Blue Ram breeding tank

Ok , a week or so ago I started this set up(posted in planted tanks, I believe) and the Tank leaked
So Here we go again, after re sealing the tank , Last night I set it up again. I added afew plants acquired from "whatthebloody"(thanks) and a couple rescued from another tank of mine , where the fish were starting to eat them.[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
So far no fish , but I may move the rams in this afternoon. Still need to collect a bunch more plants.

I did get some more cheap plants and scooped a nice one from a local lake
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Lookin' good! Did you rinse the plant from the lake? I'd be worried about disease or infection!

thank you for asking

Haha that's good Good luck!

added a couple more plants last night , then tossed in my 2 male blue rams tonight , I'll get some pics when they settle down a bit. Now I need to spend some time tracking down a few females.

No idea where bonney lake is but there is a pet store in chinatown called Liems, extremely shady looking, but excelent fish. Every time I go there I see a full tank of rams, not sure how to sex them , but hes got a huge tank full.

dude Liems is not a shady place that old men is pretty kick ass....he doesn't have best location thats why it looks shady lol....but his fish always look good....but the store is such a mess hahaha

Every time I go by theres a drug deal going on outside by the dumpsters. But I love his store, its a giant mess and so crammed, but he keeps the tanks extremely clean. If I lived in seattle I would only go there.

where exactly is this place I'll be in seattle saturday

I have no idea how to direct you there, other than its in chinatown in seattle, if you go in and see all the bus lines and the massive dragons on the lamp posts you take a right and go two streets over. There is a sign that says Liems and Im pretty sure it has a discus on it.

OK so I found 2 more rams,,, females I hope,, and threw in some white cloud minows for dither, added a couple more plants ,,, and now we wait,,and watch..

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awesome u got ur rams. Where did u get them?

found lots of rams all over seattle but these stores wanted 12 -15 dollars each. so I hit the sumner store on the way home and found 2 (hopefully female) for $6.99 ea, so now I have 4 rams 2 large and 2 smallers ones , we'll see how this goes.


Added a piece of bog wood to lower the Ph a bit too, these guys are supposed to prefer slightly acidic water.

ok so ph is at 6.5 and softish water, most of my readings suggest a bit lower ph. temp is at 75, going to raise to 80 per suggestions from breeding sites.

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after


no flash on either pic

intense lighting man good job!

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thank you bloody!! good news one of my little rams has a reddish patch on "HER " belly. I am told this is a good indication of womanliness

hell ya that tank looks tiiiiiight!!!!!

added a couple slate caves today and the female pinky, was checking it out as soon as I pulled my hand out of the tank. the 2 smaller "probably females" were lip fighting tonight also, right about mid tank, the pinkest one gets aggressive whenever the other gets to the middle of the tank. cant see pairing yet , but hopeful.

Ok been terribly sick this week, but good now, got back to do some tank maintenance and found I was missing one of the male rams,,,, couldn't see him anywhere...found him in the filter dead as hell...so I added a sponge strainer to intake. now the behavior is noticably different with the others,,, females face off whenever at mid tank and the remaining male spends time with both females ,, sometimes gently poking at them or just hanging close to each one for a bit ,,, then goes to see the other.. don't know if it means anything , but there you have it.

looks like a good sign. 1 male 2 females = awesome. keep us posted

Ok after more research ,, I bumped the temp to 84 today and started feeding frozen blood worms and will soon start some Brine shrimp, hopefully to spark a little love.

Made me think of a reality tv show about LOVE.

I am up to 124 watts of light, 93 watts at 10k and 31watts colormax, plants are doing well

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fish aren't doing much for spawning though

2 females seem to have separate territories and get a little teste with each other , but the male just hangs out with both,,, maybe the girls" just want to be friends "

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whoa man your plants are really growing like crazy
good job

thats the way brichardi do it.... i got 2 females and 1 male... females set up there own nests, male visits both his women.. lol

so i was adding some more free plants, from gosu this time, and the female with the largest territory didn't likre my hand in her area , she vigorously attacked my hand, biting and only backing away a little as I shooed her away then attacking as soon as I went back to the gardening,,, no eggs to be found but she is very defensive

what lighting you useing and wat and size of tank?

Tank is 37 high, 29 gallon footprint just taller, 4 30" coralife 6700k t5 HO at 31 watts each for 124 watts total