Today was at a lfs and saw these guys, they look exactly like german blue rams so im wondering if theres a difference? They were about an inch "big" (small). Anyone got any info on these fish? i tried googling but nothing much came up.
Wild Columbian Ram
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Microgeophagus ramirezi? If so, no difference other than the name which may suggest it was bred in another country.
If I am not mistaken "Columbian ram" is just another common name for the blue rams (Microgeophagus ramerezi)...I might be wrong though so someone else chime in
i was in 2 different stores today and they had tiny german blues, and this other one had exactly the same looking ones they were just labeled as Wild columbian ram
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It's still blue ram. They have been named Holland Blue Ram, Czech Blue Ram, German Blue Ram and now Columbian Blue Ram.
ahh lupin to the rescue 
yes Mikrogeophagus ramirezi(aka papiliochromis)
are indeed the Blue ram.
German Blue Ram is just a name given to the German bred blue ram(as lupin eluded to) they are known by a few different names but all are the same species of fish(to date only two dwarf rams-Ramirezi and Altispinosa)
the difference is these may have been imported or are the offspring of Blue rams from Columbia
I believe the species is fairly widely distributed in SA.(Orinoco Basin)
yes Mikrogeophagus ramirezi(aka papiliochromis)
are indeed the Blue ram.
German Blue Ram is just a name given to the German bred blue ram(as lupin eluded to) they are known by a few different names but all are the same species of fish(to date only two dwarf rams-Ramirezi and Altispinosa)
the difference is these may have been imported or are the offspring of Blue rams from Columbia
I believe the species is fairly widely distributed in SA.(Orinoco Basin)
these are a color morph of the Blue ram.
pretty common..I find them all the time but an looking for blue rams locally raised.