Fishing Zone: dwarf gourami fish breeding

Dwarf gourami fish breeding is moderately hard.If you you are new then it may lead to some difficulties.If you want to breed fish easily and you are quite new then i will advice that you should try mollies or guppy fish.Sine mollies and guppies are live bearer that is they give birth directly to young ones.They are fairly easy.As dwarf gourami give eggs so it is comparatively harder.The breeding of gourami fish is quite similar to the breeding of fighter fish but more easy.

Tank setup:

Take minimum of 10 gallon or more (35 litres or more).

Set the water level up to 6-8 inches.Now put the both male and female in the aquarium.Remember the pair should be healthy.Avoid adding any other fish because male form bubble nest if other fish is present then it may disturb the nest.Also remember that the current due to filter should be less so it may not harm bubble nest .You can use air stone .Also put plants or vegetation in the tank because Male's use plants or vegetation part for making nest.You can also use fine leave plant such as java moss which is easily available in aquarium shop.Now set the temperature to 28 degrees Celsius.

Spawning

In natural habitat these fishes feed basically on live food such as insects ,worms etc which are rich in protein.So you must provide protein rich diet such as blood worms ,mosquito larvae etc.

Also do 20% of partial water change in 3-4 days to induce spawning.When bubble nest will be ready the male will start courting rituals with female gourami.The male will swim around females while showing her fins.The male try to draw female towards his bubble nest. If female is ready to spawn then she will swim under the bubble nest.If not then try out another pair after waiting for few days.When female is ready then she will touch the males body with her mouth.The male will embrace her and help her in releasing eggs.Then the male will fertilize the eggs.Now the male will put those eggs in his nest.

Female may give about 50 eggs in one time.Up to 700 eggs can be collected by male.At this time you should remove the female.The male will take care of eggs till fry are born.The eggs will hatched in 12-24 hrs.They will not come out of nest for few days.When they come out of the nest then you can remove the male from breeding aquarium.Feed them infusoria for starting few days then later on brine shrimps.