Re: Finally got my Blue Rams!

["K & D Martin" <martndk@ibm.net>]

what is the scientific name of blue rams and is therte a pic somewhere?
kym
-----Original Message-----
From: S. Bunch <sherryb@hpcisp.com>
To: apisto@admin.listbox.com <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 2:17 AM
Subject: Finally got my Blue Rams!


>After waiting at least 6 weeks, my LFS finally got my Rams in on Thursday.
>Of course, when the LFS called me at work, I had to claim a family
emergency
>to pick them up and bring them home. ;)
>
>I had ordered five, but the distributor had put six in the bag. As I had
>asked to be able to pick them up as soon as they received them to avoid the
>double stress of being acclimated to the LFS water and then mine, I didn't
>have the heart to leave the sixth one behind.
>
>I tested their water for PH and Ammonia as soon as I opened the bag and the
>ammonia was barely readable, but so was the PH. My test kit at the time
only
>read down to 6.0, (got a new one since then), but it took me 45min. to
bring
>the water in the bag to my water PH level of 6.2. I would say that their
>water must have been at 5.0 or lower. I still believe I acclimated them too
>quickly, but the thought of needing to get back to work was pretty tough to
>ignore.
>
>Only one of them is showing any signs of stress, i.e. swollen, red gills w/
>hard breathing, but he? seems to be doing better now. They're beginning to
>come out of hiding as long as I'm not too close to the tank, and are all
>eating flake food. I'm also dosing them with medicated flake food twice
>daily just to be on the safe side.
>
>After seeing these little beauties, I don't know why anyone would want the
>gold Rams. The gold ones I mistakenly got at a bad LFS had no where near
the
>color that these guys have. Of course, the ones I had gotten at that LFS
may
>not have been good representation for the color variation.
>
>Sorry if this has been a bit long, but I'm just so excited!
>
>Sherry
>
>
>
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