How Long Till Fry Are Mature Enough To Move On/sell

[super-MAGuire]

Hi, My platys and Dwarf gourami in my community tank have recently been breeding... i removed the fry when I 1st saw them, leading to containers and tubs all over my room with airlines all over.

This is the 1st time they have breed and i have attempted to save the fry, I have around 20 platy fry and countless Gourami. I am just after advice on looking after each, and how long they take to mature to a reasonable size/state.

Thanks (not sure if this is the correct section to post it in, so sorry mods)

 

[cambojnr]

Hi, My platys and Dwarf gourami in my community tank have recently been breeding... i removed the fry when I 1st saw them, leading to containers and tubs all over my room with airlines all over.

This is the 1st time they have breed and i have attempted to save the fry, I have around 20 platy fry and countless Gourami. I am just after advice on looking after each, and how long they take to mature to a reasonable size/state.

Thanks (not sure if this is the correct section to post it in, so sorry mods)

http/www.fishchannel.com/freshwater-aquariums/fish-breeding/dwarf-gourami.aspx
that has info at the bottom.

 

[twingogeekeo]

Get a breeding tank/net and leave them floating in you main tank!

With the amount they will need constant 100% water changes being in containers!

 

[super-MAGuire]

Hi, My platys and Dwarf gourami in my community tank have recently been breeding... i removed the fry when I 1st saw them, leading to containers and tubs all over my room with airlines all over.

This is the 1st time they have breed and i have attempted to save the fry, I have around 20 platy fry and countless Gourami. I am just after advice on looking after each, and how long they take to mature to a reasonable size/state.

Thanks (not sure if this is the correct section to post it in, so sorry mods)

http/www.fishchannel.com/freshwater-aquariums/fish-breeding/dwarf-gourami.aspx
that has info at the bottom.

Yeah i seen that, but does not have any real timescale, just size 1", and 10 days befor removing the male, well mine was in a comminity tank with no real intentions of successfull breeding. So removed the fry rather than every fish in my tank.

I did have them in a fry trap, but thought it was rubbish and just got in the way, also the gourami fry are waayyyyy too small for one. As for containers they are like 2-3 liters each, not cups and thing if thats the picture you got?

 

[twingogeekeo]

Do you containers have filter though? Its the need of a filter to break down ammonia and nitrite

 

[super-MAGuire]

Do you containers have filter though? Its the need of a filter to break down ammonia and nitrite

yeah. diy, foam,air line powered... i has some spare 20mm pipe from a spray bar so put it to use. The bacteria is water born anyways so aslong providing stocking is not too high they would be fine with just a airstone for a bit movement.

I just wonder how long i have to have pipes, tubes and air pumps running across my room lol

 

[cambojnr]

asked someone at tyne valley and he said probs 8-10 weeks depending on how they are fed and filtred.

 

[super-MAGuire]

asked someone at tyne valley and he said probs 8-10 weeks depending on how they are fed and filtred.

ah great, is that the gouramis? or the platys? i'm just feeding them some liquifry and some brine shrimp/danphnia colony solution from some containers i have been keeping them in, hopefully syphoning up babys rather than adults for the fry to eat, as the fry gourami would be in direct competition with adult brine shrimp due to their size.

Its the 1st time i have took them out to grow on so just fingers crossed it goes well.

 

[cambojnr]

asked someone at tyne valley and he said probs 8-10 weeks depending on how they are fed and filtred.

ah great, is that the gouramis? or the platys? i'm just feeding them some liquifry and some brine shrimp/danphnia colony solution from some containers i have been keeping them in, hopefully syphoning up babys rather than adults for the fry to eat, as the fry gourami would be in direct competition with adult brine shrimp due to their size.

Its the 1st time i have took them out to grow on so just fingers crossed it goes well.

the gourami didint ask about the platys.

 

[super-MAGuire]

really, mine are nearly a week old now... and well, are still micro! i have them seperate tubs to the platys (i think the platy fry would eat them easily). I have a 2nd batch of gourami eggs/fry in a tub still hatching/with egg sacks and the male has built yet another very large bubble nest!!! he is a baby machine!

So if you still after gourami in a couple of month i'll swap you some for a mars bar i'm interested to see if its worth while breeding to sell to a LFS or people in general, so far they seem ok to raise. I think its more of a marathon than a sprint mind.

 

[cambojnr]

really, mine are nearly a week old now... and well, are still micro! i have them seperate tubs to the platys (i think the platy fry would eat them easily). I have a 2nd batch of gourami eggs/fry in a tub still hatching/with egg sacks and the male has built yet another very large bubble nest!!! he is a baby machine!

So if you still after gourami in a couple of month i'll swap you some for a mars bar i'm interested to see if its worth while breeding to sell to a LFS or people in general, so far they seem ok to raise. I think its more of a marathon than a sprint mind.

you should get some small tanks and put the DIY moving bed filters in instead of just the airstone in a tub if you do plan on breeding an selling, also I read somewhere that you can keep 30 young gourami in a 10gal tank until there old enough to sell on. and I'll accept a few for a mars bar cracking deal that lol

 

[super-MAGuire]

really, mine are nearly a week old now... and well, are still micro! i have them seperate tubs to the platys (i think the platy fry would eat them easily). I have a 2nd batch of gourami eggs/fry in a tub still hatching/with egg sacks and the male has built yet another very large bubble nest!!! he is a baby machine!

So if you still after gourami in a couple of month i'll swap you some for a mars bar i'm interested to see if its worth while breeding to sell to a LFS or people in general, so far they seem ok to raise. I think its more of a marathon than a sprint mind.

you should get some small tanks and put the DIY moving bed filters in instead of just the airstone in a tub if you do plan on breeding an selling, also I read somewhere that you can keep 30 young gourami in a 10gal tank until there old enough to sell on. and I'll accept a few for a mars bar cracking deal that lol

its like a simple short sponge filter that is powered by the airline, i have changed a batch to a deep tray, so its bout 40cmx20cm but only about 12cm deep, so volume is not good, but most notes just say... use a 10gal tank, fill it 6".... so lol

Just going to be trial and error, i will put them in my community tank when they are simply big enough to not get eaten. Its super heavily planted so fighting should be minimal until they are large enough to move on. I'll keep in touch anyways.