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It is a planted tank I need the mircoworms for. Sometimes when I use brine shrimp they all disperse all around the tank and the tiny fry can't reach them easily. The shrimps eventually get filtered out. :-? So will microworms be able to solve this problem? Will they sink? Or disperse a bit less? Cheers for that so far.

I was needing something to feed my future fry and I thought that microworms would be good but I have never tried them before. Exactly how small are they? And would they be able to be consumed by tiny fry such as ram fry? :-? Thanks in advance.

This is like a continued new topic of my last blue ram spawn. On my last spawn, I got my rams to spawn but I didn't see any eggs. A bit disappointing... However, I was wondering around my LFS and I discovered another pairing pair of Blue Rams. But they were different as the male had long fins. I heard that this sometimes happens when gold ram and a blue ram breeds. The male almost looks like a veiltail Ram. Very rare according to a site on the internet. Pretty interesting, huh? Anyway, I bought them home, moved my previous rams to another tank and placed the long finned rams in there. And now, I got them spawning and for a late Christmas present I got eggs from my long finned rams! Thank you to them! And the good news is the eggs look yellow. So now I am just waiting for some future fry with a long fin gene. The male and female are guarding the eggs. They are like chickens hovering above the nest they built. (They built this nest for around a day I think) Just want to say thank you to Alan and Antwan for continually giving me tips and advice with the previous spawning. It really helped. And finally, here are some photos. Not the best quality but pretty good for a cheap video camera plus zoom! I'll keep everyone updated. Oh, and I couldn't get any decent pictures with the male ram's long fins. He is always near the eggs and therefore hard to get a pic. Enjoy! I see what you mean by the ovipositor Alan and Antwan. The head of the male can be seen...with the eggs The female Ram doesn't seem to have long fins. :-? Thanks for reading!

If you are going for plants, go for T5s. They are awesome. Very effective. But...sorry I do not know where do get some besides from LFS. But why not LFS?

Cheers for that Amazonian. And I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

I see.. :lol: Well, there seems to be a tiny clear whitish thingy sticking out very slightly. And I also got another paired pair of blue rams and they are in another tank and are about to spawn. But these pairs are interesting because the male has very long fins. I heard that this happens when the parents or even maybe further up the generation, a male or female blue ram bred with a gold ram. So it is kind of like a long fin gene in the ram. My male is basically a lyretail blue ram. I will try get some photos of him and the female too. Just a bit busy now days. And have a MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone reading this! :bounce: :bounce:

Can't wait too! I will get the list for you guys asap. And if possible, I will try and help some people living on the south island grab some fish if they want. But lets wait first...

I have just been to Hollywood fish farm in Albany today and a guy I know there told me that there will soon be some rare plecos and dwarf cichlids in stock very soon. I couldn't remember the names but there were many fish I haven't seen before. He showed me some pictures of the fish and said that the wholeseller is bringing in fish that usually most wholesellers do not try to bring into NZ easily and therfore will be very rare hopefully. I will get the names of the fish that are coming in for everyone. I haven't been told a date of their arrival...only coming soon. :-?

And I will try to get a better quality picture on here today.

Oh I see...but where on the fish is it found? And if they have laid eggs should it be sticking out? Cheers for that Alan

Ovipositor? What is this? :lol: Yes, she is a bit skinny now. Okay, I will feed them bloodworms daily and keep them happy and full. I will report back again soon. Thanks for that Antwan

Here is an update but unfortunately no relevent pics yet. My female ram has stopped digging around in the gravel. Just guesing here but I think she may have laid eggs but ate them as soon as she laid them. Don't know just an idea because the female has become a tiny bit thinner than before. She isn't starving or anything though. Or possible when I removed the other fish it could have stressed her because it was quite a rummage to get the fish out although I was as careful as possible. The male is now much more active, swimming around everywhere. However he is still dull in colour but does not look stressed by looking at his actions and behaviour. He continually chases the female around the place. Well actually...now he lashes out at the female ram trying to peck her. Almost like he is bullying her. She runs away everytime he does that but she doesn't seem to turn pale. Usually fish, when chased around or bullyed turn whitish. That doesn't happen. The female's intense colours remain. I don't really know what is happening around here now. It is all confusing.. :-? Can people give me some help and/or advices on what may be happening? Thank you!

Wow...congrats on that davidb. So you don't know what type of fish it is huh? :-? Quite strage...wonder how that little thing turned up when you haven't seen any signs of life for 3 months! Good Luck in raising it! Hope it turns out to be something really rare! :lol:

hehe. Thanks meesheelly, and good luck to you too.

Oh and there is a site on google about the shrimps. Try finding it and it should tell you a bit. Good luck. :bounce:

The shrimps off Trademe also eat flake food and blood worms! I have seen them munching away at it. And they seem to love it.

Thanks Alan. I'm slowly taking out my GBAs now. I woke up in the morning and remove 3 of them. It was easy as they were all clung to the glass and they seemed less alert. One to go. No eggs yet but still burrying about.

Oh I see. I thought you always needed to add some white spot cure in the tank. So if I do have eggs I will not add anything. Yea, I got that pH information off the net. This random guy did a survey and he found that when the pH was lower, more fry survuved or something like that. I guess they still do make it. And alrighty, I will try to take out the GBAs when they are reachable as you know, they are very fast and cling onto the hard to reach parts of the tank. :roll: Shall I still keep the light on after removing the GBAs or is this just when the GBAs are in the tank? Many big thanks Antwan and any other members helping will be appreciated. :bounce: I will keep you updated asap and with PICS

Yes, they are definitely spawning. Thanks for the advice to move them to a gravel sand bottom tank Antwan. I moved all my other fish into a small bare bottom 38L tank. (Except for 4 Golden Black-Eyed Ancistrus) Shall I move them too? It may cause more stress to the Rams though. Will they do any damage? They are around 2-3cm. The tank the fish were moved to were really for my killifish to spawn in but Rams first! The Killis said they would not mind too much. It is funny though...the fish seem to enjoy the tank they got moved to than the one before. They are out more and look very happy indeed. Here are some photos. They are very low quality since they were taken by a cheap video camera while zoomed making it worse. But please understand.. :lol: I don't want to disturb their little dancing around so I took photos far away. I will have more detail pictures soon. See what I mean by the male looking quite dull coloured. The female is very very brightly coloured though. Hope they are successful. My Agassizi Flamengo looks much happier. He did not use to come out so often and flash like that. The female is continually exploring the tank, since the fish have gone. She has made 2 or 3 deep pits in the gravel and I believe she will lay very soon. More questions: Shall I add some White spot cure to the tank when they have laid eggs? Is it true that the eggs will only hatch if the pH is below 6? Mine is at around 6.5 at the moment. Shall I leave a small light on at night near the tank so the female can see the Golden Black eyed ancistirus? Or should it be okay? Shall I still perform water changes? Once a week? Or more? Thanks for reading and comments will be appreciated! :bounce:

Wonder why it isn't in colour? Any picture is good enough I guess.. Going to Brunei Caryl? Wow. :bounce: Yes, go fishing and see what you get! :lol:

I was reading the New Zeland Hearld today and I discovered this interesting article titled: Borneo's beating heart reveals 52 new species I have just picked out the main bit that might interest you. Enjoy. Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo in 12 months WWF International said yesterday. The discoveries made between July 2005 and September 2006 include 30 fish species, such as a minature fish which is the world's second smallest vertebrate, two tree frogs and several plant species. Among the many creatures were 6 Siamese fighting fish, whose unique colour and markings distinguish them from close relatives, and a catfish with protruding teeth and an adhesive belly with miniature suction cups enabling it to stick to smooth stones and maintain its position facing into the current of Indonesia's turbulent Kapuas River system. The catfish, which can be identified as its pretty colour pattern, is named glyptothorax exodon, a reference to the teeth that can be seen even when the creature's mouth is closed. While those species were spotted in Indonesian waters, the 8.8mm paedocypris micromegethes was discovered in Malaysia's slow-flowing blackwater streams and peat swamp forests shielded from light. The creature, which gets its name from the Greek words for children and small in size, is tinier than all other vertebrae species except for its slightly more minuscule cousin, a 7.9mm fish found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, according to WWF. Interesting don't you think? Of course, new species of fish are constantly being found. But to see that strange catfish and those Siamses fighters must be awesome. :bounce:

Since I can not get a big tank for the Rams now, how about getting a 300L + tank and putting them in there? There will be other fish but since the tank is bigger which means more space and less stress. Maybe Phil did. Trying to get photos now. I think there is too much fish in the tank for them to be able to successfully breed at the moment. Since I am selling my tanks and keeping some of the fish I have slightly crammed the tank. Too much disturbance I belive. But will the Rams start breeding again when they are moved to a better tank? Cheers for that guys. :bounce:

Hi Antwan. Thanks. The guy who worked there at Jansens said they came in as wild ones. He wasn't an amateur by the looks of it and he was very into dwarf cichlids too. Seemed like a trust worthy guy. He might be bluffing, who knows but they did seem wild compared to the bred ones here in NZ in another tank. Sure then, I will try get some photos up asap. I am glad that this is breeding behaviour. The male does kind of pick on the female but nothing serious and the female is chasing some fish away. Unfortunately, I don't have a bigger tank at the moment as I am selling my small ones and medium ones on Trade me and I am going to get a larger tank with better lights, filter, underground heating and all the rest of it. Maybe then I will move the other fish to the larger tank and then keep the Rams in the 38 alone. Or will still be too small? Thanks for your help :bounce:

Yes, it is one of my small tropical tanks. Cheers for that jn.

I got a pair of Blue Rams from Jansens and they were pretty much paired because they were guarding a corner of the tank and chasing other Rams away violently while not each other. I got them home and I left them in a 38L tank. The female is very cool. A dark pink belly. Nice broad body and I was told these were wild ones. The male seemed to slightly peck at the female and the female did not mind to much. Could this be a breeding action? When the male wandered away she followed him and attracted him back a spot. And vice versa. At night, when I checked up on them, the female was in full colour and was shaking her body on the gravel. The male quite close by. Well, they are always next to each other. Can this be them spawning? The female looks very ready for eggs (brightly coloured and swimming eagerly) but the male is a bit stresed look by the colour of his body and less active than the female. What could be the problem and could they still spawn? My p.h is around 6.2, nitrates 0, soft water, and temp. is around 27. Help will be much appreciated! :bounce: