Posted by Sarah on April 30, 2009
We finally started moving some of the tanks back after our never ending flooring project, and we ended up turning the 55 gallon into a discus and german blue ram grow out tank.
It’s so much fun to be able to see the German Blue Rams and the discus every time we walk them, but it’s hard to resist their begging.
The fry seem to be getting along great together.
There is a huge difference in the size of the discus – one of them is at least three times as big as the other ones are.
The rams all seem to be about the same size, although I still think they are a little small for their age.
We still have to move one more fish tank, and move the Australian Desert Gobies upstairs.
I can’t wait for that!
What’s going on in your fish room these days?
Posted by Sarah on February 17, 2008
We just noticed that we have German Blue Ram Fry. The eggs were laid on a piece of slate placed along the bottom of the aquarium gravel on February 13.
We pulled the slate out (making sure to keep the eggs fully submersed at all times) after the Rams looked like they were done because our Rams have a history of eating their eggs. From what I understand, most Rams do eat their eggs.
We didn’t have another tank set up, so Jeff mixed some water from the parents tank, and some RO water in a spare 10 gallon we had.
We put in a sponge filter that had been in one of the other tanks for a while, so it should have some good bacteria in it.
We put the slate in a green mesh breeder net on the side of the aquarium, and I’m glad we did – the little Rams are tiny!
Jeff didn’t think that they had hatched when he first went to look, because they are so small.
We have some baby brine shrimp (bbs) and are feeding them that for now.
Some people say that Rams can’t eat bbs at birth, and some people say that that’s all they feed them, so I hope they will do ok.
We’ve also got a pea sized clump of java moss in there since that tends to host some “goodies” for the fish to eat.
I’ll keep you updated, if you’ve ever had German Ram fry I’d love to hear about your experience.
