My First Cichlids

[CrazyAirborne]

tank looks great by the way! are the plants real?

thanks! yeah the plants are real. low tec no ferts, just growth, i think ive been lucky there. Im glad to hear i have a female! she was really shy yesterday, but ive been seeing her out and about more today following the other Ram around. I have my water at 26. and I have 6 harlequins in there right now, a otto, and a clown plec. Ill need to figure out if they can all move up to 28. hopefully she pulls thru and i can get her healthy! thanks for the help and kind words guys.

 

[fluttermoth]

All those fish can go up to 28°C.

 

[CrazyAirborne]

awesome. ill take care of that then. feeding her plenty might be more of a challenge tho, since the harlequins and the other ram are all quite greedy. ill have to figure something out.

 

[StandbySetting]

Give Rams a good variety, include plenty of meaty foods, I remember feeding mine boiled chicken at one point, they loved it.

 

[char la]

is there some good picture references to tell the difference between german blues, and bolivians? cuz i have a feeling maybe the other one is bolivian, since hes not nearly as colorful. yay mislabeled LFS..


also, it wouldnt be a problem if i had one of each would it?

Just type in the scientific name for the bolivian ram, microgeophagus altispinosa, that should give you the correct pictures

 

[CrazyAirborne]

sadly, i had to go away from my tank for 6 days. Came home to find her dead. all the other fish are fine, doesnt look like i had any spikes from the dead fish lying in the tank. little bummed out, but i guess it wasnt meant to be. im debating trying to get another female blue ram, as my water isnt soft, and i originally wanted Bolivian Rams. the male is doing fine but i wonder how long he will last in my hard water.

 

[twodoctors]

If you can return it maybe you should. Blue Ram are more fragile anyway. They are also more expensive than Bolivian Ram. Nevermind.

Adrian

 

[StandbySetting]

I'd replace with a Bolivian Ram if you can, much more suited to your tank.

 

[Joller]

she was doomed from the start due to your lack of research, and probably the male won't make it past 6 months. these fish require specific conditions

deffinitly go with bolivian rams in the future, they tolerate a wider range of conditions and colour up amazingly once settled

 

[godfreymatthews]

Its really nice that you have 90 litters tank with full of plants. Actually I am a plant lover specially in pond or tank so I like so much that you have such a good tank. I am really planning to have one in near by future then I will also post pictures. Thanks for posting.