Rams with eggs

[shewolfgeo]

My blue and gold ram just had eggs. Instead of taking a rock, they dug a hole in my sand, and laid them. The eggs look white to me against the black sand.

Any tips for me? Also any good links on caring for the fry? If they hatch. I'll move them once they are free swimming to their own grow out tank.

[shewolfgeo]

photos of the nest. Hard to see, since they are in the guppy grass. (the gold ram is the female)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/shewolfgeo/Rams/84568.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/shewolfgeo/Rams/SANY0076.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/shewolfgeo/Rams/SANY0077.jpg

[Tay690]

Congrats!
Can't wait for pics of the little guys

You give them a nice flat rock and they decide to use your substrate lol
What can ya do?

Quote:

After the eggs are laid, both parents guard them until they hatch.
It takes the eggs about three days to hatch. As mentioned previously both parents will care for the fry.
When the fry first hatch they will still have their yolk sac attached. When the fry are free-swimming feed them infusoria, commercial liquid fry food, or a small amount of mashed up hard-boiled egg yolk. Keep in mind that if overfed, egg yolk will seriously pollute the tank water.
After about a week to ten days, the ram fry should be large enough to eat newly hatched brine shrimp and powdered fry food.
After about 3-4 weeks (or before that if the ram parents lose interesting in caring for them) move the ram fry to a tank of their own.

Here is the website in case you want to read more
http://www.aboutfishonline.com/articles/ram-cichlids.html

Best of luck

[shewolfgeo]

I think I've had the rams for 2 or 3 weeks now. Didn't take them long to get busy.

And thanks for the link.. :D