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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    I've tried feeding them newly hatched baby brine shrimp, but they only seem to be able to nip at them. The parents then come by and eat all the baby brineshrimp.
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Will do, thanks for the tip :)
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Well looks like my fry have become bored of feeding on microworms. Tried feeding them today and they completely ignored them. They seem more interested in nipping at my plants and the surface of my substrate. Decided to make powdered fry food by finely grinding Northfin Krill Gold 1mm pellets...
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Some quick and low quality shots, but you can see the some of the fry There's a lot more than the pictures actually shows :)
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Fed and checked on the rams just a moment ago, and some of the fry are beginning to starting to wonder around the tank (hiding in and nipping at my cabomba.carolinia and Myriophyllum.scabratum). The parents seem to have a hard time trying to keep their school of fry together. Once a group of fry...
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Fed and checked on the parents and their fry this morning, and things are going very well. The fry are all feeding (starting to see their bellies turn white from the microworms, and poop trails behind them haha), and becoming more independent (went from a cloud that followed the parents, to...
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Just got home and checked up on the pair and their fry, and saw all the fry free swimming :D Some are already nipping at the plants I have in the tank, but I put some microworms in to get them going. Will keep everyone posted.
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    3 fry have reached the free swimming stage. Watched the parents corral them back to the nest, when the fry would wander out
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Another morning update: The fry are starting to jump/wiggle around a lot more, and the parents have relocated them to a larger/wider pit they dug. The pit also happens to be directly under my java fern. Guess the roots will help serve as shelter and security. Will update everyone again tomorrow...
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Checked up on the pair and their fry earlier this morning, while I was feeding them, and things are progressing quite well. The cluster hasn't decreased in size, so I guess the parents (primarily the mom) hasn't been snacking on their babies. The parents really seem to be getting good at carry...
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Went to feed the pair this morning and noticed all the eggs were gone... What I saw instead was the male guarding a clusters of wigglers in the pit he dug at the back of their tank Not exactly sure how many there were, but my initial count of their nest was about 180-200. Will continue to...
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    Sexing EBR

    It's normal behavior, they're testing eachother out and or flirting. If they pair up, congrats. If not, maybe add 1 or 2 more females, and let them work things out. Keep us posted :)
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    Got my shellies!

    Really nice shellies! Only shellies I kept were Neolamp.multifasciatus and Altolamp.calvus (yellow and black) & compressiceps (Gold head and Sumbu). Really miss them, had pairs, but they never bred for me.
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    Sexing EBR

    Male and female. Stunning pair by the way :)
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Peaked at the nest today when I fed my pair, and noticed all the eggs are still there :) Reach the 24 hour mark, fingers crossed.
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    My main pair has spawned again, and this time with a little bit more eggs. Threw a towel over the tank before they spawned to give them some privacy and a sense of security. Peaked in just to feed them, and noticed the male has taken on the role of fanning and guarding the nest more seriously...
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Alright, got an update. It seems this second pair isn't as keen on caring for their eggs as the pair I started this thread about. This second pair allowed the eggs to fungus over. I observed them for a brief time, and they just swam around the nest, and never really fanned the eggs. These guys...
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    I messaged the buyer earlier this morning, asking him if he would be willing to wait a bit longer. Waiting on his reply.
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    My Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus.ramirezi) Breeding Log

    Hmmm...Kinda have a dilemma on my hands. I'm planning to sell my younger bonded pair of rams tomorrow afternoon (not the pair in this thread), and just discovered that they've bred (laid eggs on a piece of Indian almond leaf I have in the tank). Turned off the lights for the day and locked the...
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    Are there any other Canadians

    x2 Oliver of Below Water and Spencer Jack of Afishionados are your best bets. I've dealt with Oliver numerous times over the years, mainly for rare species of piranha. This wild caught specimens never cease to amaze me! Thinking about contacting him next year for some wild "German" rams. Luckily...
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