rams

Hey everyone, Just wondering if I can get some help sexing my 2 new rams. I’ve been looking up online how to sex them but one of them I am stuggling with. I think the latter one is a female however the first one appears to have traits of both male and female rams so I’m struggling to identify...

Okay so…tank is a 37 gallon high tank. There are 2 angelfish, 2 German blue rams, and 2 apistogramas and some Japanese trapdoor snails (they keep reproducing so I don’t know the number exactly). Am I fully stocked? Could we add a couple more fish? What would you suggest that like low ph and...

I've been looking into getting a pair (or one male and 2 females depending on what's best) but there's so many types! What's your personal favorite and why?

Hey, just recently got a new 60l tank for my flat in London and also have a 25l that I’ve had set up for about 3 years. For the 60l tank I’ve just bought golden ram pair and kuhli loaches and 4 tetras. And for the other tank I’ve set up a species only tank for the 4 bumblebee gobys. I wondered...

Hey. I just recently got these two young rams. I tried to look up the difference between male and female and I have an idea, but certain thing are throwing me off. The darker one (I think it is a male) is darker, it has a longer dorsal fin in the front, the bottoms of its pelvic fins are darker...

I have a discus about 4" wide and I purchased a bunch of Ram cichlids to go into the aquarium. They are still in the quarantine tank but are almost ready to add to the bigger aquarium. My only worry is the size of the rams. They are maybe an inch long including tail. Are they too small at...

Hi Thanks for the response before re plant cleaning, I am curious about the use of the rams horn and Malaysian trumpet snails as a clean up crew in an aquarium with shrimp. Do you think these would escape? I have bottle aquariums where the snails have rarely ever gone above the water level. Do...

I’ve decided to go back to fish keeping after selling my 4 tanks two years ago. So I’ve just bought a new 160L tank (haven’t picked it up yet so don’t know the parameters or make/model but have been told it’s more than 1meter wide) and I’ve got a list of the fish I would like but need advice...

I currently have 3 corydoras, a dwarf gourami, and a ctenopoma. They all get along fine so far. We are hoping to get some larger fish because our ctenopoma can get up to 6 in and will eat whatever fits in their mouth. I was thinking an angelfish and maybe a gourami or a few rams (ones that...

Hello everybody. I'm new to this forum but I just wanted some questions about breeding. I'm getting a pair of gold rams, German blue rams and electric blue rams and my plan was to basically breed them and see how it goes and I just wanted to know exactly what I need for it. Was wondering if...

Hello there, I've had these two rams for about 5 months and I've noticed one of the two ( you will see in the pictures) has a very different colour and pattern to the other. I was wonder if somebody can sex or tell me what species they are!! Thanks in advance!!

Hi! So, I just had a quick question...In general, can angelfish and rams live together, or are they too aggressive? Also, how many of each would you recommend in a 60 gallon long tank? I already have 1 angel, 3 adult platies and 2 babies, 5 runnynose tetras and 4 clown loaches. Thanks in advance...

This is a quick snap of my Ramirezi not 12 months old yet. First brood seems to be a good pair, what's the chance of them not eating the eggs? Sorry about quality I must get more practice!

I recently acquired a 90L tank from a friend (I think 24 gallons, approx? Sorry, I'm Australian so I'm not great at the conversions from metric). I had kept a pair of German Ram Cichlids in the past in my 200L community tank but it was a struggle looking after them in there because the water was...

I have two male golden ram and my mother got me 2 female rams. Now at the moment my two male rams are separated and I am wondering if i can introduce both males after I have introduced the two females into a tank were the one male is. Does any one know. Thanks

I have a ten gallon, four guppies, 2 corries, and two rescued GBRs (were going to be flushed by dorm mate who was moving to a no-pets appartment) the female hasn't been eating, it's been almost 2 weeks now and she's thin and pale, but the male is as gorgeous as could be and is one of the better...

I have just had a reshuffle and have purchased 2 beautiful Blue Rams from my LFS. The temp in the tank is at a constant 28 degrees C and I have properly acclimatised them. It is planted as well as a piece of driftwood to give them plenty of hiding sports. They are happily swimming around but was...

All,   I live in Mission Viejo, CA (Southern California - between LA and San Diego) and wouldl like to acquire a pair of German Blue Rams.  All my LFSs have are males.  Does anyone have any ideas where I could buy a pair or just a female?   BTW, I suspect the major reason behind this is that the...

So when I was researching blue rams before I picked up my first pair about a year ago, I read they were sensitive, skittish, and easily bullied. All in all a frail delicate fish. After breeding them in a 10 gallon, I decided to try some out as members of a 50 gallon community.   They were the...

Hello cichlid fans,   I made a fairly general "help me compile a stocking list" thread over in the Tropical Discussion forums a few days ago; to summarise, I like characterful individual fish while the OH wants a fairly traditional community.  We're looking at getting a Trigon 190 for the living...

Can anyone tell me the best way to treat a couple of poorly rams? I'm currently using protozin white spot treatment along with aquarium salt and I raised my temp to 28C. is there anything else I can do?

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Hello, just wanted to ask if anyone would have opinion on whether a trio of upside down cats could be kept with a mated pair of bolivian rams? I searched everywhere online for an answer but came up empty handed, mainly would there be any threat of egg eating by the upside down cats and would...

So  I have a blue body balloon ram, and when he/she is asleep, the black stripes become more prominent. Is this natural? It seems happy and healthy, but I'm not sure.

I just got 2 bolivian rams from a reputable dealer and now they are swimming up and down the tank walls for hours. If anyone has any experience with this I am really just curious.

Hi all,   I'm keen to get opinions on suitable tank mates for Discus.   My current set-up: 200L tank, 2 striped Dora, 2 guppies (at least what I was told were guppies although mine are extremely "square" looking) and a Golden Loach (that I hate) - These fish all came with my tank and were not...

Hello everyone, it's been a while since my last post, my tank has been all changed around and now I have some questions.  After doing much research I decided to get a pair of German Blue Rams for my tank, and after looking and looking and looking, I finally found a pair marked as "blue ram" m...

my ph is 6.5, my ammonia is 0.50ppm, my nitrite is around 0.5-0.10, my nitrate is around 40ppm but i have no fish so dont mind about the nitrate at the moment i will just do a water change. my water is at 82 degrees too.   am i doing okay as this is my first tank i will be getting the fish in a...

Hey everyone, so I'm not stopping till I get a fish that can be housed in my 60gal aquarium with these other fish:   > Rams > Apistos > Killifish > Gouramis > Rainbowfish   I was really excited to get them, and would like to know if there is such a thing for SOME larger fish that can be in the...

Hi I've just bought 2 bolivian rams at the weekend. I have tried to get one male and one female but as I'm sure some of you know, it's not all that easy. Here is a pic. The best pic I've managed to get tonight that shows them reasonably close and you can see their vents. I will try for more...

Okay so I have a tall 35 gallon aquarium with two blue rams in there and a bristle nose, now all is good but I'm desperate for a breeding pair. How many can I buy for the tank I was thinking four and then if I get a breeding pair to remove some of the others. Also I really like the gold rams if...

Maybe this thread isn't as important as the title implies so firstly my apologies for that. The reason behind the thread is to help resolve some issues I have which have been mentioned in individual threads previously but suffered from lack of attention so I'm putting them all together! Ill...

Hi guys,      I'm not sure if my 2 rams are stressed or not. When I first got them from my LFS they both had pink bellies and a nice yellow-gold complexion, only the one stripe appeared bisecting the eyes with flecks of blue in the stripe. Now they have several such vertical stripes (minus the...

I have German Blue Rams from ages 1 week to 9 months old but would like to explore raising Discus.   Would anyone like to trade?

Hello! In my 55g tank I have 3 pairs of German rams. Two pairs of German blues and one pair of electric blues. My most dominant pair seems to have laid eggs today. They've been paired for about two weeks, and its my first time keeping rams, so I have a couple questions.   First, what kind of...

So, in my 55g tank I have 3 pairs of German rams. Two pairs of German blues and one pair of electric blues. My most dominant pair seems to have laid eggs today. They've been paired for about two weeks, and its my first time keeping rams. Curious about what kinds of food can be fed. Would...

So, I have 5 German Blues. I'm not sure whether they're male or female. I've read all of the signs for them being each sex, but all of my rams have traits on each side. One with a high spiked dorsal, but it also has black on its pelvic fin, and small amounts of blue on the outside of its black...

I'm semi-new to fish keeping, but I'm looking to make some changes to my tank and want to make sure everything will work out beforehand. I have a 55g tank at 80 degrees stocked with 3 4" Tinfoil barbs, 10 tiger barbs, 8 zebra danios, 2 German blue rams, 2 dwarf gouramis, 2 green Cory, 1 sterbai...

I just transitioned from a 20g tank to a 55g tank. I was curious if I would be able to put a pair or two of German Blue Rams or even Gold Rams. My current setup consists of: 3 Tinfoil barbs, 5 Tiger barbs, 1 BN Pleco, 1 spotted cory, 2 dwarf gouramis and a mix of leopard/longfin danios. The...