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    Deformed Dorsal Spine in Rams

    Hi Cathy, They are to small for a picture at this time. I will grow them up some, probably another 6 weeks and I will be able to take a picture. Thanks Eric
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    Deformed Dorsal Spine in Rams

    Hi, I have some Ram Fry that have dorsal spines that have not formed correctly. They are short or split from the rest of the dorsal. Has anyone seen this? Is it related to environment or genetic? Thanks Eric
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    Deformed Dorsal Spine in Rams

    Hi, I have some Ram Fry that have dorsal spines that have not formed correctly. They are short or split from the rest of the dorsal. Has anyone seen this? Is it related to environment or genetic? Thanks Eric
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    Ram Fry stay on bottom

    Hi Everyone, Has anyone had fry that just slide around on the bottom of the tank? They eat and are growing but they don't swim correctly. I think I will have to destroy this batch. Does anyone know what causes this? Thanks Eric
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    Blue Ram Deaths Please Help

    Hi Cathy Are Rams sensitive to salt? Thanks Eric
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    Blue Ram Deaths Please Help

    Have you ever used clout? I have no experience with it, but from what I have heard I would not use it. Thanks for your help. Eric
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    Blue Ram Deaths Please Help

    Thanks Cathy, I had them check the PH and it was 7.6 mine was 7.8. I need to have them check the GH/KH. Will a large change in hardness make a difference? What surprises me is within 6 days all 24 were dead. Thanks Eric
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    Blue Ram Deaths Please Help

    Hi Everyone, I sold 24 Blue Rams to a LFS and within 1 week. I have not lost any of them out of the tank they came out of and I have taken them to other LFS with good results. The fish were in 2 seperate bags and were placed in 2 different tanks. 2 of them diesd and the guy at the LFS...
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    Blue Ram Fry with Black tail

    Hi folks, I have a Blue Ram fry a little over 1/2 inch long that is black starting at and includeing the anal fin to the caudal fin. Has anyone ever seen anything like that before? Thanks Eric
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    What to do with the offspring

    Hi folks, What do you end up doing with all the Ram's that you end up with after spawning them. I have hundreds and I cant get rid of them. Thanks Eric
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    Desirable Characteristics RAM

    Hi Adrian, I just have some rams in a community tank that spawn occasionally. I move the eggs to a 10 gal for hatching and the fry I grow out in a 55. I was going to chose the best looking of the fry and try to obtain more of the better looking fish. Eric
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    Desirable Characteristics RAM

    Hi I have some RAMS and some of them have 2 black spots on ther heads slightly above and between their eyes. Is this a desirable traint or is a fish without these spots better? I want to breed them and am not sure what are the best traits people look fore? Thanks Eric
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    Artificial Rasing of Ram Fry

    Hi Everyone I have been moving my ram eggs to a 10 gal tank half full of water adding methyline blue. The PH in the 10 gal is 6.5 and the water is soft. I have done this before with success, but for some reason now my eggs are getting fungused and the fry die before they get out of the wiggler...
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    Food For Blue Rams

    Hi Can Blue Rams eat things like beef heart and red wigglers? I these foods to my Discus and am wondering if Rams will do well on them? I also have grindal worms but I am having trouble obtaining large ones. I mainly feed the grindal worms to the Ram fry. What do you feed your Rams or other...
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    Blue Ram Fry

    They are free swiming. I have about 50 fry. I tried decapsulated brine shrimp and microworms. They showed no interest in either. My decapsulated brine shrimp and microworms must be larger than most. Anyhow I hacthed some shrimp and they eat them just fine so I gues I will be stuck with them for...
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    Blue Ram Fry

    My rams are in a community tank and I am moving the rock with the eggs attached to a 10 gal bare bottom tank with a sponge filter. These rams have been spawning about every 15 days. This will be my third attempt at raising the fry. They spawned last night and this morning I moved the eggs to the...
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    Blue Ram Fry

    I apreciate all the help. My Rams are getting ready to spawn again. I will give it another try. Maybe this time I will get it right. The microworms look like they are as long as the fry. Is this normal for microworms? Thanks Eric
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    Blue Ram Fry

    Well my fry are dying. I dont understand. I always lose my fry after about 2 weeks. I thought maybe they were starving but this time they have been given microworms every day. Thanks Eric
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    erythro dose for cyanobacter

    I had a terrible time with BGA. The Erytromycin worked but the BGA came back after a couple of months. I dont like using Antibiotics so I searched for alternatives. Some things that helped me was increasing circulation in the tank and adding Flourish Excel from seachem. I am not sure what is in...
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    Blue Ram Fry

    Thanks for the info How do you clean the bottom of the fry tank without siphoning out the fry? Thanks Eric
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