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    Pearl Gourami spawned (Trichogaster leeri)

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    Not many people give these a second look nowadays and I always wonder why they almost never offer the females for sale. Now I know why. I found these during one of my LFS trips. The male Pearl Gourami is gorgeous red chest and nice fin extensions, but what really caught my eye were the 2 females amongst the males. I bought them home and dumped them in a community tank.


    4 days later, I noticed the rest of the denizens (including the killer Laetacara curviceps trio) were all hiding and only the proud male hanging around a corner near the surface. It had built a bubblenest. On closer inspection, there were hundreds of fries under the bubblenest. They had spawned! I didn't even condition the pair. Unfortunately, they did it in my absence so no pics of the spawning process (that would have been so cool!)

    I removed both parents and fries from the tank in case the hungry tetras start to pick on the fries. Besides, they are easier to gather now than when they are free swimming.



    Cute aren't they? Interestingly, they float on their own and you can still see their yolk sacs.

    Now the problem is, what to feed them when they absorbed their yolks?? Articles online say infusoria. I only know of one person in Singapore who keeps a infusoria culture and he has quited the hobby. Will microworm work instead?

    ck

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    do you think your fishes are close to wild form?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    i kept 3 male pearl gouramis before.. and they are super greedy fish!

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    Don't know. Never seen the wild ones before. Got picture?

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    CK: Very nice. Brings back my childhood memories. I used to keep gourami such as the 2-spot and moonlight (silver) gourami caught at my grandma's pond.
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    if there's no infusoria CK, try boiled egg yolk wrapped in a piece of cloth, dip it in the tank and gently squeeze the fluid in the tank so it makes the water look milky, that should do them till they can go onto bbs.
    i've used with method with decent success.

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    CK, no idea really as I have not seen any in situ photographs.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Hahaha. But I am sure these are not the shortbody or deformed. A better look of the male.


    Thanks all for the suggestions on how to feed the fries. I should have thought of egg yolk

    ck

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    Nice, I didn't know pearl gouramis spawn that readily.

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    hi bro, just want to ask, will green water work? green water is actually something like infusoria.

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    Don't think he can cultivate green water that quickly.
    Maybe normal guppy/betta fry food should work, (e.g. BBS or daphnia). Can even get the frozen ones.
    Last edited by Quixotic; 27th Oct 2008 at 00:38. Reason: Remove immediate quote

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    Quote Originally Posted by CK Yeo View Post
    Hahaha. But I am sure these are not the shortbody or deformed. A better look of the male.


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    lovely pose. I just wonder if their anal fins are quite so long naturally. but I think these are pretty close to the wild state from what I recall of Linke's pix.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    From what I read, they are au natural.

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    Nice CK!

    Mine spawned in my new tank too.

    Male is in the top left corner of the last picture.

    Sorry my pictures are incomparable to yours!






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    Nice spawn....hope to see the development of the fries

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    nice tank bro! dont think you need to do anything much with the fries with such a well planted tank.. looking forward on your update soon!

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    wild one looks like this also.

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    Last time - long time ago - when I breed pearl gouramis, I just feed them those liquid form of fry food that you buy from LFS. Can't remember the brand already. After the fries grow a bit it's tubifex (last time almost all fishes were fed with tubifex - live ones).
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    An accident happened and I lost the fries. There might be survivors somewhere, but I doubt it. Oh well...

    Here's the male again... handsome isn't he?


    The lovely couple again.



    ck

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