dwalk Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I'm having my first go at breeding Blue Ram's, and while I know they lay egg's on smooth surfaces, If I have a sponge filter running, would it suck the fry in when they hatch?? PS Any other tips on breeding would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Sponge filters are what you use when your breeding and you don't want the eggs to be sucked up.. Mine spawned all the time I fed them up on whiteworms and daphnia I had blues and golds breeding like mad, I killed all the babies though either before or just afte free swimming so haven't figured that out yet, I then lost all the blues and all the golds except for one male I have just brought some more blues so hopefully I can get them breeding, and hopefully one of the blue females breeds with the gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumzy50 Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Can you breed blue and gold rams together.mumzy50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Can you breed blue and gold rams together.mumzy50 Some people say yes some people say no. At the moment i am saying yes,Just because they are all blue in the wild. So its just like Breeding a Black angel with a Pearlscale Crowned angel. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I am going to give it a go but I am a responsible breeder if anything random does come out then it will be disposed of I just really want this gold to have babies because he's awesome ill get some pics at some stage.. AFAIK golds are just a colour varient of the blues and im talking normal blues and normal golds not those mutant ones.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Yea,They are just line breed,Im pretty sure they are blue in nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzy Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 So if I put a pair of blues in with my normal golds are they likely to cross as I dont want that to happen but want to have a ram tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Your blue ram fry will be fine with the sponge filter, my pair actually moved their wriggler's onto it at one stage, I guess they liked the water movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 nice you see you posting again antwan:) yea mitzy they'll interbreed potentially and you don't want that. they might like the sponge too for the microscopic food value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwalk Posted May 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Thanks everyone, I'm going to leave the sponge filter on fulltime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 yea mitzy they'll interbreed potentially and you don't want that. Isn't it just like breeding 2 different coloured guppies together? They will cross breed but if its a community tank there is little chance of babies surviving so I wouldn't worry about it if you did want to breed them later on then take the blues out breed them then take the golds out breed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi Ryan, I've seen the result of the cross between blue & gold and in all honestly I couldn't tell that they weren't true blue rams. The breeder showed me and I think she said there was a little yellow around or just behind the gill area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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