Microgeophagus Ramirezi - Blue Rams

[Jinty McGinty]

So here is a video of her or him.

 

[Chris2]

So here is a video of her or him.

Nice ram you got there! I just happened to take a vid of my "powder" blue rams, which are a gold ram bred back into the electric blue rams. Id have to say because of the intense color on your ram its an electric blue.

 

[Jinty McGinty]

Yours is how mines looked in the shop.

Need to get more now so I can get a pair.

 

[Jinty McGinty]

Picture time.

Any ideas on sex?

Should I get some more of them?

 

[Chris2]

Sexing these guys is not easy. Thats why i grabbed 7 of them, i am hoping for atleast 1 pair in a few months lol.

 

[L_Plates]

Very nice looking fish Jinty.

LP

 

[ZoddyZod]

lovely looking fish. Wish I had the water to keep them.

 

[Tizer]

Always possible to get a cheap RO unit under the kitchen sink Im pondering the idea myself well, i say pondering...dreaming

 

[ZoddyZod]

Always possible to get a cheap RO unit under the kitchen sink Im pondering the idea myself well, i say pondering...dreaming

after only recently convincing my better half to get the upgrade......RO is a LONG way off.

 

[Tizer]

lal, i told the wife my last 6 clown loaches came from a friend at work for free .... Where there is a will, there is a way!

 

[KittyKat]

Looks like it's *probably* a female.

[Since someone was asking towards the start of the thread and I couldn't see if anyone mentioned already, but the common name for the species is blue ram (some people prepend "German" because they were first imported into Germany) and the colour morph is usually known as "electric" or, slightly less commonly, "powder".]

If your tank is 3 ft long, a total of 2m 2f is likely to work in the long term (you'll need to add more décor though). To get a pair, it is best to get 6 juveniles (aiming at 3m 3f) and let them pair off on their own.

 

[Jinty McGinty]

Sexing these guys is not easy. Thats why i grabbed 7 of them, i am hoping for atleast 1 pair in a few months lol.

Lol think I'll go to my other lfs and see what stock they have to get a different gene pool.

Very nice looking fish Jinty.

LP

Thank you

lovely looking fish. Wish I had the water to keep them.

Thank you

lal, i told the wife my last 6 clown loaches came from a friend at work for free .... Where there is a will, there is a way!

You're so bad

Looks like it's *probably* a female.

[Since someone was asking towards the start of the thread and I couldn't see if anyone mentioned already, but the common name for the species is blue ram (some people prepend "German" because they were first imported into Germany) and the colour morph is usually known as "electric" or, slightly less commonly, "powder".]

If your tank is 3 ft long, a total of 2m 2f is likely to work in the long term (you'll need to add more décor though). To get a pair, it is best to get 6 juveniles (aiming at 3m 3f) and let them pair off on their own.

Do females square off to each other? Cos Sapphire (yes her name) did with the other fish same as her in the shop.

Tank is 2ft long so won't be having two pairs. The plants will grow up yet and a slate cave is on order.

 

[KittyKat]

Looks like it's *probably* a female.

Do females square off to each other? Cos Sapphire (yes her name) did with the other fish same as her in the shop.

Mine always have. I actually find that my females square off more often than males do, but usually, there is no physical contact. The males tend to just follow what their female does, although I am sure other people have had it the other way around too.

 

[Jinty McGinty]

Looks like it's *probably* a female.

Do females square off to each other? Cos Sapphire (yes her name) did with the other fish same as her in the shop.

Mine always have. I actually find that my females square off more often than males do, but usually, there is no physical contact. The males tend to just follow what their female does, although I am sure other people have had it the other way around too.

Ahhh we thought male automatically. No contact was made they just flared at each other and then went about pushing the blue tetra out of their way

 

[Jinty McGinty]

Well the other lfs I use (dedicated fish shop) is expecting some baby ones in from a customer so my name is down for them to call me when they arrive in.