jower

Had to post a pic of my rams too...

sorry for pic quality...

fredyk

I had a fabulous pair that was spawning a couple years ago. The tank had gone to green water, and I was leaving for vacation so no hope for pampering the fry. And I got a new cannister filter to fix all the water problems. Anyway, the parents and fry were in the back, and so I said to the mother, "come here and show me the fry". So what do you think happened? The mother and father brought the frys out of the green background into the foreground for a sneak preview. Unfortunately, the fry didn't grow out in the new setup.

Mark

ChrisGray

those are by far the best looking rams i have ever seen

DJKronik57

Definitely agree, best looking I've ever seen.

I bought 1 male ram from a local fish store and then felt bad for the poor guy since he was alone and I had read how easy they were to breed, so I bought 2 females and 1 male. Oddly, the 3 new rams don't look like the original (which looks more like the ones in these posts, or like John N.'s:



Instead, they have a more elongated body and have almost no yellow coloration on their bodies at all. They were shipped from the Czech Republic according to the fish store, so I would guess they would be closer to a true German Blue Ram. Here's one of the new ones, shortly after they spawned. This is the female over the eggs (sorry for the bad picture quality, it was in a very awkward spot in the tank to photograph):



This is a better picture, but not mine:

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/CichlidP.../coolfish3.jpg

Could the difference in shape and yellow coloration of the first picture be attributed to interbeeding with Gold Rams?

banderbe

How can I get a hi-res photo of that up close shot of your amazing looking male?

I would like a 1280 x 1024 for my computer desktop wallpaper!

Raul-7

I believe the first Ram you have is a balloon Ram.

DJKronik57

Ah ha! That makes much more sense. I had heard of Balloon Rams but never been able to get a picture of what they looked like. It's odd though because you type in "German Blue Ram" in Google Image Search and almost all of the results look like a mix between a Balloon Ram and the narrow body Blue Rams.

Will the Balloon Ram interbreed with my Blue Ram? It's hard to tell if they've formed a pair. There's no chasing going on, but they don't necessarily stick together either.

I've attached a picture of the first ram (suspected Balloon Ram) although he wouldn't stop moving, so it is quite blurry.

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banderbe

They are still they same species so technically it is possible, though I wonder if the misshapen body of the balloon ram would dissuade a would-be partner from rollin' in the aquatic hay.

FazTeAoMar

Hi guys.

Sorry for the delay, I have been without computer for awhile.

Raul-7 good luck for your rams. That male looks very healthy.

jower very nice! It is a spectacular view seeing parents and fry togehter isn´t it? Your female looks a bit thin. Yous should feed her more often. Protein is the secret.

My baby rams are now with 1 month old. They doubled their size with microworms and are now able to eat cyclopeeze wich is a very nutritive food. They still eat microworms and liquid food from JBL. As soon as I can I´ll take some pics, probably still during this week.

Regards,
André

FazTeAoMar

As promissed, some pics of baby rams. They have 32 days.







They are very slow growers.