Hi!

Well, yesterday I bought 1 male Dwarf gourami and 2 Female cobalt blue Dwarf gouramis for my 47 gallong tank - and I'm quarantining them in my 8 gallon tank.

But, my question is. The male seems to be building a bubblenest! Now, do you think regular and cobalt blues would breed? Because they are isolated - they would have no competitors. What do you thinjk? Would they breed?
I'm really excited by this.

Hi!

Thanks for the advice. Yes, they are male and female. I actually have 2 females - both coblat blue. Well, he's not paying a mass amount of attention to the nest right now - its barely started I think. He's just going up and down the screen. He's building it near an empty Brazilian micro sword pot (Which is floating around because I just dumped it in there the other day because eventually I'm going to try make a carpet with it) which has a few roots and leaves attatched which provide cover.
Trouble is, the filter keeps washing his bubbles away! I've tried pointing the filter at the back wall so there is minimal current. Would they do without filtration for a bit? Is there a way to adjust how much flow the filter puts of? I don't want to do water changes for fear of disturbing his nest even more! I guess once the fry hatch I could do a few big ones. Any help? I realise I've asked a lot of questions!