Pir's GBR Breeding Journal.

Piranha86

Piranha86

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I'm going to attempt to do a breeding journal of my German Blue Ram pair, and this is my first day, so you'll have it step by step if they decide to breed.

I was in That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA today, and I was really impressed with everything there. They have a tank full of GBR's, 90% female, my male was the dominant and there was another male in there, subdominant. My male and female were in the tank corner fending off the other rams, I watched them do it for 10+ minutes.

That Fish Place also had a female-heavy tank of Gold Rams, which I almost got, but then decided you can't beat nature. The longfin blue ram tank had about 75% male.

Anyway, I purchased the pair of rams (along with other fish and plants for separate tanks) and had a smooth hour long ride home. I acclimated them over 45 minutes and let them into their tank. They hung out near the heater, as I was raising the heat from 78 to 81, which I'm going to raise to ~83-84 tomorrow, didn't want to shock them.

I'm going to attempt to breed them and raise the fry, so if anyone's interested, they can follow me in the 'journey'.

These guys are about 1.75"(F) and 1.9"(M). Here are some pics below:

The Male:
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The Female:
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Full Tank Shot: (Tank sort-of in progress)
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If you guys have any tips on breeding/aquascaping, they would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking :D

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I would pick up some ghost shrimp to clean your sandbed.....
 
oh yeah, and add some driftwood or something to give them shelter where they can't be seen from the front of the tank (but maybe from one side) so they feel more secure and less stressed.
 
daphilster08 said:
Nice! Good luck! Just keep the tank steady, and feed them a good amount and you should have babies.. If that doesn't work, but 1 more male and 3 more females :grinno:
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Thanks for the advice :)
user_name said:
I would pick up some ghost shrimp to clean your sandbed.....
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Hmm, never thought of that, will do. I was gonna get MTS, but they're kind of pest-y and my water's too soft/acidic for them.
user_name said:
oh yeah, and add some driftwood or something to give them shelter where they can't be seen from the front of the tank (but maybe from one side) so they feel more secure and less stressed.
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I'm going to move a small piece of driftwood soon, I'm just trying to take it slow with changes to their environment.

Right now, they are eating flakes and frozen bloodworms.
 
Here's what I'm planning on:

I'm going to put a few more river rocks (inert) halfway buried in sand, so they can uncover it, which apparently helps, and maybe a depression made from the top of a coconut. I'm going to let them try to raise babies 3 or 4 times, which I'm hoping they'll be good at, as they're Blue Rams, which are closer to wild lines than a longfin or gold ram, so they'll hopefully be good at raising fry. If they can't raise the fry by then, I'll try some artificial fry rearing.
 
Also, what woud you suggest for water changes? I was thinking about 20% every Wednesday give or take a day and about 30% on Saturday/Sunday. I think that would be easy enough to do and it would be 50% a week, but not at one time, which would be nice.

Sorry about all the posts guys, I'm so excited that I got my hands on a pair.
 
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**** that sucks man! Here is my male guarding the eggs!

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