Re: Spawning Rams

[Lilia Stepanova <ls691035@bcm.tmc.edu>]

NEVER!!!!

Hi Paul, I am sorry I forgot to mention it in the first message, but 
eggs should be by themselves. The rams are considered extremely bad 
parents. My experience does not contradict the general opinion. Out of 
about a dosen pairs I went through, only one I SUSPECTED could 
be an exception (they tried hard to defend the eggs then I tried to 
remove them and bite me many times, may be some time I will give them a 
chance), but I actually never even heard about them being able to rise 
the youngs.
And I also forgot to mention that I have a bag of peat in the baby tank. 
I really do not know importance of doing it, but I do. Theoretically it 
can help to stabilize pH, but I am not sure it has a time to have any 
effect because of frequent water changes.
Do you see any dead (white) eggs by now? They start to appear on the 
second day if there are unviable some, and continue to appear untill 
hatching. 

Good luck with yours!!
Keep posted, I would really like to know how it progress. What are your 
water parameters?

Best wishes


Lilia Stepanova


On Thu, 4 Jun 1998 SirTrust@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Lilia, I have a question. Should the parent fish also be moved to the tank
> with the eggs ?
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> Many thanks.....Paul
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