Body Language That Can Kill: How to Get Gouramis & Paradise Fish To Start Spawning.

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Body Language That Can Kill: How to Get Gouramis & Paradise Fish To Start Spawning.

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How to introduce and start to breed Gouramis. in this video we look at Powder Blue Dwarf Gouramis and Albino Paradise Fish who are meeting one another for the first time. Will the male kill the female? For that matter, will the female kill her mate? let's look at body language and try and find out.
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@remhk6672 2 жыл бұрын

Paradise fish recover very quickly and easily from certain illnesses. Mine was full of parasites and had some sort of eye infection. He healed up in less than a week. Very sturdy, very hardy fish. Explains why they're so widespread in their natural habitat in most parts of Asia. So adaptable.

@Samsun55 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful tough fish with a curious and social personality. Love them!

@marypaigeflynn4512 2 жыл бұрын

He is being big and handsome 💕 I really love the paradise fish 🥰 Another excellent video and information!! Thank you for all you do Alex 🥰💕🌿🐟🌿💚

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paige. Hugs

@ramennoodles8147 7 ай бұрын

Excellent always having information on what I need bravo 👏

@jackmehoff915 2 жыл бұрын

I keep almost exclusively anabantoids , to many people look past them . They among the most highly evolved and intelligent fish you can keep. Keeping and breeding them ranges from easy to extremely challenging , an Asian black water biotope with a ph 4.5 and some of the licorice gouramis is about as good as it gets!

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Oh right on! Licorice gouramis are really amazing fish for sure! I'd love to see your tanks

@jackmehoff915 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory I currently don't have any licorice gouramis I bred a bunch sold them the parents died :( But I have some nice cross banded chocolates and a breeding pair of betta brownorun going Ill IG you

@kdr1048 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I love gourami's. Such fun behavior to watch

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

100% very "pet" quality fish

@jamestrebillcock4718 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I've got a giant one living with my fahaka puffer atm

@otiscoldren7238 4 ай бұрын

Great info! Wonderful channel! I just got some black paradise and will place them in my 29 dirted/ sand and plants! Give it a try!😊

@BB-bv6uq 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks excellent information, thank you

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Sure! Glad you were intrigued enough to have a gander at the video :)

@rosie2155 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting Alex, thank you.

@ramennoodles8147 7 ай бұрын

7:06 right when you started saying that mine were kissing

@Fishtory 7 ай бұрын

Awww

@rachaelgames6340 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I love introducing new fish of the same species! It really is so heartwarming! My rasbora's came up to the new (and young) ones and they where trying to get to each other, too!

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's one of the coolest parts of the hobby. Especially when you know they've been lonely and acting depressed or bored, and then they swim all over and start Even looking better in color and size etc

@janecourtenay3676 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the research you do … fascinating! Another one for the algorithm 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Hehe thank you very much!

@ColorzGuppyFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Nice information Alex! Thanks for making that :) Noticed you have very good plant growth, do you dose and fertilizers or co2?

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

No co2...just decent lights, good aquasoil and lots of plants with lots of fish (and fish poo haha)

@T.J-and-Soul 2 жыл бұрын

G'day mate I love the Paradise fish I've got 2 Brothers in a 3 foot tank they are 1 year old next months. Great fish to watch how they look like they are floating in air when they move really slowly. I have Rosy barbs and White clouds in with mine.

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Oh nice! That's the combo that will be in this tank soon too! The white cloud minnows come back in for winter, around October 1st

@darlenebecherer3658 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and informative.

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Why thank you

@richardmaccarthy101 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff!

@MridulSinghMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely looking like they'll match :) Time to let her out of the bag!

@bertsbooks2505 2 жыл бұрын

I miss gouramis - problem here is that the commercially available DGs are a genetic ruin, you get a couple of months out of them before they go all scabby and die. Are those albino paradise fish a little less fighty than the standard ones?

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Um the albino ones seem really all over the map. Some are MORE mean....and some are relaxed. I think inbreeding is an issue, but more-over, I think the ones that can't see well, are meaner and more nippy due to fear.

@bertsbooks2505 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory Ah, tricky area, anabantid temperament... really miss owning them, but a lot less complication with these Nannacaras right now, so I've settled on these instead

@jackmehoff915 2 жыл бұрын

BY DG you mean dwarf gourami I assume ? Well those are over bred , I love labyrinth fish but always despised those. I have had success with Pearls , honeys, sparkling, cross banded chocolates and a variety of wild betta types they are such a large family so many better options than DG if you ask me .

@bertsbooks2505 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah - I believe they were an easy keep some decades ago, and a horrorshow now. I do like the look of some of those wild bettas, now you mention them, but unfortunately limited space here

@jackmehoff915 2 жыл бұрын

@@bertsbooks2505 You can't tell me pearl gourami , any variation of 3 spot gouramis, honey, sparkling, croaking, snakeskin, moonlight, aren't easy to keep they are incredibly easy. You can got to petco right now and get an opaline or gold gourami that will live for over 5 years with out much fuss easy. Other than your experience with dwarf gourami , give me an example of the horror show. It's simply not accurate to say that. BTW a pair of say betta cocina or brownorum or chanoides or rubra will thrive and spawn in a 5 gal tank.

@vampgaia 2 жыл бұрын

I miss having paradise fish. I may have to go one the hunt for a pair.

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

They're fiesty but sure have personality

@marthanewsome6375 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I could get rocket killi here in Sydney at the moment. I really want some to put in with my sparkling and chocolate gourami's with the pygmy cory as well. Got sparkling fry everywhere in their tank. Numbers haven't gone down at all. Just started some vinegar eel cultures, but they are on crush soft sinking cichlid food at the moment and that's it. Joined on bottom tear. Wish I could afford more. You have great information on these wonder animals. Wish you had a discord, so I could post some of my tanks.

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

We have a very active Facebook group...and hopefully I'll sort out a discord by the new year. Thanks. I'd love to see your colony of them!

@Carolyncy 2 жыл бұрын

Alex do you have a video on rabbit snails.

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

I had one at one point... um it was a livestream talk on snails if I recall

@pmc5682 2 жыл бұрын

Got a pair of vaillant's, the female's display is full-blast & amazing...unless I'm holding up my phone ;p They act like 9 yr olds with a crush at recess. This was great to see, I thought the male had changed his mind, now some hope has returned :D

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome! Aren't they incredible in person?! Mine died in the heatwave and I've been searching for new ones since

@pmc5682 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory Sorry for the loss ;( . They are amazing! Alizarin & Viridian (W&N oils) stripes. I'm feeding high-protein fattening the male for mouth-brooding. We'll see :)

@pmc5682 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory oh..forgot to mention...wet spot, unless their list needs updating.

@PabloLopez-nc6gt Жыл бұрын

@Fishtory What size tank is that? would a breeding pair be okay in a 20 gallon long with some gold barbs or white clouds as dither fish?

@Fishtory Жыл бұрын

Yeah probably ... id go with barbs just since they can take some agression and resist... white clouds may end up beat up and shy if the paradise fish are grumpy

@megasardonix9719 2 жыл бұрын

Paradise fish are so beautiful

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy them...in all the color varieties

@user-hn8ng5cf6p Жыл бұрын

I have a planted tannin pond. Where i'm from, it is currently winter. We are expecting to see temperatures of 5 degrees celsius or lower. Is that a suited climate to have a pair of paradise fish outdoors to breed during that period?

@Fishtory Жыл бұрын

Probably too cold for any domestic types. Wild types can withstand even a light frost, However the domesticated lines are far weaker since they weren't selected for anything but looks

@user-hn8ng5cf6p Жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory Ok, interesting.. Thanks for the info. Might look for some wild types to add in my pond to breed in the winter.

@bobs5596 15 күн бұрын

at 0:52, where did you get the box filter with slots at the top? also have you made your own box filters? i think the plastic containers strawberries and blue berries come in could be used by just adding an airlift tube. the lee's filter boxes are $10 these days. the internal box filters are prolly the best filter you can have.edit/ i just saw a vis saying the paradise fish can tolerate temps to 5 degrees C in china, with slow acclimation as fall/winter provide. what do you think? are you still keeping them in pairs? no aggression? i have a spawn of 40 in a 20 gal, they are adults now and getting very restless. i have been pulling the aggressive males and placing in outside tubs. i have never seen the ''kissing'' behavior yet. one pair already spawned in this tank and i was able to remove the male with his nest in one big gulp of a 1 gal bowl. he rebuilt the nest twice as i had to relocate the fish and nest, and i now have another 100+ fry. another question, what is the average yeild of viable fish from a spawn? i have 45 from first spawn, i have about the same # from theis next spawn. there seem to be 200+ fry to start and then they dwindle down. i notice some grow much faster than others and become so big i must remove them lest the eat the smalls. also some stay so small, almost microscopic.i am thinking there are some genetic probs and they self cull due to this. also now i have adults, some are still miniature in size. i think these tiny adults could actually be desirable in nano tank set ups. any thoughts? btw, i use infusoria, micro worms, and tiny copepods as food during the tiny stage. once they get big enough i graduate them to dry food i grind up with my fingers, still keeping up with they live foods as well. i can see their tiny bellies almost bursting so i know they get plenty to eat. and same with bettas, i have 2 spawns and about 40+ adults to show for each. what do you think?

@Fishtory 14 күн бұрын

Indeed, I make a lot.. or Frankenstein them together with old parts.... that's what I did with the top of this one too... took an egg tumbler top and popped it off and placed it over the filter

@Fishtory 14 күн бұрын

Fish spawn in waves of growth so that no one group gets eaten all at once... but it also means fry get cannibalized frequently. Just depends on the species

@AQUAKONSTANTIN28 2 жыл бұрын

Привет 👋👋👋 Лайк 👍🔥😁🔥👍

@gavinpowell8538 2 жыл бұрын

Great fish, seems mine must be female looking at yours. Will have to find me a male

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah so look at the tail. The males have streamers / flairs on the tips of the tail, where as the females have slight ones, but it looks more like a solid curve was trimmed in a crescent, from their tail

@gavinpowell8538 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory yup cheers mate, that's what I noticed in the vid. I don't think they can be imported to Australia anymore or the females can't be. Some shit like that. But I bet they've been bread here plenty of times so I'll find a mate for mine. Keep up the great vids with great info.

@tiffanyclark-grove1989 6 ай бұрын

I have a stupid question probably. How do they have seven male powder blue dwarf gouramis in a tank at the pet store and they get along fine but yet they are hostile at home? At least from what I’ve been seeing or reading. your female looks pretty blue. Is there any way I could find a female at a pet store (that they think is a male)? What would I look for? Also, that is a gorgeous paradise fish you have. that is so so cute that they will actually jump the tank; darling things.

@Fishtory 5 ай бұрын

Yes females*generally * have rounder fins with less of a pointed notch near the tail... more 2 rounded lobes. Then usually are nearly all blue. No red stripes ( unless spawning, then some lines do, others don't... all males have the red or orange lines though). And females often have stolen bellies also

@tiffanyclark-grove1989 5 ай бұрын

@@Fishtory ok, thanks so much😊 If I turn on a certain color of light at night, my boy looks red, even though youcan barely see his red during the daytime

@heaven7360 Жыл бұрын

could one Paradise fish live in a 10 gallon?

@Fishtory Жыл бұрын

Sure

@laurabustos6560 Жыл бұрын

Imagine fish keeping in the 1850's! And here I am freaking out watching hours of content before I get a wet pet to make sure I have exactly what they need. Don't think they had aqua soil and led lights back then... 😂🤯🕵️‍♂️

@Fishtory Жыл бұрын

Lol research is good. You CAN keep a fish like they did in the 1850s but its far far easier to use 1930s and 1940s technology up to modern tech

@jackmehoff915 2 жыл бұрын

Mirror training is a great way to get a pair of goruamis or bettas to bond against a common "foe" and get them interested doing the dirty

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Haha great tip, thank you

@kenjiro2676 2 жыл бұрын

5:05 Oh noooo. I know fish are resistant to incest, hopefully you were able to get another fish for your breeding group from a different source.

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

I did

@rajs4283 2 жыл бұрын

Easy way to find male and female pls…

@Fishtory 2 жыл бұрын

Male have longer tails and usually more pointy dorsal fin tips. Also the males are darker colored with females showing more if their base color

@hkk3656 Жыл бұрын

I bought a blue Paradise fish. It's a young one, only about 3/4". It has a slightly reddish color at the base of the tail. Do they color up as they get older?