My 2 New Arrivals

[SuperColey1]

I already had a male and female ram but they weren't pairing up and the female was getting very stressed from all the unwanted advances from the male and I guess knowing males he was also getting a little frustrated. Therefore after some advice on cichlidforums I today decided to get another pair.

I have been assured that being in a small group the stress will be reduced and that apart from developing their own territories they should behave much calmer with each other.

These 2 are about 60% the size of the 2 adults I currently have and I can say the adult female is already enjoying the fact that the male has his beady eye on the new female rather than chasing her about and has lost most of her stress spots. She also seems to be enjoying dominating the new small male. lol

Here is a pic of the new female still in the bag. I chose her because her ovipositor is very swolen and therefore I am hoping she will pair with the adult male. This pic shows just how swolen she is but pairing will take a little time yet.

And this is the new male which I picked because he was dominating the tank he was in so will stand more of a chance against my adult male who is quite literally a stunningly beautiful healthy fish which means he is also a very strong fish too.

I bought them today because I am removing a fair bit of plantmass tonight (to send to members on here - already gone and arranged) and therefore this should remove some territory markers the adults had already decided upon, give me some more viewing space for the fish and more importantly have somewhere else to position a breeding stone for the second pair.

Hope all goes well now.

Andy

 

[ted28]

They look like healthy young Bolivians. I hope everything goes well. When they start breeding, by god they breed. Every 3-4 weeks with me. I currently have a pair in a 60 gallon with 30 two month old fry. My favorite fish

 

[SuperColey1]

Some good news and some bad news.

THE GOOD
I was trying to snip a lotus stem quite close to where the female has been very territorial the past couple of days, near the stone she has claimed and she started attacking the scissors which meant my 'snip' timing had to be very good.

Anyway after snipping I had a good look and she was defending absolutely loads of little wrigglers which are at the base of the lotus. I may have killed a few in my snipping but the writhing mass are OK.

THE BAD
She has been chasing the adult male away for the past 2 days and therefore I am asuming she has decided he is a 'bad dad'. If he even aproaches he gets treated as all the other fish in the tank do which is with an aggressive 'get orf moi laand'. The tetras are hovering around as you'ld expect but she won't let anything near them.

So probs more good than bad and hopefully some little babies will survive the tetras, plecs and other rams which all have a hunger for meaty morsels.

Andy

 

[juanveldez]

fingers crossed