What should I do with the balloon Ram eggs?

[luenny]

I take them out yesterday, but today I saw that the mother chasing out the father? I confuse, because previously both parent guarding the egg. Is it because the egg hatch? or they divorce

By the way does rams will spawn with the same male next time? or they will look for new male?

Hahaha!! Are you sure you remove the correct male?

[Shadow]

Yeah I was thinking the same, but today I saw the male guarding the fry so I guess it is just domestic quarrel

[Aquaculture]

Thanks for the link. Interesting site

Some information on breeding of M. ramirezi from Cichlid-forum.com.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/m_ramirezi.php

[Shadow]

need help again, The frys are able to swim today so I feed them with fresh hatch bbs. However it seems like the bbs is too big for the fry. What should I feed them then? Liquidfry? Does C328 sell liquidfry?

[Shadow]

Mikrogeophagus Ramirezi and its baby

[illumnae]

congrats on your spawn =) hope you raise the fry up well!

[Shadow]

That the problem do not how to feed them, they are too small for newly hatch brine shrimp

[illumnae]

i think my apisto fries fed on infusoria in their first few days...i made sure i had moss in the tank a couple of days before the fries hatched, and they seemed to get the food they needed for the first few days until they were big enough to eat the decap brine shrimp eggs i fed them.

[Interestor]

That the problem do not how to feed them, they are too small for newly hatch brine shrimp

does the fries still have yoke sac intact? if yes, can wait for another 2 days than feed BBS. if no, also can wait for another 2 days than feed BBS

Cheers..

[Shadow]

i think my apisto fries fed on infusoria in their first few days...i made sure i had moss in the tank a couple of days before the fries hatched, and they seemed to get the food they needed for the first few days until they were big enough to eat the decap brine shrimp eggs i fed them.

I do have moss but the parent never lets the baby wander off too far from them.

does the fries still have yoke sack intact ? if yes, can wait for another 2 days than feed BBS. if no, also can wait for another 2 days than feed BBS

so in both cases wait for 2 days?

[Shadow]

latest update: all the frys gone
no idea which fish eating eat, I wake up in the morning and all gone. Beside the parent I had otos and cory pygmaeus. Will cory eat free swimming fry?

Any idea which might eat it?

[Interestor]

the parent ate it.

[fisherw]

Robert,

Real shame. Hope they spawn again real soon.

Since you have a breeding pair, can you share some information. I am really interested to know the distinguishing features between your male and female. Various sites I have searched mention features like the spines in the dorsal fin, the shape of the trailing edge of the dorsal fin and apparently most definitive, the black spots (pure black or with blue spangles). [The red belly of the female apparently only when it is ready to spawn; so not there otherwise.] Don't know how much is correct so info from you would be useful.

Thanks.

[Shadow]

the parent ate it.

Souldn't be because I saw them guarding the fry deligently, making sure that they did not wonder off too far.

fisherw, will take photo once my digital camera back. Easier that way.

[fisherw]

Good of you. Many thanks. Looking forward to the photos.

[Shadow]

Male:


Female:

[illumnae]

Souldn't be because I saw them guarding the fry deligently, making sure that they did not wonder off too far.

they could have been spooked by something, which would then cause them to eat the fry. i've read of such things happening before where a pair of rams ate their fry after 2-3 days

[Shadow]

Assuming there is a next time, I will cover the tank glass with black card box.

[Wackytpt]

there will be a next time since your rams have spawn before.

[illumnae]

yup nicholas is right...usually once they start breeding, you'll see them repeat the performance sometime in the near future