fishnovice
Fish Herder
My ram is relatively colourless compared to other people's ram photos so I was wondering if it's a different species.Are there various types of ram apart from German and Bolivian (mine doesn't look like either)?
I was told that mine was a Bolivian ram when I got him/her (how do you sex them?)Didn't have much colour to begin with but I thought it was due to having been in a tank with poor water for months before I got it plus the stress of chasing/netting , transport to my home and settling into a new tank.It now after 2 months has the typical ram vertical stripe through the eye and a black line at the front of its dorsal fin but not much colour -definitely no red outlines on any of its fins which are colourless and no red/orange belly either. It has a faint grey smudge on its body and sometimes shows a faint yellow on lower abdomen depending on light. It's in with corries and paradise fish who stick to top of tank mostly so there is no one there to bully it or stress it out. Tank is fairly peaceful with no chases or bullying. Clean water wirh 40% water change weekly. Feed mixture of food so diet should be OK.
I was told that mine was a Bolivian ram when I got him/her (how do you sex them?)Didn't have much colour to begin with but I thought it was due to having been in a tank with poor water for months before I got it plus the stress of chasing/netting , transport to my home and settling into a new tank.It now after 2 months has the typical ram vertical stripe through the eye and a black line at the front of its dorsal fin but not much colour -definitely no red outlines on any of its fins which are colourless and no red/orange belly either. It has a faint grey smudge on its body and sometimes shows a faint yellow on lower abdomen depending on light. It's in with corries and paradise fish who stick to top of tank mostly so there is no one there to bully it or stress it out. Tank is fairly peaceful with no chases or bullying. Clean water wirh 40% water change weekly. Feed mixture of food so diet should be OK.