terry17 Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 My blue rams have some eggs in a community tank.... so shall I go and buy a breading trap and put the leave with the eggs in it? At the moment I put a barrier in the tank to keep the eggs away from the big fish....but samll fish could still come around Anyone bread these before? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 eggs seem a bit white (could just be the photos) most rams fail on their first spawn. have never bread them, prefer batter leave the parents with the eggs, they should defend them reasonably well, maybe consider another tank to put fry into though what else is with them??? btw AWESOME pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 eggs seem a bit white (could just be the photos) most rams fail on their first spawn. have never bread them, prefer batter leave the parents with the eggs, they should defend them reasonably well, maybe consider another tank to put fry into though what else is with them??? btw AWESOME pics Other rams and discus and 1 angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 discus should leave them alone, the other rams may show more interest that be a problem. the angel is the one to watch out for, maybe isolating the angel would be easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Nice fish Terry. My first spawn got eaten after I tried removing the fungus eggs. The 2nd spawn hatched and are all good, growing alot faster than the Apistogramma fry. Mine are in a specific tank so no risk of getting eaten. Will post some pics soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 discus should leave them alone, the other rams may show more interest that be a problem. the angel is the one to watch out for, maybe isolating the angel would be easier Done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Nice fish Terry. My first spawn got eaten after I tried removing the fungus eggs. The 2nd spawn hatched and are all good, growing alot faster than the Apistogramma fry. Mine are in a specific tank so no risk of getting eaten. Will post some pics soon. I hope they do end up with some fry, looking forward to ur photos Dan. Btw I saw some nice aggazzi double red at Hollywood today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I've successfully raised fry. If it's their first lay leave them - I'd wait until the 2nd or 3rd to remove eggs. You'll want to condition them well before their next lay - feed them meaty foods to do that, and lots of variety. You can often trigger them to lay by doing a big, coldish water change in 3-4 weeks. The fry are itty bitty so can only eat green water for a few days after they become freeswimming. Some might be able to eat BBS after a couple of days, so give them a go. I never had success only feeding BBS from FS though. They prefer very soft water, and it's got to be very clean. You'll want to make sure they always have food available. The parents are often good at raising the fry, but in a community tank like that it's likely they'll get spooked and eat the eggs or wrigglers. Good luck - raising fry is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry17 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I've successfully raised fry. If it's their first lay leave them - I'd wait until the 2nd or 3rd to remove eggs. You'll want to condition them well before their next lay - feed them meaty foods to do that, and lots of variety. You can often trigger them to lay by doing a big, coldish water change in 3-4 weeks. The fry are itty bitty so can only eat green water for a few days after they become freeswimming. Some might be able to eat BBS after a couple of days, so give them a go. I never had success only feeding BBS from FS though. They prefer very soft water, and it's got to be very clean. You'll want to make sure they always have food available. The parents are often good at raising the fry, but in a community tank like that it's likely they'll get spooked and eat the eggs or wrigglers. Good luck - raising fry is awesome! Thanks. I will just leave them and see how they go :-) I might set up a new 50L tank just for this pair and see how that goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Thanks. I will just leave them and see how they go :-) I might set up a new 50L tank just for this pair and see how that goes. If you remove the eggs at any point, meth blue and low light can help ward off fungus. No need if you've got the parents there fanning them though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Nice, healthy and strong coloured parents! Offspring hopefully will have that strong colouration too. But like said before, don't be disappointed if they don't make it, you just keep at it and they will get better at looking after them hopefully... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomsam1001 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Nice, healthy and strong coloured parents! Offspring hopefully will have that strong colouration too. But like said before, don't be disappointed if they don't make it, you just keep at it and they will get better at looking after them hopefully... Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 They sure scrub up well when trying to impress each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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