first spawn for my rams...
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Scott
Great pictures, have they spawned before ?
The worst bit i found when i used to have rams is they were terrible for egg eating.
To get fry i had to artifically hatch the eggs and only ever got one pair from all the fry i grew on that didn't eat their eggs or fry.
The good pairs tank, with the male leading some fry back to the pot.
Great pictures, have they spawned before ?
The worst bit i found when i used to have rams is they were terrible for egg eating.
To get fry i had to artifically hatch the eggs and only ever got one pair from all the fry i grew on that didn't eat their eggs or fry.
The good pairs tank, with the male leading some fry back to the pot.
well done, mine hatched but fry did not last very long, think I did not get the food right or something.
they are great to watch - you may think they are eating them, but they pick them up and move them to different parts of the tank every few hours !
they are great to watch - you may think they are eating them, but they pick them up and move them to different parts of the tank every few hours !
they started eating the eggs last night,so ive put the slate in a saver with a couple of drops of meth blue and an air stone...fingers crossed
Scott
I found microworms a good food for them in the beginning, the fry are really small when first hatched.
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Scott
The eggs take roughy three days to hatch and the fry become free swimming by around the fifth or sixth day (once they use up there egg sack), you do not need to start feeding until the fifth day for any quick devolpers, feed them a little two or three times a day.
I assume when you say fry saver it is a self contained container, ie, a margerine tub or a small tupperware box (both are ideal) ?
You need to daily water changes on the fry saver, using mature water from the pairs tank.
I found microworms a good food for them in the beginning, the fry are really small when first hatched.
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Scott
The eggs take roughy three days to hatch and the fry become free swimming by around the fifth or sixth day (once they use up there egg sack), you do not need to start feeding until the fifth day for any quick devolpers, feed them a little two or three times a day.
I assume when you say fry saver it is a self contained container, ie, a margerine tub or a small tupperware box (both are ideal) ?
You need to daily water changes on the fry saver, using mature water from the pairs tank.
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ive managed to dislodge most of the eggs from the slate..doh!!!...will they still be ok?they are still inside the the saver...just not attached to the slate.newbie mistake i guess when changing the water..doh..
Hi all,
Scottie, first of all congratulations, Rams aren't an easy fish at all, and often the colour morphs are less hardy. What colour are the eggs? if they are red or pink they will probably be all right, if they are white they are probably infertile. If they are infertile, you may need to get the pH lower (below about pH6).
The ones I had were quite good parents, but the fry are minute, (Andrews microworms was a good call, I also like a tank with lots of biofilm, and a big chunk of java moss) and the swimming fry form a cloud, so the parents can't protect them from any other fish (so no dithers).
Have a look at Bob Wiltshires pages, he is a dwarf cichlid legend.
<http://www.dwarfcichlid.com/Mikrogeophagus_ramirezi.php>
cheers Darrel
Scottie, first of all congratulations, Rams aren't an easy fish at all, and often the colour morphs are less hardy. What colour are the eggs? if they are red or pink they will probably be all right, if they are white they are probably infertile. If they are infertile, you may need to get the pH lower (below about pH6).
The ones I had were quite good parents, but the fry are minute, (Andrews microworms was a good call, I also like a tank with lots of biofilm, and a big chunk of java moss) and the swimming fry form a cloud, so the parents can't protect them from any other fish (so no dithers).
Have a look at Bob Wiltshires pages, he is a dwarf cichlid legend.
<http://www.dwarfcichlid.com/Mikrogeophagus_ramirezi.php>
cheers Darrel
great link,the eggs looked like the ones in the pics on his site...i guess i'll know in a few days...
good luck, are you sure they were eating the eggs, not just gathering them up to move them?
the fry are hard to keep so dont be too disappointed if they dont succeed, it takes a lot of practice and trial and error. good luck.
the adults will lay again in a few weeks.
the fry are hard to keep so dont be too disappointed if they dont succeed, it takes a lot of practice and trial and error. good luck.
the adults will lay again in a few weeks.
o well ..no joy with this spawn...im gonna put some moss in the tank and let the parents give it a try next time.its allready well planted,so they will have lots of cover.