meesheelly Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Lol I just looked at my tank after not paying much attention to it for the past couple of days and i saw this... Yay ram eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 congrats shelley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinleo Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 im sure you will be lucky & get fries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 anyone got any pointers as far as what to do? They are in my community tank but none of the other fish seem to care ...yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Just leave them be for now; see how they go with their parenting skills. I recommend leaving pairs in the community tank for a few spawns for practise and then if you want to breed them seriously move them to their own tank. A microworm culture helps with rams as the fry are very teeny and can't take bbs to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Congrats shelly, As antwan said, but I should mention that feeding microworms in a community tank often triggers the feeding that ends up making the fry become the food. In other words, remove the fry to their own little tank before feeding them to prevent them become snacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Congrats shelley, good luck with raising the fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Wat ta go meesheelly, good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 :oops: Aww thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 All the eggs dissapeared Think one of my agnels may have eaten them. But now i have two pairs of rams chasing around so shouldnt be long until i get some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 good luck with the 2 pairs are they in the same tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 yeah i have 6 rams in my tank. A pair just laid again tonigh. I also have kribs guarding eggs in the same tank. :lol: Must be something in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 They ate the eggs again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I would take the eggs and raise them, I have done that with most of my dwarf cichlids in the past Give it a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Sorry to disagree with you Mekhaela, but I would recommend leaving them be for now, if after 3-4 spawns and the parents go nowhere, then try raising them artificially. With most cichlids it's all about practice. All up to what you want to do really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 yeah i think i will is it ok to pick the leaf they are on and put it in a different tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hey you don't have to say sorry for disagreeing with me over that Ants, we all have our own ways etc, me taking eggs in the past and raising them has worked for me, that is all, however, I didn't have my apistos in an apisto only tank so didn't want to risk the fry etc with other tank mates... if they had of been housed in their own tanks to breed then it may have been a totally different case, would have loved to watch them raise their own and hope for the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 The eggs I had meeshelley were inside little teracotta pots, so I would take the pot, and place in a bare bottom tank, same water etc, and I would run a air stone not far from the pot so there was a slight current and I would put a couple of drops of methyl blue in the tank, and all have hatched well in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 yay my rams have laid again except this time it is on a patch of gravel. Why they chose there and not one of the 3 pots that are in there i dont know. They are doing a good job of defending them against the angels and GBAs but im not sure how long they will last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 oh yeah i should add that the first try wasnt sucessful as the decided to eat the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 good work hope it gos better this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 I found with some cichlids that bristlenose would eat their eggs while they slept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 I try to overcome that problem and also the "to protect I'll eat them" syn, when the lights go suddenly out, I leave a light on that gives defused light in the fishroom. I like to think that it is like moomlight to them. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted April 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 gone this morning. Oh well thats there second try. Maybe 3rd time lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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