My 30 gal blue ram community tank.

[Dillan11]

Okay so I'm starting my 30 gal tank. I've had it running and it has a few fish in just to get things started. I added 5 guppy fry in and 2 khuli loaches. My tap water ph is quite high but I added leaves to my tank to get the ph down. After a few disasters with this tank I finally have it up and runnig. This thread is just to keep you guys updated on what is going on and what I plan on doing. Heres a few pics.

This is the disaster I was talking about. Did not clean the substrate and it ended up like this. Anyway I emptied the tank and cleaned it and started over.

Heres one of how it looked before adding fish.

Now with the fish. The khuli loaches are all hiding and the fry are quite small too

 

[RRaquariums]

I like the rock work very cool natural look.

 

[Dillan11]

Thanks I actually got those rocks at the beach and cleaned them lol[emoji23]

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[Dillan11]

Okay this is a really long time before this update but here it comes:
Firstly and most importantly, I got my rams!!! And I think I'm in love [emoji23][emoji173]. So the stocking is:

4 blue rams. Im not sure what sex but I'm thinking 2 females maybe 3 and 1 or 2 males I'm just struggling to sex them because their still young.

I also have 2 khuli loaches and

2 corys

alot of guppy fry. Im thinking maybe 30 all are female.

Im derinitly want to add a few more corys. Probably about 4 more.

I'm also going to sell the guppy fry. Their about 2cm. What do you guys think I could sell them for. And is there any of you interested. I also got about 20 males in another tank.

I also added some driftwood to the tank and I kinda like it and it also helps to break the line if sight.



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[Dillan11]

Here is a few photo updates.

Guppy fry female

Still female.

Males.

Pm me if you're interested in the guppies.

 

[thrujenseyes]

The last two pictures (rounded rock wall)...
did you glue those rocks to the back wall?!
It looks AMAZING!!!

 

[Dillan11]

The last two pictures (rounded rock wall)...
did you glue those rocks to the back wall?!
It looks AMAZING!!!

Yeah thanks, it took quite a while but I siliconed it to the back of the glass. I collected the rocks at my local beach. And then one for one siliconed it to each other in the tank. I left a little gap between the glass and the rocks to let fish be able to swim behind there.

 

[thrujenseyes]

Yeah thanks, it took quite a while but I siliconed it to the back of the glass. I collected the rocks at my local beach. And then one for one siliconed it to each other in the tank. I left a little gap between the glass and the rocks to let fish be able to swim behind there.

well it looks Awesome!!!!

 

[Dillan11]

Thanks[emoji178][emoji106]

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[Dillan11]

Okay so today I found one of my rams dead.[emoji22][emoji35] Although I kind of expected it I was still shocked. Anyways I want to know if someone here could sex my rams for me. They are pretty young since they are small, probably between 2-4 cm.

Heres a few photos:
This is presumably the female. She gets chased around by the other male??? and female??? The male? chases her around until she goes into her/their cave and then he just swims in with her and all is normal. They both come out and swim together until she goes too far away from him and the cave, then he chases her again.

The next photo is hopefully the male. He is the one that chases the female? around. He and the other, also presumably, female does not get along well. She is on the right hand side of aquarium and chases him away the whole time. He cannot come close before she would chase him away. In the beginning they would fight but now they just kinda flare and return to their sides. He also has a dot on only one side. Is that normal?

The next photo is of the super territorial female. She does not let any of the other rams in her side. The other corys, guppies and khulis can swim there but not the rams.

So yeah these are my rams please could anybody help me?
Thanks
Dillan

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[StandbySetting]

You've nailed it - I'd say you're bang on the money as far as sexing goes

 

[Dillan11]

Awesome now the only thing is why does my male only have a dot on one side

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