Dave+Amy Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Photos of my 2/3week old ram fry: First batch and there's already another batch of week old fry from the second batch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 :bounce: Good stuff D & A :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnB Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hiya, What type of rams have you got? My blue rams just laid eggs last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 these are from my Blue Rams...from their 3rd spawning Slowly getting the hang of it...trying to breed my balloon gold rams too but no luck from them yet. here's the parents: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Nice fish and good work I am so jealous of anyone who can raise ram babies, even keeping the blue or gold rams alive is enough of a challenge for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracytrout Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Congrats :bounce: :bounce: They are so cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnB Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Very nice, Hope mine survive it's there second attempt. My bolivians have Spawned a few times with good sucess now i'm after some gold rams. Good luck with that and if you have any tips i'd be happy to hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well done Amy , they are looking great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 BnB -I just followed TM's advice on feeding once a day - I think overfeeding could be a reason how I lost a few. They love Micros and are getting used to decap at the moment I hatched them myself due to their parents who keep eating the eggs, since they lay on terracotta pots I just take the pot out and put an airstone under so the air bubbles circulate the current around the eggs - seemed to work well, but one problem being the air bubbles being too strong to allow wrigglers from attaching to the pot :roll: and all the wrigglers end up on the tank bottom. I am however after more Blue Rams from another line, got a spare male in my community tank to pair up. To keep them as unrelated as I can, think they die easier due to being inbred? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 BnB -I just followed TM's advice on feeding once a day - I think overfeeding could be a reason how I lost a few. They love Micros and are getting used to decap at the moment I hatched them myself due to their parents who keep eating the eggs, since they lay on terracotta pots I just take the pot out and put an airstone under so the air bubbles circulate the current around the eggs - seemed to work well, but one problem being the air bubbles being too strong to allow wrigglers from attaching to the pot :roll: and all the wrigglers end up on the tank bottom. I am however after more Blue Rams from another line, got a spare male in my community tank to pair up. To keep them as unrelated as I can, think they die easier due to being inbred? Next time just turn the air down, i only have a few bubbles coming up off the stone. Once they get a bit bigger i increase the feeding, just think about how big there stomachs are at that age. My aim in the early stages are to just give them enough food to keep them alive. Where did the rams come from originally? I would be suprised if they are inbred at this stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 TM - got these guys from Animates when they had the 2 for 1 sale (totally stoked when they paired off)..I don't know if they're related or what but I'm keen to get more...Also THANKS for the brineshrimp eggs. How are your Apisto's coming along TM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I have a couple of batchs going at present, one with parents and one with out. Oldest ones are around 5 weeks old. Growing slow at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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