Lucy

I was watching one of my Sparkling Gouramis going under the drift wood and coming back out. She repeated this over and over.
This is new behavior so I grabbed my daughter's camera and caught a male and female in the spawning embrace.

Please excuse the glass, I have a terrible cold and haven't wiped it down for a while.

Tony G.

NO WAY! when i saw the title to this thread i was like:

LOL congrats grandma!

NOW i'll watch the video

EDIT: They are adorable!!! and so tiny too! they look like female bettas LOL

Lucy

Tony, you know I'm no good with fry! lol
The male never built a bubble nest. I think she's eating them as soon as they drop.
Who knows what's under the driftwood.
I saw a pgymy cory sneak under there a while ago.
Guess I should read up on their breeding habits.

Tony G.

Gourami's build bubble nests (as you probably know LOL), if they dont then either they will eat the eggs or they will rott. They will get the hang of it soon, dont worry

aquatic mouse

Wow! Thanks for sharing!

Lucy

Tony, Yep, and no bubble nest in sight. Guess that's why I was surprised.
At least now I know the one I suspected was female is.

Oh and you're right, the similarities between them and female bettas are amazing.

Thanks Carrie

Tony G.

LOL they are adorable makes me want a female betta.... LOL

just curious, how big are they?

Lucy

I'm not sure, maybe an inch? They're smaller than my Cardinals and Glow Lights.

Tony G.

wow! cardinals... they must be tiny! I will google them!

Lucy

I'd love to have them in a species only tank with a substrate that would compliment them.
My husband would kill me. lol

Tony G.

you and i both know he would love to lend you his desk as a new stand...

CHoffman

Lucy!!!. That's awesome!. Great video.. They are super sweet little things, I hope you get some babies

eiginh

Wow great video!!! If you do plan on spawning them, they need the water level to be 6 inches or less above the substrate. Also a huge leaf to build the bubble nest under, some people use almond leaves. That's if you plan on spawning them I'm sure your husband won't mind having a 10 gallon tank on his desk .

Tony the maximum size they get is 1.5 inches and minimum tank is 10. They love plants! Really bushy and big leaf plants. I'm currently waiting for a new stock from the LFS this week

peacemaker92

Aw.. Lucy, their so cute. As small as a cardinal So sorry if the eat the babies though, as Tony said, they'll get the hang of it.

Btw, about your cold, get well soon!

iloveengl

Excellent video! Hmmm, is there a floating plant? My little gourami liked building his bubble nests on a plastic floating plant. I hope you get babies!

Oops, he mentioned floating plants already. I need to go to bed. lol

aquarist48

How wonderful! Amazing you were able to catch that on video! Thanks for sharing Lucy.
I hope you get over your cold soon!
Thanks for sharing the video.
Ken

TedsTank

Those seem to be really cool little fish. I've looked them up often, the pics I've seen online aren't very nice for color etc. Why sparkling??...blue??
Never available around us but frequents on aquabid.
Do you recommend them as a nice peaceful fish?....just curiuos...I'm getting fish fever.

bolivianbaby

Wow, Lucy, that's an awesome video! You did a wonderful job of catching the embrace on film.