Advice For Breeding Blue Dwarf Gouramis

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I am very keen to see if I can succeed in breeding my beautiful pair of blue dwarf gouramis. For the purpose I've acquired another aquarium, which is probably a bit small (20L /5 gallon), but is the one I'll have to work with.

The aquarium has lots of floating plants, a quiet water-flow and I religiously change water once per week, removing any waste lying on the floor in the process. I feed the fish twice per day - flake in the morning and a "tropical quartet" in the evening, on a rotation basis. The temperature is set to around 23-24 degrees.

Both fish are healthy and the male is fully grown. The male shows an interest in the female (swims around her), but hasn't yet started to build his bubble-nest. My local fish shop today advised making my daily water change with cold water instead of lukewarm, to mimic the effect of the rainy season. Whether or not this will work I don't yet know.

Does anyone else who has experience of breeding gouramis have any ideas?
 
Although i never successfully bred these fish i have had them building nests.

I had 1 female to 4 males, and only 1 of the males would build the nest (usually with java moss). this was in my community tank also which did not seem to bother him, although he could build amazing nests the female was never interested.

I have also seen people use items that float on the surface to try encourage the male, polystyrene cups with the bottom cut off, or a small Tupperware tub, even a coat hanger bent into a circle and hung over the side of the glass etc.
 
Let me first say I've never bred Gouramis or Dwarf Gouramis........but:

From my understanding there are a few things you can do to stimulate them, ie get them in the mood for love. :wub:

1. Take the pair out of the main tank so there's less distractions. A 10 gallon is better but I guess a 5 gallon could work.

2. Lower the water level to about 6 or 8 inches.

3. Have lots of floating plants of various types.

4. Feed the pair live food, I seem to remember hearing tubeflex worms or brine shrimp work well.

5. Raise the temp slightly.

6. Lower the lighting, which can be acheived by the floating plants.
 

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