German Blue Ram Breeding "Journal"

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So, I did this for Cons, and today I picked up a little girly for my gorgeous German Blue Ram, so I figured "Why not do it for Rams?". If anyone is interested in seeing a little Step-By-Step and some Trial and Error for breeding blue rams, let me know here. I'm just gauging interest, and if there's a couple people that want to see it, I'll continue to update this thread! :)
 
Guess there is no interest! =P
 
If you take some nice photos or provide an interesting and informative commentary there will always be interest.

Do you want to do this for yourself or just for MFK anyway?
 
Both. I wanna breed the rams, and if anyone is interested in hearing a detailed step by step, with pictures of course, maybe they can learn themselves.
 
i wanna do this myself so i would love a step by step, im cycling my 55 right now. i thought 2 or 3 pairs and maybe a pair of kribs or key holes
 
Hook it up my man..
I have Blue Rams (2 Males 2 Females)and they dont even look at each other. So if you gan get them to mate...please share the info... Ill keep a check on what you doin
 
Alright then, even one person is enough! =P So, let's get it started yet.

I'm using a 10g tank, moderately planted (soon heavily planted). It's got a couple potential spawning sites, assuming these Blues will spawn on a flat surface like a rock, as most others seem to. I'm keeping the tank at a steady 81° F, and feeding 4 times daily, in small amounts. Live brine shrimp, frozen brine shrimp, frozen Daphnia, and Frozen Bloodworms. I also feed Hikari Gold "Baby Pellet" size on occasion. I added the female yesterday, and the only other tank mates are 4 Glass Shrimp to pick up what isn't eaten (and maybe serve as live food later on!), as it's hard for me to vaccuum substrate - it is seachem's "Flourite" and is very very dusty. The pH is on the acidic side, about 5.5 to 6. The water is very soft, using a mix of 60% RO and 40% tap (untreated, btw. No dechlor, as my area has virtually NO chloramines or chlorine, any in the water is gassed out in 15 minutes) Picture time!

The female:
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The Male:
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It looks like they sort've paried up. As soon as the females bag was floating in the water, the male began to puff up and wriggle in front of her. The second she was let out of the bag, she began to check out the male. She was eating within 10 minutes, and never showed any signs of stress. They rarely leave each other's sides. I'm fairly sure it is pairing, but it could be that the tank is too small to really notice when they're apart.
 
Mystix212;1083141; said:
I'd raise the temp to 84-86. 81 sounds just a smidge too cool. Keep us posted.

Yeah, I agree. Infact, I rasied the temp to 84.5 last night.
 
hey can you take a full tank shot i want an idea for when i breed! and how can you tell there sex?
 
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