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I have been keeping rams and breeding rams for over a year and i have to say 10 gallons is too small, but 20 gals will just be enough, I have had a male kill a female in 20 gallons because he was over protective, but i did have it very planted and with many hiding spots also. I eventually bought...

Well jelly bean blood parrots are a cross between Convicts and parrot fish, When she gets the gold on her belly its signaling shes ready to spawn. Same goes with all convicts.

Well if you want Bolivian rams one would be fine, a pair well the male will stress the female alot unless they is a ton of plants and caves. German Blue rams would be possible but the same stress would be put on the female. If you acclimatize rams slowly by adding small amounts of aquarium water...

hey mark thats too bad! lol i had about 150 hatch on me yesterday and are all now wiggling away in there fry tank. i wonder why all your eggs turned white.. maybe the male is immature or his sperm are sterile. haha! i found a pair of my fry spawning tonight too lol. but since they are sis,bro...

I second Andywatson29 there, just because its a different sex doesn't mean they will pair up. gl with your Ram

lol i have 2 month old fry and i can sex them, kinda funny. they all look male to me. 90% of stores only get males too.

dude your ram has callamanus worms if u see worms coming out of his vent. they result in death in a week or 2. I would definatly get that check out or do good research. Also Long finned fish are generally Weaker and less hardy then the original strain of fish. They are fine on there own...

tried that but they ignored it. they only seem to eat live until they are like a month old then they started eating something else.

yeah thats what i figured since i had a low survival rate and from watching them eat only a few had the orange belly's and the others were not able to get there mouths around the bbs.

Kribs are aggressive somtimes so i would vote rams. Bolivians pref as German Blue rams can get aggressive at breeding. and if u have anything breed with corys they will eat the eggs,

Baby brine shrimp can only be eaten by about 40% of the newly hatched fry. probably less. I hear Liquifry(food name) and Microworms are the best food for fry for the first 3 days after free swimming. But i cannot find that stuff anywhere around were i live. so i only use BBS and get a low fry...

Thanks for the comments everyone :D, they are my favorite fish. Mark in 2 batches i have grown i have had about 15 per batch to survive. Food is really important. Smaller food the better and Live food is a huge importance also. Learned from experience on that.

Thanks i can start to tell what sex thay are also, some have developed the pink belly's :) females and a few are not pink so males.

Hey everyone wanted to share my GBR fry growth timeline :) i hope you enjoy. i also hope its in order lol.. starts from youngest to oldest. last image is of the largest.

I have had a breeding pair for about a year and a few months and they still breed every 8 days. my water is always 0,0,0. forgot to mention the PH is 8.0 temp is also 83 I house them with 2 otto's. the GBR male is 2.7" and female is almost 2" maybe 1.8".

hey This thread is sweet, im glad that you have high goals for the museum. A good plant for the drift wood would be Java fern. Looks nice and clings very well. also it does good in the not so great water conditions like low light/co2/nutrients. It would be cool to see an update :).

In a tank that small for a breeding pair i would watch out because sometimes the males can get overly aggressive to the females and kill them thinking they are protecting fry. thats why a 20gal is suggested with plants and hiding places.

yeah i had something like this happen except the male in my situation was a women hater lol... beat her to shreds in one night then i saved her in the morning.

sorry for your loss, I can confirm stress and horny fish kill. My male German blue got a bit horned up and Killed his women trying to point her tworeds his nest. Another time i have another pair and they were spawning well etc, and the male had worms so i gave him some prazipro and killed the...

Looks much better!

I hope you turn that temp back up youngfisher. make sure you get info from more then one person and then do your own research to compare. If you want best colour in rams and them spawning all the time keep the temp 28-29 and feed them alot of variety. also you need a male :). and Andywatson29...

yup 2 females. don't be afraid to accept it.

Nice little guy/gal :D.

Mmmm. both females bro i can guarantee it. they are Doing a dominance ritual.. trust me lol i have seen this Lots...

Anytime. If you want them to spawn you have to Feed the female untill she starts to spit food out every day then she will produce eggs in about 7 days.

Well they are both female by the looks of it Both pink belly's which is a huge distinguishing mark on females. Males don't have this. and you asked why has the black band come and gone? it shows submission to the dominant fish. My Fry act the same way, theres 2 which are dominant and have the...

Well Fishy_7 If they do spawn of course they will probably eat there first 5 or or so spawns because they are new comers but they will definatly spawn again. The Otto's are fine i have 2 with my breeding pair and they just chase but no bite. the cory's will probably be the same way but 10 gals...

Hey minx the young fry probably still have yolk sacs so wait until they are free swimming to feed them. When you see a cloud of fry beside dad or mom then squirt some BBS or de-cap brine shrimp at them. after that then an orange belly means they are happy lol. you posted 2 days ago so they are...

Well I know exactly whats going on here, the male gets aggressive and stresses out the female which is why her colours are dull. My pair actually i guess you could say broke up after a tank cleaning. the male would chase her all over and she would turn pale and hide. eventually it got to the...

My tank stats are nitrite0. ammonia0. nitrates0. PH 8.0 Temp 29-30 deg C, 25% WC every 2 weeks. i also breed them but with low hatch rates because of the PH.

I would suggest having 0 nitrates, i keep all my tanks 0,0,0. i have heard that with nitrates above 10 they will get ill. also tempo should stay at 82 +/- 2deg

The rams you have both look like females one may be dominant which is why the second pic is hard to tell. But they both look ot have the same body shape and plump bodys that females tend to have males have a more straightened or flat looking belly.

Well in no time you will have convict fry if you have a male and female. They will be Very good parents and raise them close to an inch in size. Hard thing to do is find them a home. Good luck.

Well from the looks it is a Zebra Cichlid. maybe a Red Top fin Zebra but i cannot be sure considering there are so many colour differences and crosses of zebras. when he by the sound of its nature is fully grown he will be very aggressive.

Well the answer you are looking for is simple their is no male but she is mature and producing eggs. Many female fish will produce eggs without a male when their is an excess of food and the temperature and conditions are right. ONLY live-bearing Fish can mate in a store then lay the developed...

If you are trying to breed these fish i would suggest a specific aquarium for them that imitates their surroundings. also alot of wood and few rocks and the addition of almond leaves or oak leaves will help reduce the ph. make sure you dont buy any leaves or find any that have harmful crap on...

hey everyone last night i decided to strip my young female Dimidiochromis compressiceps of her fry since she was a bit small and looking hungry. heres a pic of them. about 48 there. Fixed the image :D.

yeah no kidding. i have 2 5gals for the younger fry and a 30 gal grow out. hope i dont need anymore haha.

Hey all, i was watching my rams for the past few days while they cared for the fry. Then i noticed the female getting rather large Again. 2 days later she spawns with 12 fry still alive. is this normal? i don't think this is supposed to happen right lol.. it seems she still spawns every 10 days...

Nice Flowerhorn's cool fade with the red and green. lol i think its funny when people say fish eating fish is cruel. especially if they are hybrid or bred in and aquarium. lets look at the wild lol pike eats a perch WOW thats cruel!!! lmao...