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The pics seemed fine and since they are blue rams, lots of blue make them much more brilliant than the regular rams.What trick are you talking about?Have you keep these fishes long enough to make a reasonable conclusion about their normal livespan,I am curious,too.For your information, mutants like goldfish do live a healthy and long life.Mutants are unique as they can be either very strong or weak. We are only discussing about the fish's uniqueness. It's totally irrelevant if they are sold/not sold in nz. You sounded like a regualr ram breeder/supplier. Selective breeding cannot be construed as messing with nature's work entirely.Many farm bred species having adapted to human designed conditions would have a tough time adjusting themselves in the wild.They probly wouldn't know which fishes prey on them and other environmental factors etc.The issue of whether they survive in the wild or not is also irrelevant unless you are comtemplating to release them into the wild for some reason. What is important for a hobbyist and aquarist is the willingness and the ability to give their best to whatever fish they are keeping.I think many forums have been really great in providing these informations and mutual sharing of personal experiences. Yeah, some goldfish really look weird but if you conclude a fish state of health by judging their look, you might become discriminative just like myself many years back when I have blacklisted so many species.Lol.

Sounds logical and reasonable.I would like to add that most mutants live normally and healthily as opposed to what many thought them to be,simply because they are labelled "mutant". I think mutants make many cringe because of the word we use to describe "departures" from what we regualrly perceived eg existing traits.I believe many species including mankind evolved through mutations which has good/bad qualities inherent in themselves. As for the balloon trait,I have not seen many. Those I have seen, eg molly,betta,kissing gourami and arowana has one thing in common besides having a shorter /compacter body,i.e. the have arched back(high back) except balloon ram.

Hi guys, Check out this website. http://www.geocities.com/yutaka_loo/index.html Balloon rams seem to be more brilliantly colored than the normal the regular ones. Lots of beautiful pic and videos,too. You'll love it.

If it is a mutant, logically and obviously it has got to be different rite? You don't keep gold fish, do you?lol. Goldfish has been around for hubdreds of years,what do they suffer from ? If they(mutants) genuinely suffer from any form of health problems, don't you think the breeders would have problems raising them,too? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,though. There are fishes that I have yet to learn to appreciate their ornamental value, but I refrain from bad mouthing that particular fish. Why did you sound so emotional?It's just a fish and a hobby anyway.

yeah, i heard the same,too... would u know they r a hybrid of rams and ???? i was told bolivian,but they have rams written all over them... and their compacted body , seemed unlikely a product of ram and bolivian..

Hi guys, i am new here.. please to make yur acquaintances.... i was wondering if anyone had heard of balloon/mini rams? they spot a stockier/thicker and deeper body line... as colorful as the infamous german ram... could these be bought in NZ,too? some of the pics are here http://www.aquaforums.com/forums/index. ... d7f37d0ae2