Cheap and good (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi)

[benny]

Thanks Mick,

Well, the stress coloration is really quite dull. I'm sure it will color up when in a more comfortable set up.

Cheers,

[mickthefish]

sorry mate, what you see is all the colour it gets, maybe more yellowish on the shoulder , but see what i mean about the cultivars being more pleasing to the eye.
cheers. mick

[Cacatuoides]

Saw my pair of rams creating a crater in the aquasoil when i got home today..... and they spawned after i had my dinner!! the spawn is rather more, e eggs are spread bigger den a 50cent coin....prob 'bout 50 eggs ba..... e parents are attentively watching over e eggs for now.....kinda excited n stuff cos this's e 3rd spawn from my fishes since CNY, wat a great gift!!!

[valice]

Wow! You have very prolific rams... Congrats on your 3rd spawn... Hope all the previous spawns are doing well...

[Justikanz]

So good... Congrats... I have no luck with rams at all...

[Cacatuoides]

A little update.....

the no. of eggs have decrease by more den half, since this is the 1st time this pair of rams are spawning, i've expected such to happen.....not sure whether they ate the eggs....will just let them gain experience from this spawn, hope they'll do better in e next spawn....

[benetay]

Rams are easy to spawn but the raising of fries can be a little tricky... the total numbers which will reach till maturity might be less then 20, depending on quite a few factors.

Water, food, space, predators,etc...

[Memnoch]

Sorry mate, but whats spangles?

hi justikanz, a sure fire way of telling the females is the centre spot,
if it has spangles in the spot it's a female.
when i used to breed them i could tell the sexes when they were just over a cm long, thats only if no one meets you at bens.
mick