This is the most exciting discovery ever :bounce: :happy1:

Yesterday I noticed our little female Blue Ram Thumbalina very pink around her stomach area but I thought nothing of it. Tonight while my husband was doing a water change, Rambo our male Ram was getting aggressive towards the vacuum. The two of them were also chasing all the other fish from the area. So I went to investigate and found these...

Rambo is very protective

And Thumbalina is doing a good job of collecting bubbles from the bubble stone to blow out over the eggs

Any advice as to how to help care for the eggs and fry would be greatly appreciated!

Cool! Nice looking rams. If it is their first spawning don't be too disappointed if they eat them.. They usually get better with practice.

Watch for eggs that turn white and fungus, which can spread to the health eggs. (The adults will often pick these out).

What other fish do you have in the tank?

Thanks. Yep this is their first spawning so I'm prepared for a possible fail.

The other fish we have are Golden Barbs, Cherry Barbs, Neon Tetras, Rosy Tetras, Dwarf Chain Loaches, SAE's and Bristlenose Plecos.

If you really want to raise these I would set them up in their own tank.. The parents will have a hard time trying to keep the tetras and others picking off the fry.

good luck with the eggs :-)

nice looking rams, they look nice and healthy, best of luck with hatching the eggs, then it just comes down to do you want to leave the fry in that tank and risk them getting eaten, or put them in a different tank to grow.

Nice and i love the names. Wish i had even a little creativity to be able to name mine

Thanks guys. Unfortunately they will need a bit more practice as they gave up defending the eggs and they all got eaten. We are thinking of maybe putting them in their own tank so they can try again.