My German Gold Ram Spawn 2 Hatched

[waynet]

1. Spawning:



2. Parents taking turns Nursing Eggs:



3. Gold Ram Wigglers



4. Swimming Fry



I can't believe it, I see wigglers. The eggs were not on the rock when I came home. I thought they all got eaten because I messed with the tank last night by adding 20% more water to the tank to dilute the salt and add back the java moss. After looking around, what did I discovered. Wigglers. Looks like this is a good pair. Look how beautiful the fins are. You can see some purple and blue sparkling speckle pattern. Thanks for watching.

5. They Spawned again



6. Spawn 2 Hatched

They are quite intelligent. They moved the hatch from the rock to a ditch in a log cover by plants.



Thanks for watching.

[monkE]

cool vid, congrats on the spawn.. always neat when you get this stuff on film!

[waynet]

Thanks.

I felt like a fish Genius (Did I spell Genius right?) this week. Apparently, about 1 week and 1/2 ago,my German Gold Ram started to have white spots. I was so worried they would die because I had never successfully cure any fish with white spot before. Also, they were so beautiful and I don't want to lose them.

Good thing I found a site that teaches you to use high temperature and salt to treat the white spots.

I took out all the plants and increased the temperature to 86-87F and added 20 teaspoon of Aquarium Salt to the 10g tank.

The first two days, the white spots exploded. A few days later they were gone. The fish are totally healthly and always looking for food.

Tonight I saw them cleaning the rock and ready to spawn. So I changed 50% of the water with similar temperature to reduce the salt in the water.

They spawned couple of hours after the water change.

cool vid, congrats on the spawn.. always neat when you get this stuff on film!

[monkE]

Thanks.

I felt like a fish Genius (Did I spell Genius right?) this week. Apparently, about 1 week and 1/2 ago,my German Gold Ram started to have white spots. I was so worried they would die because I had never successfully cure any fish with white spot before. Also, they were so beautiful and I don't want to lose them.

Good thing I found a site that teaches you to use high temperature and salt to treat the white spots.

I took out all the plants and increased the temperature to 86-87F and added 20 teaspoon of Aquarium Salt to the 10g tank.

The first two days, the white spots exploded. A few days later they were gone. The fish are totally healthly and always looking for food.

Tonight I saw them cleaning the rock and ready to spawn. So I changed 50% of the water with similar temperature to reduce the salt in the water.

They spawned couple of hours after the water change.

Slick move! Its great how the internet is such an amazing resource for information like that! I have never really had success treating any fish sicknesses before, but I've been very lucky because I haven't had any sick fish for quite a while now.

Congrats on the save and the spawn. What other fish are in the tank with them??

[waynet]

I had Furcata Rainbow. But I moved them to another tank.

I will leave the temperature high for about 1 more week just in case.

Slick move! Its great how the internet is such an amazing resource for information like that! I have never really had success treating any fish sicknesses before, but I've been very lucky because I haven't had any sick fish for quite a while now.

Congrats on the save and the spawn. What other fish are in the tank with them??

[monkE]

that's good if they are in there alone, the eggs will stand a pretty good chance at making it to fry!

[InfraredDream]

Beautiful! Loved your movie! Good luck with the fry!

[jobber604]

Wayne, did you buy the fish knowing it was a pair? I remember you bought the fish not long ago. Pure genius. Seems to me you found the right balanced conditions for your tanks.

[waynet]

Yes, I know they are a pair. It is very easy to sex mature rams. The males are usually bigger, have pointy dorsal fin and anal fin and no pink abdomen. The females almost always have pink abdomen. I got lucky, they are a good pair. They actually take turn nusring the eggs. I had rams before, nursing their eggs is usually not the case. Usually one of the pair does not let the other go near the eggs after spawning or they start eating the eggs together or the male does not fertilize the eggs. See my video. I got lucky. I hope the eggs will hatch soon. Thanks for watching.

Wayne, did you buy the fish knowing it was a pair? I remember you bought the fish not long ago. Pure genius. Seems to me you found the right balanced conditions for your tanks.

[waynet]

Gold Ram Wigglers



I can't believe it, I see wigglers. The eggs were not on the rock when I came home. I thought they all got eaten because I messed with the tank last night by adding 20% more water to the tank to dilute the salt and add back the java moss. After looking around, what did I discovered. Wigglers.