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I would recommend Dark Knight Ram Cichlids. They are very new to the market and can sell anywhere between 30-50 dollars per fish. I'm starting my own breeding project and if you are interested, could probably sell ya a few and mail 'em to Washington. I have 12 at the moment.

I think that's also true. The Dark Knight Ram didn't exist until circa 2011 (S. Africa) and let me tell you - demand is insatiable. I'm part of a Ram Cichlid group and people post pics of their spawns and they immediately get 10-15 comments saying "I can't find these anywhere. DM me with pricing...

The trick is to sell fish that are not easily available wholesale or non-existent wholesale. Dark Knight Rams are borderline impossible to find in a petstore unless locally bred. I'd wager that within 200 miles of my city (this includes Chicago, IL) that not a single pet store sells them and...

I've always been interested in it have have bred fish randomly, but only very recently have I been looking at doing it for any sort of revenue source. First fish I've ever bred - Mollies. What fish am I breeding now? "Orange Flash" Cockatoo Apistogramma & (when they mature) Dark Knight Ram...

@Sgooosh While I can't comment on using salt to treat with cories in the mix, I would definitely recommend evaluating the underlying condition. In no attempt to call you out (believe me, I've had fin rot issues in the past), I have noticed that you've dealt with fin rot pretty frequently (or...

I use some leaves (but not leaf litter) in my aquarium and it definitely provides a food source for fry - when my cockatoos fry first start free swimming they love to hang around the leaves (presumably eating).

While I can't pretend to be an expert on snails, it is my understanding that snails primarily get these minerals through eating and a great addition would be cuttlebone. Adding additional minerals to your water, in my view, would just affect your gH and kH, but not really benefit the snail...

This is neat and I live in Peoria, but I'm not going to be able to attend!

I have considered this, but I think that I would risk the parents eating their newest batch out of fear. The older fry are just big enough that they can swim away quickly & just small enough to hide into small crevices.

Considering that the other fry that are in there are being viewed as a threat, I feel that I don't have much of a choice. I obviously would like to leave them with their parents as long as possible (as you can see the current situation I am in), but I am concerned that while now Mom has flared...

So.... the fry are now free swimming! Probably 30-40 (more than the last batch, which was TINY). Dad seems to not care if they are a month old or a day old, he just does his thing. Mom, though, cares very much. She has not eaten any of the older fry, but she clearly sees them as a threat and...

Interesting method, I wonder if it applies with Bolivian Rams which are nortoriously hard to sex. I do know that at least one of the golds is a male because he is already exhibiting an exceptional orange color on the dorsal fin. I know that one of the black rams is also a male as the front of...

I mean you can wait for them to pair off as well. What method do you use?

They are about 1-1.2 inches long, so roughly 2.5-3 cm. I have seem a few that I suspect are males, but I think they are 1-2 months away from the gender to be readily apparent. The Dark Knight males and females are completely pitch black - meaning that the female will not have a red belly. The...

The seller did not state explicitly, but it's my understanding that they are 4-5 months old. I am curious though - I may reach out!

Thanks for your input, Colin. I do, too, suspect that this could be a problem. My original plan was to move the parents out before they could breed again - but I experienced an issue with a tank heater and they had laid eggs in this tank before I could purchase a new heater and move them. Due...

Update - they are about to get moved to a 20g! Look at how much they've grown! Side note -- and REALLY interesting. The second batch of fry are STILL with the parents and the female was wrigglers in her cave (again... =) ) and they DON'T SEEM TO MIND the fry swimming all along the tank. I'm...

Update! The Rams arrived a week ago and they are PERFECT. Great coloration, EXTREMELY vigorous and a joy to watch! I had a mishap with a heater that broke (glad I caught it!) and instead of placing the bunch (18) in a 20g for growing out, I had to place them in a 15 tall. I'm not thrilled about...

If they weren't so expensive, all of my tanks would have these lights. Just my nice planted tank has it.

I would recommend a male and female, or a male and multiple females if you have enough caves. Additionally, they are a social species and putting one on it's own would not be good for it. They live in high population densities in the wild. The males are not typically aggressive towards the...

This is the best light I have ever owned. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SCPK1X8/?tag=ff0d01-20

Angelsplus is an EXCELLENT resource.

Wow! That'd work for... 6 months?

My Dad kept an aquarium in the late 80s, early 90s and he did seem to at least know that you should do a gravel vacuum for debris etc. and that water changes were helpful. He did not really understand stocking, overcrowding, nitrates etc. He would always put tap water in milk jugs and let it age...

Just a heads up, you've switched your Nitrate with Nitrite. Your Nitrite should always be 0 --> if it were actually 20ppm everything would be long dead. With that being said, 20ppm Nitrate is too high. The lower to 0 you can get it, the better. I would recommend doing a water change to reduce...

Very insightful! Thanks for that!

Thank you! We've put a lot of hard work in it!

oh wow! Congratulations! Fry are so fascinating to watch! I could be wrong, but it seems that you have some white ones with the "wild type" barring on them. If so, those could look super cool as adults! It has always amazed me how quick angel fry seem to grow!

I'm not trying to be that guy, but here is a screen shot of the 4 images. The last image is literally an image of the whole tank. I am very confident that the first, sudden death, was likely due to genetics. As you (and the video mentions), they are very inbred and thereby very delicate. I...

Okay, @Avel1896 I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at. I provided 4 pictures of the tank that the lone male ram was in - yet you say "those pics show nothing of your tank". To be honest, those pictures could not show MORE of the tank if I wanted to because that's the entire tank...

I’ve heard rumblings of a shortage, but have not witnessed it firsthand. My LFS is able to order pretty much whatever I want. COVID has really wrecked some countries that produce a lot of fish for the aquarium trade, like India. I suspect that for some eclectic fish (as in, only profitable if...

What exact instructions did you follow? Brine shrimp eggs are actually cysts (which is how they are shelf stable). They do eventually expire and depending on brand, some have terrible hatch rates. I have been having some really good success with a brine shrimp alternative for raising fry. It’s...

So, here ya go. 1. I’m not sure where saying “livebearers have nothing to do with the rams” came from? I keep a few livebearers in the tank to keep it cycled and that is it. 2. Attached are pictures of the aquarium. 4 caves, good sized piece of driftwood, a bit of sponge (for bacteria) and...