Badis don't need a species tank, they are happy milling about the bottom of a tank and don't take much notice of other fish at all. Mine rarely went for processed food but was very happy on microworms, mozzies etc. They have mini fish wars between themselves only and generally view the other fast moving fish with suspicion.

So they'd be okay competing with neons? The tank will be heavily planted of course. If so, what M/F ratio would you have? Just one male and a couple of females?

I am now the proud owner of a Blue Ram :happy1:

I am now the proud owner of a Blue Ram :happy1:

they are the only fresh water fish i realllly like! :thup:

i went to get 1 with my friends yesterday for his tank but too expensive for them ($21)

So they'd be okay competing with neons? The tank will be heavily planted of course. If so, what M/F ratio would you have? Just one male and a couple of females?

if you can get females I think they are good as a pair or a trio, but I don't think there have been any around. I think Deepsound had something to say about ratios last year in his thread. They don't compete with other fish, they tolerate them like a cat tolerates a dog. When I had them with the CPDs they would mill about and if a CPD went near they stop and look at them with a sort of 'who ARE you' look on their face. At feeding time they would swim about interested but they weren't as fast as the CPDs so I had to try to disperse the live food about in such a way as everyone got some. Plenty of times I'd fire in some food to the badis and they would be eyeing it up slowly, then it would get chomped in front of their eyes by a CPD. As long as you have microworms they won't go hungry. In fact even if you don't they still may not as they spend most of the day hunting about picking off things they find, eyeing the bottom of the tank and looking in nooks and crannies. They are interesting little fish.

I am now the proud owner of a Blue Ram :happy1:

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how do people qoute just one or two sentences from a post? for the life of me i cant work out how

They are interesting little fish.

Would they be TOO little for my tank? 75x35x35 roughly, would I still see them?

how do people qoute just one or two sentences from a post? for the life of me i cant work out how

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they are the only fresh water fish i realllly like! :thup:

i went to get 1 with my friends yesterday for his tank but too expensive for them ($21)

Yeah i payed a similar price. Awesome Fish Tho :thup:

PICS!

-There not fully in focus because the glass was dirty and if focused on the glass :facepalm:

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Would they be TOO little for my tank? 75x35x35 roughly, would I still see them?

I don't think so. They mill about all over and develop little territories. When I had 2 males 1 would live mostly around the driftwood and the other would roam the rest of the tank bottom. When I rescaped the tank and changed the driftwood the 2nd one disappeared and then the remaining one patrolled the whole bottom.

If you got some and decided I was completely crazy I'm sure you'd find homes for them pretty easily.

Thanks Sophia, I guess that's my current stocking plan for now! Give it about hmm... half an hour and I'm sure it'll have changed :sml1:

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:dunno: what so special about them to be so priceeeeeee,,ive got 24 pairs and feed the young to my biggger fish :spop: :yaw1:

ive got 24 pairs

You have 48 breeding blue Rams?

yer.. got over 100 rams..they in a 900L tank..and they due to be clean out of feeding sortly,

,then i let them breed again to bring up stock for feeding.. :smln: :lol:

yer.. got over 100 rams..they in a 900L tank..and they due to be clean out of feeding sortly,

,then i let them breed again to bring up stock for feeding.. :smln: :lol:

But do they have good colouring?

But do they have good colouring?

they look the same as your one,,some have a moore blue ting to them when in breeding colours..

im not to worry about that as the are food.. :lol:

this is for Phoenix44, from Fluffington Post

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same hair colour as p44 :digH: :rotf:

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Those are some funny looking Gouramis Joe

:oops: I couldn't help myself... It has orange on both pelvic fins !drool: :happy1:

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:oops: I couldn't help myself... It has orange on both pelvic fins !drool: :happy1:

:facepalm: im not going to say athing..i migth get in too trouble,, :spop: :rotf:

You have a dirty mind Anthony :sick: :slfg:

what brand of apisto are they?