Rams are so great! :)

[Jasonator]

Just bragging a little now that I have my little guys from Richard - they really are fun! Very interactive and fun. not bad colours - they should come out more in a little bit, as I've only had 'em for a few days. 4 GBRs have paired of and blue balloons are just mingling with everyone...
I'm looking forward to the social dynamic and if I should make adjustments, if any should breed

pics to come... I will try with my new phone - LG Optimus 3D - 3D fishtank - cool!

Oh, and input and advice is welcome, as this is my first Ram-only tank!




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[Diztrbd1]

Congrats Jason. Richard definitely provides some top notch Rams. Mine all paired off immediately and were all spawning with-in 2 weeks. Though I never had any successful hatching's, it was still exciting. I have to think one of the reasons I was unsuccessful with breeding them it that they were all in the same tank. Don't be surprised if they lay eggs and eat them in a day. Next time I will be separating my mated pairs and hope that works out. Best of luck with them. Look forward to seeing some pix

[Jasonator]

Thanks.
I agree with having them all in one tank. It's a 30gal but it's tall, and not so much area on the bottom. And as they are lower-tank fish, they don't use the whole tank.
2 pairs immediately took hold of one opposite end of the tank each.

I had 2 GBRs to begin with - one is a chicken and just swims around and is by far the most friendly with me(he comes right up front every time - I think he's lonely) and the other is extremely clourful and thinks he owns and runs the joint.

- I'm already thinking (too much) about setting up my spare 10gal and putting one pair in just to see what happens. This should release some room for the other pair, and maybe the ballonys will become more friendly with each other....
This is all a whole 3 days after I put them all in the same tank, tho


Pics are failing to load for me right now, so here's a www.photobucket.com/jason604 link






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[Jasonator]

2 days ago, I'm checking out my little German Blue friends and I see some small debris floating in a strange way, as in against the current or just not quite right, so a closer look followed, and there they were.... about 20 fry! As of today, I can't find any, but I'm impressed with the speed and and good first round for breeding alredy, so I guess they like where they are. Looking forward to the next week, as the courtship continues!

[Nicklfire]

Lol i think everyone has had rams from richard at some point

If you like rams, you would also like apisto's, they are similar

[Jasonator]

I agree..... Thinking ahead.... hmm... just one more tank wouldn't hurt... right?

[Diztrbd1]

lol I tell myself that daily. Cool to hear about the fry, hope they are still around. Good suggestion by Nicklfire, haven't had apistos yet myself , but do plan on getting some in the near future

[Jasonator]

So, I just set up my 25gal in bebdroom and it's running with 'old' water from 4 other tanks and nothing in it.... HOPEFULLY for a discus grow-out competition, but it needs something..... Where and how much do I find some nice Apisto's??



...and trying a youtube link here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1Sw...o6AgCed4bNPMBj



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[Diztrbd1]

You only need to paste everything after watch?v= between the youtube tags for the videos. For example you would copy the red part and paste in between the links
http://xxx.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1SwrjFwL0&context=C3acf2d4ADOEgsToPDskKS fB1EyYo6AgCed4bNPMBj
usually the rest isn't there but copying all of it works too
http://xxx.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1SwrjFwL0&context=C3acf2d4ADOEgsToPDskKS fB1EyYo6AgCed4bNPMBj




as for where to get Apisto's I'm not sure who has them , but I know Canadian Aquatics has these: http://www.canadianaquatics.com/stoc...%20apisto1.JPG

Good vid, the Rams look great!

[Jasonator]

Thanks for all that