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[nortonmad213]

does their hardyness change on the breed of ram or as long as they have been captive bred for a few generations they'll be ok?
thanks again

 

[DerpPH]

does their hardyness change on the breed of ram or as long as they have been captive bred for a few generations they'll be ok?
thanks again

 
As long as they have been acclimated and bred in the same conditions for a few generations they will be quite hardy

 

[hobby5]

 

does their hardyness change on the breed of ram or as long as they have been captive bred for a few generations they'll be ok?
thanks again

 
As long as they have been acclimated and bred in the same conditions for a few generations they will be quite hardy
 

Sorry, this is not true. To breed german rams in captivity you still need soft water, so they are not adapted to hard water and still need soft water. If you keep them in hard water you shorten their life span. What is true, there are week and strong individuals out there. The week ones usually originating from mass breeding with use of antibiotics.

 

[nortonmad213]

so is there any way of telling when buying from a lfs?
would they know?
or would it be easier to find a breeder in the uk?
so glad i asked the question now

would it be best to buy a group and allow them to pair off naturally?

 

[DerpPH]

 

 


does their hardyness change on the breed of ram or as long as they have been captive bred for a few generations they'll be ok?
thanks again

 
As long as they have been acclimated and bred in the same conditions for a few generations they will be quite hardy
 

Sorry, this is not true. To breed german rams in captivity you still need soft water, so they are not adapted to hard water and still need soft water. If you keep them in hard water you shorten their life span. What is true, there are week and strong individuals out there. The week ones usually originating from mass breeding with use of antibiotics.
 


 
well RO water is always soft, And I use RO water in my biotope.
 
They do adapt to neutral water conditions quite fine and the point is the trusted local breeders will always have good stock in fish,
 
 

so is there any way of telling when buying from a lfs?
would they know?
or would it be easier to find a breeder in the uk?
so glad i asked the question now

would it be best to buy a group and allow them to pair off naturally?

 
pair
nope buying from a breeder is always better

 

[fluttermoth]

I think you might have better rams than we have in the UK, Derp
 
I don't even keep them anymore, even though my water is perfect for them and they're my favourite fish; I just can't keep them alive for more than a few months.
 
TBF, I've only had LFS ones, not home bred ones.

 

[nortonmad213]

Flutter do you know of any ram breeders in the UK?? Been looking but only found online sales sites

 

[nortonmad213]

Any ideas on gouramis instead???

 

[nortonmad213]

Hi again
So today I bought 6hengelli rasboras and two vieltail ram
At least that's what the label said
I'll post pics tomorrow

 

[nortonmad213]

ok so i bought two viel tail rams?
looking into it i believe they are german blues,
they were sold to me as one male one female if you guys would like to comfirm please?
this should be the male

another pic

this should be the female.

here is another of the female

here is both together

also i bought 6 hengeli rasboras,

i know theres only five but one of them was to important to have picture taken lol

 

[hobby5]

Yes, those are Mikrogeophagus ramirezi. And it looks like as you have got a pair.

 

[DerpPH]

yippeee! Take care of those two.
 
Hope nothing goes wrong
 
Cheers

 

[nortonmad213]

hope they learn to love each other, 
been to busy exploring to notice each other
they are happily eating and rummaging around the substrate as well.
i built a couple of caves that you can sort of see here
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they seem to sleep under one and the dwarfs crash under another
so glad they are all getting along
thanks for your help
i'll post more pics as they all develop

 

[nortonmad213]

sad to have a bad update but the female has died :'(
ive since bought two more in the hope that they will pair up again.
i'll post pics soon