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Rams can spawn almost anywhere, from driftwood, open substrate or a piece of slate... if the shrimp can fit into their mouth, they will snack on it but so far they are fine with my malayan shrimps when I kept them in the past.
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (Blue Ram)
I've been thinking about getting a few blue rams, 2 female 1 male, But have a few questions about them... Will they eat freshwater shrimp? All the other cichlids I have delt with do eat them(especially Angels and Discus!), but was wondering if these make an exception since they are small and peaceful. The few shrimp that I have are about an inch long, all adults.
Another thing, do they like caves or not? I've heard someplaces that they do, and other places that they don't.
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Rams can spawn almost anywhere, from driftwood, open substrate or a piece of slate... if the shrimp can fit into their mouth, they will snack on it but so far they are fine with my malayan shrimps when I kept them in the past.
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Well that's nice to know! When I kept Discus, I put in about six adult shrimp yet only to have them pick them off one by one. they never completely ate them, just split them in two.
My water is hovering around 7.1. Will this be ok for them to breed? I've never bred any other fish besides livebearers so this is new to me. I plan on having them in a 29gal with 5 corydoras catfish, 10 cardinal tetras, 2-3 guppies, and freshwater ghost shrimp. It will have plenty of plants and two good pieces of driftwood.
Breeding golden snakeskin guppies
If you want the blue rams to spawn, the ideal pH should be 6-6.8. With so many other fishes in your tank, the survival rate of the ram fries is extremely low. Its best to start a new tank specially for blue rams if you intend to keep the ram fries.
How to make the pH level in the 6-6.8 region, can DW do the job? Mine is a 1ft tank and would like to rear rams too, any good plants for me to plant inside?
You can use peat or soak ketapang leaves in a pail for a week and then use the water. Your water will be tinted yellow due to the tanins released by the leaves or peat.
Any plants will be fine with rams as they don't touch vegetables.
Erm, can i put the peat or ketapang leaves inside together with the rams in it? Meaning the peat or ketapang leaves are together with the rams in the tank, can i do that?
Yes you can.
hmm... I've heard of ketapang leaves, but haven't found any where I live. The only place I can find them is online, but I'm not about to pay $50 for some! Peat moss... where can you get that? Does it have to be whole, or could shredded moss work too? Of course if you used shredded moss it would have to be strained. The reason I'm asking is that we have a huge bag in the garage for garden use.
About the other fish in the tank... yeah I was wondering if the cardinal tetras would eat them... I guess that they would be the first to find them. I'll have to rethink what I want to do. Let's say I don't want to breed them, would they get along with the cardinal tetras and other tankmates?
On another subject, I haven't heard if they like to be in groups or not. What's your take on this?
Breeding golden snakeskin guppies
Blue rams are good community fish except when they are in breeding mood. To curb this aggressive behaviour, I suggest you buy only male rams. The difference between a female and a male ram is that there is some red colouration at the tummy of the female fish.Originally Posted by DazzleDiscus
The males won't fight with each other?
Breeding golden snakeskin guppies
Unless there is a female fish around, just like human beings.
Ha! these fish are sounding better and better! The males were what got my attention. That, and they're small. They'd be a nice change from keeping big, mean angels.
Breeding golden snakeskin guppies
You should be able to get peat moss extract in your area, that will do sufficiently. You might also need pH softener, since the water in the states are on the hard side.
If you are not breeding them, they can live well with other fishes. Rams are unique individuals, they can live in trios, pair and alone. The odd thing is that it really depend on each fish. I had 2 rams before and they fought all the time, yet I had 3 of them together living together without any bickering. So it is really hard to say.
yeah, sounds like my angels. Had about six of them, yet one decided he was the bully and injured a few.Of course now that he's a loner, he's just a little angel...
Breeding golden snakeskin guppies
About the peat extract, I have a bottle of it lying around in the fish stuff. as for the water hardness, it's just soft enough for most softwater fish that sell around here. However, it is well water and the hardness has changed before... Another thing to keep my eye on. The calcium levels are a little bit two high for mom and dad's tasts. There's been a lot of talk about getting a filter of some kind.
Breeding golden snakeskin guppies
You probably are referring to a RO filter? It will help to remove the high mineral content in the well water you are using.
yeah, not sure. So far there's been a lot of small talk about it. Not really much of a descision. Anyway. Thanks so much for all your info! Really helped a lot!
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