Help! Gourami fry keep dying

[pippofan]

This is the second time I had gourami fry. The first time all of them died, this time they started to get less and less everyday. I don't know where I can get infusoria or euglena, please help

[Dave66]

This is the second time I had gourami fry. The first time all of them died, this time they started to get less and less everyday. I don't know where I can get infusoria or euglena, please help

Depends on where you are in the world, but lfscultures.com here in the US has a large kit of live micro-algae, including euglena. Its where I get the majority of my live food cultures.

Dave

[squirt_12]

you can also use microworms....they are great for raising fry. and at around 1 week you can start to feed them BBS.

what size of tank do you have them in?? is it in a breeder tank with just the fater gourami????? when do they start to disappear??? when they become free swimming???? or while they are starting to hatch???

[pippofan]

Should I keep the father gourami in there with them?

[Dave66]

Should I keep the father gourami in there with them?

Once the fry are free swimming, he should be removed, because its fifty-fifty whether he'll eat them all or not.

Dave

[squirt_12]

are they in their own breeding tank????

[pippofan]

Not so much of a tank, just 1.5 gallon bowl, is that ok?

[Tolley]

The 1.5g fine but is it heated and got some kind of filtration?

[pippofan]

It's heated, but there's no filter, I thought gouramis can breath from the air, is it necessary to put a small filter?