German Rams

[Breakthecycle2]

I went to this store today, that had the largest selection of fish I have ever seen, and they had two tanks full of "German Rams". They looked identical to Bolivian Rams, except they had one tank full of fish that are about 5 inches long and 3 inches high. I figured they misslabeled them, but in another tank they had Bolivian Rams. Anyone know if they are the same?

 

[guppymonkey]

They definately were not Rams if they were 5 inches long. Rams are dwarfs basically and no dwarf is 5 inches. I have no idea what they could have been though. Its probably not the store's fault a lot of distributors mislabel fish when they send out their lists to stores.

 

[Ben]

probably some Geophagus species

DD

 

[Fish_Mike]

^

If given adequate Conditions, some 'Dwarf' Rams do have the potential to reach 5 inches.

I'm not saying that 'German Blue' isn't mislabelled, but rather that they COULD have been Bolivians

 

[guppymonkey]

Thats one HUGE Bolivian Ram!

 

[Breakthecycle2]

yeah, they were the size of small sunfish. They were definatly "Ram" species. Looked Identical to Bolivians, maybe a bit more red.

 

[scrappy]

I would consider my male dutch ram to be a "Jumbo" ram as hes 3" long now, i dont think hes gonna get any bigger either... hes almost twice the size of his missus...