AnneRiceBowl
Fish Fanatic
I have a paradise fish spawn!!!
For those of you who don't know, paradise fish are cousins to bettas and gouramis. About a month ago, I bought a male paradise fish. He's living in my 30 gallon long SE Asian tank. About 2 weeks ago, I found him a woman. lol I've been feeding the fish in there (3 golden wonder killifish, female bettas, and a SAE) Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets, live food (the occassional cricket and may fly and deformed guppy fry), and frozen foods (bloodworms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp). Keep in mind that I just got this tank over ich, which has led me to save my cash for a quarantine tank (lesson learned there). This past Sunday, I noticed that the male paradise fish had started building a pretty good sized bubble nest in the V. spiralis that has grown too tall for my tank. Well, over the course of a few days, he's built a HUGE nest. I've been busy today and hadn't paid much attention to the tank besides making sure everyone is fed. Well, late Tuesday evening what did I see? The male and female under the nest. The female was watching the male. I was distracted by my daughter, so I turned away. When I looked back, they were embracing! I watched them for who knows how long, and I made a few mental notes of how they spawn. I noticed that the paradise fish isn't as violent as bettas are during spawning, and the female helps out alot. The male will embrace the female from underneath and during the squeezing he will flip her over so that the eggs will FLOAT up towards the nest. The male and the female can become unconcious, but not as long as I have noticed with bettas. Both the female and the male paradise will tend the nest. The female will chase away any intruder or perverted peeping tom from the nest while the male tends it. The embracing that I observed went on for a few hours, ending with the male chasing her away. So, there are many eggs in the nest! I am so freakin' excited! I just need to get the brine shrimp hatchery going today! I also moved the killifish to another tank because they are notorious egg and baby fish eaters. I also moved out the female bettas.
For those of you who don't know, paradise fish are cousins to bettas and gouramis. About a month ago, I bought a male paradise fish. He's living in my 30 gallon long SE Asian tank. About 2 weeks ago, I found him a woman. lol I've been feeding the fish in there (3 golden wonder killifish, female bettas, and a SAE) Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets, live food (the occassional cricket and may fly and deformed guppy fry), and frozen foods (bloodworms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp). Keep in mind that I just got this tank over ich, which has led me to save my cash for a quarantine tank (lesson learned there). This past Sunday, I noticed that the male paradise fish had started building a pretty good sized bubble nest in the V. spiralis that has grown too tall for my tank. Well, over the course of a few days, he's built a HUGE nest. I've been busy today and hadn't paid much attention to the tank besides making sure everyone is fed. Well, late Tuesday evening what did I see? The male and female under the nest. The female was watching the male. I was distracted by my daughter, so I turned away. When I looked back, they were embracing! I watched them for who knows how long, and I made a few mental notes of how they spawn. I noticed that the paradise fish isn't as violent as bettas are during spawning, and the female helps out alot. The male will embrace the female from underneath and during the squeezing he will flip her over so that the eggs will FLOAT up towards the nest. The male and the female can become unconcious, but not as long as I have noticed with bettas. Both the female and the male paradise will tend the nest. The female will chase away any intruder or perverted peeping tom from the nest while the male tends it. The embracing that I observed went on for a few hours, ending with the male chasing her away. So, there are many eggs in the nest! I am so freakin' excited! I just need to get the brine shrimp hatchery going today! I also moved the killifish to another tank because they are notorious egg and baby fish eaters. I also moved out the female bettas.
