What is a good way to breed pearl gourami?

Answer 1

Pearl Gourami breed much like bettas, but since they are considerably larger they certainly need more space.

When I bred them it was in a 40 gallon "long" style aquarium, with no substrate and 2 sponge filters. I kept the water level a bit lower than the tank level and kept the tank very well covered to keep warm moist air over the water.

Adding some floating plants is a good idea, I can't recall what I used, but probably riccia or water lettuce.

Be sure the water is a little soft and the pH at 7 or a little below, this will help speed them along quite a bit.

Conditioning is the biggest factor in getting them to breed. Feed them well on lots of live of frozen foods and heavy on the meat items such as brine shrimp, blood worms, mosquito larvae and the like.

Keeping the male and female separated for a while before hand is also good then place the male in the tank a few days before the female. If they are in breeding conditon, they will spawn much as bettas do.

Feeding the new fry is the hardest part. While you condition the adults, get a culture of infusoria and a culture of microworms to grow as food for the new fry. Within a few weeks the fry will be able to eat baby brine shrimp. Change foods slowly and over lap the foods. That is, feed both the smaller food and the larger food at the same time for a few days so that they see the new stuff as a food source.

Hope that helps

MM

Answer 2

well a good rule of thumb is to get a male for every two females. Gaurami's arent that hard to breed. how big is your tank? If I where you, i would get 2 males, and four females and put them in a 20-29 gallon. A larger living space can help the chance of a sucessful breed. I would put in small gravel, or aquarium sand. A good thing to do is make forts or niches for them out of thin slate. They stack nicely and hold up generally well. Keep them well feed and up to date with water checks. The lower your pH, nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia levels are in the tank, the better chance of breeding. Keep them well feed too, nothing keeps them healthier than a mix of frozen, dried and flake foods. Keeping a mix of different foods is a good thing for this kind of diet.

So, if you see that the gaurami's are nudging each-other don't worry. Gauramis (especailly pearl) are very peaceful. This just means that you are doing a good job!

AM

Answer 3

Here is all about breeding pearl gouramis

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Hertziger_Breeding_Pearl_Gourami.html
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/fish/42948-pearl-gouramis-breeding-community-tank.html
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/gourami/breedingpearl.php
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/pearl.htm

Good luck
Hope that helped


EB