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

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Thanks for the answer I find this topic interesting
especialy when I compaere it to Discus wild
populations and the sports we see there as well.

Dave Sanchez


--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net> wrote:
> 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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