tube, not the outflow. An air stone works well in preventing ingress, or a wad of sponge.
Just saw my sparkling gourami doing this - don’t have a back up tank yet, but so glad to see this video so to have an idea of what to expect!
This is sooo well done... love this kind of video! More fish breeding tip videos pleeeease!!!
My honey gouramis fry just hatched!! I don't know if it happened a few hours ago or a day ago but I am so happy I didn't expect it to happen so soon now I just gotta make them some food.
It’s crazy how the look so much like the Pearl Gourami when they younger!
The solo cup trick is interesting! Never seen that before. Had a father and daughter in at work looking for something to breed for their 10 when it was fully cycled. OneFishTwoFishROC suggested honeys, this video was super helpful. I’ll make sure to send them here when they’re ready to start. Great video!
Yay, I'm so glad! If I had a styrofoam cup around, I'd probably use that instead since it's easier to float at the surface without having to prop it up. :)
Informative, short and to the point.
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Really interesting and presented well! I didn’t realize they bred like bettas!
Me too! When I found out they were bubble nesters but the fry wouldn't kill each other like bettas, I was like "Sign me up!" 🙋
Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience with breeding these awesome fish!
fartonthefarm97 My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Absolutely awesome video! Thanks, I'm very keen to give it a go.
LOVE my six Honey Gouramis!!
I have had my Bell on your channel for the longest but for some reason this is the first time it has popped up in my notifications. I am a little bit upset because this video was incredible in my opinion. I've been thinking about breeding some Pearl gouramis sometime in the future but I have never found a video that was as in-depth as this one. thank you so much and I will Make a better effort of stopping by more often. 😎👍
Oh my goodness, your comment really warms my heart! Yes, definitely breed your pearl gouramis - I found it to be such a rewarding experience. 😊 Check out Kaimuki Backyard's channel; he has a great playlist on his experience breeding gouramis that I found helpful as well. ruclips.net/p/PLLVpdFWioUGo0sl9undQqC57dV0IA2llY
Didn't know gouramis are easy to breed! It's the same as betta😀 I used to have many local gouramis ( I live in Asia tho) but didn't know how to breed them😂. Thanks for the video😘 this is the 4th/5th video I watched from your channel and I definitely going to subscribe! Your explanation is really straight forward,clear and easy to understand.😎
Oh my goodness, thank you for the binge watching and subscribe! Yeah, I was surprised how similarly these anabantoids breed. Love their little bubble nests. :)
Love your videos, thanks for this one.
My pleasure! I had a lot of fun raising them.
can you breed different gouramis types?
This was really helpful. Thank you
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice vid. I feed my betta and gouramy fry with vinegar eels over the first few days/weeks and then switch to banana worms/bbs etc. Way easier, than infusoria etc.
Ooo, I'm definitely going to have to try that next time and see if vinegar eels are small enough. Thanks for the tip!
Great that perfectly answered my question, I was thinking of vinegar eels but I wasn’t 100 percent sure so thank you:)
New to your channel. Great content.
Thank you so much and welcome! Your videos on hillstream loach babies really inspired me to get into breeding. :)
Great video! How often can you breed them?
merci pour votre video.
Thank's for your video.
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing your expecience. I don't have goney gouramis but leeri's. Today got a bubble nest, but they are in a community fish tank so I don't really expect have some babies there
Fun and informative 🙆
Thank you so much! It's been a video 3 months in the making so I'm proud to finally get it out there. :)
I have a 29 gallon, and I have 12 Neon Tetras, 8 Guppies, and 6 Cory catfish. But could I take out a few of the guppies, and put them in my new 5 gallon tank, and get a new Dwarf or honey Gourami? Because I really want a centerpiece fish for that tank, could it work? Or would it be overstocked?
Thanks!
My pleasure! Best of luck with your breeding project.
omg how have I not stumbled into your videos before?! love your channel!!! do you have a shrimp tank???
Yay, welcome to the channel! Yes, I have shrimp (ruclips.net/video/q4NdlFvn81Y/видео.html)! Totally plan on making more videos.
Can I keep shrimp or any other cleanup crew in the tank with the babies? I can never seem to get all the gunk off the bottom in my water changes with that tiny airline tubing! I got a breeding pair 6 weeks ago, and they have bred 4 times so far, I am currently raising 2 of their batches. This info is so easy to understand! Thanks!!
i have a guorami that looks like a three spot gourami apart from without the spots?
How maney days need to laying eggs for mother gourami?
My honey gourami are breeding in my community tank, yay! Except... now they're on their third spawn in under one week and I'm worried for their health. After this project, did you keep them together in the same tank longterm and have an issue with continual breeding?
Hi Irene !!! How did you manage to keep the air temperature even when doing water changes and feeding? Some sources said that these tiny fry are very sensitive to any changes....any idea? Thanks so much ! Love your work !
I might be a bit late but you can either add the water in very slowly, or make sure the temperature is the same as the tap
Story time!
So I planned on getting a honey Gurmani today and I went to the fish store and my blind eyes managed to make me get a normal dwarf gurmani and I didn’t notice till I got home 😭😂😂 there’s no fish in my 70litres )I think that’s 19 gallon or something ) so I Hope when I put my corydoras in in it won’t be aggressive but if it is i will get a female to neutralise that 😭
It was a bit annoying 😂
Very informative!
Hello! In need of your advises. I have 8 gouramis, but am not sure which are female and male as their dorsal fins looks very similar. And their belly is slight rounded. Some even rounder. May I know how do I pick the right male for breeding? Cos I have a female gourami and she is way bigger than others. If the male is smaller in size, is he the right fish for the breeding? I have followed ur steps in this video, but it seem not working for mine. Why?
All I have is a 3 gallon I could use but my G’s are desperately trying and I think it would be really cool! Is 3 gallons enough? They’re currently in a 40 gallon Community tank with Danios that are just loving ruining everything!
My gouramis breed all the time. When can i take the nest out of the community tank? I never get fry even if they breed all the time in the community tank. When do i know I can feed them infusoria? Is it when the nest has disappeared? Cause I cant see them cause I have so many floating plants (not too many)
can we leep dwarf gouramis with tiger barbs plz reply
Hi. Great video! Do you still breed? Do you sell to hobbyists? I can’t find any LFS that stocks these fish :(
Oh man, that stinks! I actually sold all my babies and the parents at my local fish auction so don't have any left. :(
@Le Baguette Aloha :) Thanks for getting back to me. We've got our gourami all cozy in his tank. But if we need another, may we contact you?
Do honey gouramis mate and breed with mosaic gouramis ?
i have one and he only eats flakes 😅 i put blood worms in and he wont eat any..
Do they need air pump since their labyrinth ?
How to know make or female honey gourami
Hey, I watched this first aug 19 when my honeys bread in the 200L community tank I had just finished stocking (6 zebras danios, 6 Corys, 3 bristlenose plecos, 4electric blue rams 4HGs(1f3m, intended to be 2f, 2M). Unfortunately a lot of the fry didn’t make it due to the mean hungry Danios. I failed to catch the Danios to segregate and didn’t wish to scare off the HGs. Only 2 fry survived and sadly one passed away recently (I think due to stress of water flow... which I didn’t realise coupled with not sufficient enough water changes (I screwed up the math and was doing 10-15% instead of 20-25% weekly... I thought the tank was a 100l for some reason). Anyways how long do you think it takes for them to be fully grown? The lone survivor (suspected F) is currently around 9 months old.
really nice video! do you always find a new place for the babies?
Thank you! Yeah, I definitely like to keep a few of my favorite ones if I have the room. :)
i would definitely do the same! 👍
Segui os seus passos, porém muitos ovos mofaram. Sobraram cerca de 25 bebês. De qualquer forma Obrigada pelo vídeo!
I know I’m a bit late but can you remove the eggs instead of the parents
The pet store where I go to only sells male dwarf gouramis I have a male blue gourami and a female gold opaline though
How many days it took?.....and can female die during this?
Great video.
My gourami layed eggs yesterday and today they all hatched. There is no bubblenest left but I hope some will survive. For now it looks like that everyone is alive but that can change.
Congratulations! Yeah, that study I looked up said gourami fry survival rate can be fairly low. Best of luck to ya!
Which is more aggressive the d. Gourami or the honey gourami?
Dwarf gourami, for sure!
Nice one happy viewing 😍😍😍😍
Thenks 💞🥰💖❤☯️🔮☺️
Ideffix_Cat22 My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
awesome full info
Thank you so much! This video has been a long time coming, so happy I can finally share it. 😊
I still don’t have a fish tank for like other them
They just like Betta fish breeding but with less agression
Help my female honey gourami turned into a male then it became pink , yellow and slightly blue . I don’t know what happened or why it’s doing this please if anybody knows what their doing please tell me it’s attacked my normal honey gourami
I cant find info on how much time there has to be in between to make another spawn after the first one. >,
Ooo, I actually do not know since I only spawned them once. Let me know if you find out anything useful.
My honey gouramis are makeing a bubble nest as I type they are in a 71L tank with two German blue Rams my second tank isn't biology ready yet HELP what do I do ? ????
i have a question where can i get female gouramis i’m interested in breeding them but can’t find any. would they be at a local fish store?
Yes! I totally called around to all the major pet stores and local fish stores until I located one that happened to have in stock. It's hard to find females because they're not as colorful.
I'm very curious to see if my honeys will end up producing any healthy fry, as i found them unintentionally breeding. however my tank is also quite aged and has plenty of cyclops and other microfauna. does anyone know if those are adequate for the first few days/weeks of life?
Could be? I've heard that sometimes creatures like daphnia will eat all the infusoria in a tank so that there's none left for the fry. Let me know what you find out!
@@GirlTalksFish so far the past few days, the fry I've been able to find seem to be growing just fine, but they are still very young at this point. I just hope they can get to the point that they'll be able to eat all the microfauna in the tank, as most of what I've seen has been too fast or big for them.
So as an update to the fry, ive found a total of six little fry, and theyre growing very fast! they already are big enough at this point to start eating the cyclops that live in the tank theyre in.
Definitely Bettas next :)
Haha, I'm nervous about having to jar all those juveniles once they start getting more aggressive. :P
Haha, I'm nervous about having to jar all those juveniles once they start getting more aggressive. :P
@@GirlTalksFish ruclips.net/video/ETlxAsdpSZM/видео.html
I didn't jar any of my Betta spawns either. Just take extra fish to LFS after 8 weeks.
Huh, very interesting! I'd have to see if my LFS would take 8-week-old betta juveniles but if so, looks like it would be a fun project. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@GirlTalksFish All the same requirements as the gouramis. Start the brineshrimp culture before you introduce the breeding pair.
My honey gourami looks nothing like a honey gourami it looked it a yellow gourami yellow gourami need 35 gallons but mine is 21 gallons if anyone had this same thing let me know
Why do all my fish have to be weird, my honey gourami prefers the water lettuce over brine brine shrimp
Lol, that _is_ strange!
Are those two honey gouramis the wild-type varieties?
Good eye! The father is the yellow/gold variety, the mom is wild type, and I believe the babies turned out wild type as well - although their fins are tail were much more orange than the mom's (maybe they're both male?).
@@GirlTalksFish Would you know if the gold coloration is a result of selective breeding or dye injection?
@@emmanuelramoncerrer6390 Selectively breeding, according to the Internet. :)
can a female honey gourami be yellow as the male?
Apperently I have a couple of honey gourami and they've been kinnda hugging to breed, but I still doubt if the female is actually a male, as her colors are almost as strong as the male, ans she even has a bitt of black in her bottom fin.
Hmm, the yellow-type female gouramis I saw at the store were yellow, but they didn't have any black on them, were bigger than the males, and also had a faint brown horizontal line down the middle of their bodies. I think the key deciding factor for you might be the pointy vs. rounded fin tips. Hope that helps!
Can the female fish stay with the male instead of taking her out after fry are born Some people only have 1 tank
It would be hard on both the parents if the female stayed around since the male _really_ doesn't want her (or anyone else for that matter) near his babies. If you only have 1 tank, you could always buy a 5-gallon plastic tote as your breeding and fry grow-out tank. Once the parents are done with their breeding responsibilities, they can go back to your main tank and then the fry would be raised in the tote. Here's a short video on how I set up a cheap quarantine/fry grow-out container: ruclips.net/video/Z8WMVVT4b7I/видео.html
How to identify the male and female honey gaurami
It's pretty easy! In general, males are more brightly colored, have a black/dark blue abdomen when they're in breeding dress, and have sharper points to their fins. Females are rounder/bigger than males, have paler coloration, and have rounded ends to their fins. Hope that helps!
@@GirlTalksFish thanks 😇 ❤️ my honey gaurami fish name is UB
@@annapurnagupta4678 Cuuute! And my pleasure. :)
I can't seem to find any female honey gouramis. My lfs sold me 2, but turned out to be males.
Oh man, sorry to hear! Maybe your LFS can special order you some?
They need high humidity???
They're in water. It doesn't get any more humid than that.
They breath at the surface though with a special organ called a labyrinth organ. So high humidity would be important in that aspect.
What she said. :) Babies still have developing labyrinth organs, so the high humidity is more important to them (from what I've read).
NOT HONEY GOURAMI BUT... I tried to breed my blue gourami's and whenever the male makes the bubble nest and tries to mate..the female just goes up and destroys the nest😤..yeah it does the TAIL SLAPS 😅😅..wht does she keep doing that??..
this was panic for me😂
I didn't get the fry food for the first few days, now they are a week old and 35% is still alive, will some make it?
Probably! The first two weeks are the most critical times; afterwards, the surviving fry are the biggest/hardiest and tend to do well. Best of luck to ya!
@@GirlTalksFish lets just hope nanna doesn't screw things up when Im gone for 10 days😂
but even if only 5 or so survive Im mord than happy
Where did you find your female Gouramis?
Oh man, it took forever to find them! I called around to all the local fish stores and one of them happened to have a big batch of male and female wild type gouramis. They were surprised when I only wanted the females because most people just want the males for the color. :)
A Gamer's Wife
Yes! I have checked every local store, no one carries the females! I’ve even looked online. I just can’t bring myself to pay the online shipping fee, not for one tiny fish. Well, the hunt continues. As always, I enjoyed your video and I appreciate your reply!
My pleasure! Good luck with your hunt for a female gourami!
My male honey gourami ate her fry😢
hmm the breed like bettas
My male honey gourami is chasing the two girlfriends I gave him pretty aggressively. Your video doesn't mention this behavior...is it possible he's not a fan of his new tankmates?
Interesting! That has never happened to me before. Is the tank too small or is there not a lot of cover?
@@GirlTalksFish they actually just upgraded from a 20 long to a 29gal (consider it a honeymoon gift) but the plants have definitely not grown in a lot and the three gouramis might all be competing for the same hiding spots. That said, he has his breeding dress going pretty brilliantly (my baby boy grew a beard! And it's bluish black!) So I will keep an eye on things. If anything interesting happens I'll share it here for ppl to learn :)
@@GirlTalksFish I just wanted to come back and update. He's spawned several times with the ladies in the tank and tonight is the first time in my life that I have ever seen hours-old baby fish. Such an amazing and beautiful sight to behold!! Thank you for your help and inspiration Irene
@@bananafloat27 That's great; congratulations! 🎉
cool
Thank you! Honey gouramis are super fun and cute; I'm surprised more people don't own them. :)
Your female is so white ours are all yellow and I’m gonna get a red female and have 3 females for the male
No need for live feeding, its cruel. The sponge filter along with some hikari first bites is enough.
Live BBS _does_ make fry grow like crazy though... worth it to me! :)
How is live feeding cruel? It's a quick and instant death. You do realise fish food is always made of fish, right?