Re: ramirezi (german blue)

[WnyZman@aol.com]

After the ACA convention I started out with 6 German blue rams in a 15 gallon 
tank. Today I have one great breeding pair. That's all that's left. My fault 
as I should have watched them much closer. Anyway the first two spawns never 
lasted more than 3 days free swimming. Now I have 3 tanks of fry! They breed 
on an inverted 4" clay "cactus" pot. They don't pay much attention to the 
eggs until I begin to see eye spots then mostly the male takes care of them 
until the wiggler stage when he moves them to a corner of the tank. Then the 
female takes her turn but they are not really that attentive until they 
become free swimming. At this time they both keep them together. Once the fry 
start to roam all over the tank, about two weeks, I remove the pair to a new 
tank and within a week or two they have eggs again. I keep no other fish in 
any of my breeding tanks. Hope this helps. You may e-mail me at 
WnyZman@aol.com
    Don


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