Re: [GSAS-Member] HELP! My Blue Rams have hatched!

["matt kaufman" <igotadose@hotmail.com>]

The fry will be helpless 'wigglers' for a day or two under control of the 
parents (as long as they're not being sucked into power filters or consumed 
by other fish.) I agree, remove everything you can from the tank other than 
the Rams.

Start hatching baby brine shrimp right away and start feeding it a couple 
times a day. It will take 24 hours for it to hatch and the adults will eat 
it, too, so it won't go to waste (plus, hopefully, the parents are clueful 
enough to not eat their own young. Sometimes it takes cichlids a few times 
to get it right.)

Be sure to read some of the Net articles on raising baby brine shrimp, it 
isn't particularly difficult, you need (well, what I use) is a 1 qt jar, a 
small airpump, some tubing, salt, eggs, ...

Breeding rams is quite the challenge - in my experience, Discus are easier 
to breed than rams. The real challenge will be raising the fry to saleable 
size. Good luck.

Matt

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