Re: German Blue Rams/ Wild Caught... now wild variations

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

I can't add more than what others have said. Yes, different local populations
of Rams have different color variations. This is no different than what we see
in A. agassizii, A. bitaeniata, A. borellii, & A. hoignei to mention a few
apistos. For some reason none (or very few) of the collectors ever mention
where these various color populations are from, or even try to breed true
populations. Most hobbyist collectors don't even bring them back. This is
probably because Rams are already so common in the hobby.

Mike Wise

David Sanchez wrote:

> I have a question for us all out there in Apisto
> world. Perhaps Mike W could be of use here we have
> been talking about population or geographic difrrences
> with our fish. I know that wild rams come in many
> shapes and sizes. I have seen wild rams with allot of
> red on them and wild rams with more blue I have also
> seen wild rams that were almost yellow!
> Hedre is a pic of a colubian ram I dont know the
> location but I do know they came from Columbia and
> this is a wild ram! this is the father of my Gold ram
> line I have been line breeding. so anyone else have
> thoughts on Ram population variations. The prettiest
> Rams I ever saw were ones that I could only describe
> as being mostly red all ove rthey had a red kinda glow
> to them of course this is all subtle and shows best
> when they are in the proper environment.
>
> Dave Sanchez
>
>
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