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Re: blue ram parenting behavior? P.S.



Mike,
Don't go into hibernation yet,please.BTW,I followed your advise from yesterday and raised the temp in my Ram tank to 85F.The female moved her eggs into a hollow that she and the male dug in the sand.It was really fun to watch as male and female were taking turns fanning the eggs. I found that the eggs have hatched later in the evening and the male started to protect the wigglers from the female.The male chased the female all over the tank this morning and I removed her.So far everything seems fine.Microworms are ready,BBS ready, feeding the hongsloi fry in the tank next to the Rams:).
I never really committed myself to breed/keep M.ramirezi.I admit they are really a fun species to watch with interesting behavior
.I hope to be able to show pictures of free swimmers soon.
Max who lurks and posts here for a few years now, too and remembers the great viejita II wars of 98(?),hehehe.
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From: mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com
Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: Re: blue ram parenting behavior? P.S.
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:01:09 US/Eastern

Folks....I will make this shorter than the last message I wrote. Since I have
been on this list, 4 years, maybe more, I think the single most asked question
on the list is "how can I make my rams not eat their babies"........I attempted
to give an answer that would help some of you with an alternate method, because
a bunch of you seem to be havng trouble......Mr Sanchez says I am nuts (my
words). He says that it is easy...put them in a 5 gallon and leave the
temperature a 78 degrees.......good luck folks....that's been your problem for
the last bunch of years.


....I tried to offer an alternate solution to your problems.....sorry to have
bothered the list.......I will go into hibernation for another 2-3 years and
acquiesce to better breeders than I.


Mike



> one last note the reason Breeders are crossing back to
> wild fish is to get more genetic variations and to get
> good parenting behviors. Again this is old news and a
> visit to some of the better Angel fish and Discus
> sites and clubs will reveal this. I have been involved
> in some of these groups and much of their research is
> applicable to us as well.
>






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