Recent content by JMort

Update… Although the original rams were gone by March, I am happy to say that the next few purchases are still going strong and actually for the first time in my GBR hobby, I have a true mated pair. They est the eggs every time but they are alive. I switched media as well as a more rapid 3 week...

I didn’t read the reply’s so I apologize upfront if this is a repeat. The last thing a politician will get passed into law is something else that would take away from the economy. Also, it it did pass, you would have what we are seeing from Hawaii with the Tangs. Black market and more Tangs...

Well, just lost the last GBR out of this group. Bolivians doing great. Does anyone know if purchasing older mature GBRs would have a higher success rate than the 3 month old juvies everyone appears to be selling?

That’s a tough one. It is true that your tank will cycle much quicker with media from another cycled aquarium, however it will not be instant. The bacteria still needs time, much less time than going through the process without the cycled media, to establish itself. My concern would be whether...

You are describing dropsy. Pale gravid spot, looks pregnant, not eating, hanging at top or bottom of tank and avoiding other fish are all signs. Sometimes you will notice the scales of the fish sticking out as well. I am not a disease expert but after years of fish keeping, I have encountered my...

I live in Hammonton. I don’t need a breeding pair but would like to purchase 2 make and 2 female if you have them. The stress of just keeping the rams alive has been enough for me without adding raising fry. if you are available Saturday morning, I would like to pick them up how ever you want to...

Good to know! I wanted to be sure this wasn’t someone breeding a couple rams from Petsmart. Any chance you are in South Jersey? Could be just a drive for me. What are the prices of your black and gold as well? I’m not a fan of the black but a fellow aquarist friend of mine has been talking about...

good evening, I have not had any luck at all with any GBRs. Do you breed for healthy strains or just a hobby? I only ask because the next purchase I make I want to try to improve my success rate with limited inbreeding. thank you for posting. I am definitely interested. John

Thank you, Colin. You posted before I made the trip for the coral. Hopefully this group will hang in there. Still strong this morning and eating well.

Great point. 2 of the locations are 7.0 and one other is 6.5. I use the slow drip acclimation which takes a few hours by the time it is all said and done. However, between your response and Colin’s response above, I am adding a sack of crushed coral to my tank to push it up slowly. Since none of...

Like I said, good to know and I appreciate the feedback. This very well could be a stressor in my tank. Thank you.

7.8 PH? I would have thought PH that high would shorten their lives. Maybe I am doing this all wrong.

I keep the tank at 80. Not coralbandit but I will look home up. Thank you for replying.

Thank you! I will take video and pics with this new batch if they get sick. As of this morning, all good. To answer the questions: I rotate food daily with Cichlid floating and sinking pellets, high protein flakes, freshly hatched brine shrimp, shrimp pellets, freeze dried small shrimp and/or...

If you can’t quarantine him, research what type of bath you can give him. There must be some type of ick cure out there that you can dip him In. After reading your post, I just started a thread on cracking the code of the German blue ram. I am hoping someone can provide me help as well. I will...