German Blue Rams

OK, so nothing came from the last spawn, the other "spare female made sure taht no eggs survive.She has now been moved to solitary LOLThis is a new spawn, male over the eggs.regardsMartin

 

Hectic amount of eggs there! Eventually they must get it right.

 

Holding thumbs for you! such an awesome sight!

 

Hi

Well done Martin! I hope these are going to hatch and that the parents raise them.

Its a nice big batch of eggs hey!

Rgds

Marco

 

Well done mate, lets hope this batch survives!!

 

Look what I just found...

 

Yes, i know it's 2am. And who checks on their fish at 2am? Well I do... LOL

 

Thanks guys.The eggs are gone this morning, and the pair are swimming around so they didn't hide any wrigglers...at least the eggs lasted 2 days this time LOLCongrats Jakkals, lekker man..

 

My eggs were gone too this morning (that doesn't sound right... LOL)
Ok, "the eggs in my tank" were gone...
Could it be because of the drop in the water temperature over the last few days??? Is that perhaps why they spawned?

 

Holy Moly Marco, that`s an amazing sized spawn.

 

@Marco, I am really impressed with the strength of the fish I have seen from you on this forum. Does that vitality transfer to the Offspring If your line is crossed out to a Golden Variety or another of the other imports ? I am really glad to see Rams getting so much attention in South Africa now. I saw Electric Blues in Poland about 6 years ago , I was immediately aware of the quality differences between those and the fish I had seen in SA up to that point.

 

I agree with you @scubabravo - @Marco is probably breeding the best rams available in SA and from what I can gather from other forums, much better than the ones available in the US. His rams are probably on par with Europe if not better.

If only we can get Marco to breed some other SA dwarfs....

 

WOW guys! Thank you all very much for the kind words!

Its always nice to hear such nice comments, and its an absolute pleasure to be able to share the wonder of this small fish with others.

Im always amazed at ppl's response to keeping Rams. At first some are reluctant and within a day or 2 of keeping a pair they call to say what pleasure and entertainment a pair of Rams bring to a fish tank.

Kudo's to probably the most incredible and most beautiful of all the dwarf cichlids.

 

Hi @scubabravo
Sorry I forgot to answer your question
I Started out with only German blues, then added Golden females and also Electric blue males.
I kept breeding out and back until now, and now I have a pure line of the original blue, which new blood has been added to, as well as a Golden, Electric blue as well as Powder blue line.
I will have some Powder as well as Electric blues available in abt 2 mths, and hopefully by abt a mth later I should have some Golden as well as German blues available.
All show same vigour and live long happy lives. The Electric blue and Powder blues can be a tad aggressive towards females though. Its something I am trying to breed out but it takes time, if it will ever be totally gone.

Rgds

Marco

 

A man with a plan, fantastic.