Your dedication to fish keeping while doing your degree is impressive . My 2 tanks are cycling and the water chemistry alone has kept me away from my studies for hours more than I expected 🙃. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
You must be my south African twin. I was the same, except it kept me away from doing anything. Couldn't keep away from checking the levels. Now I'm setting up another 2 tanks, but they are cycled with filters that have been left in my other tanks.
You should use a fine tooth saw or dremel to cut the pots in half. I've personally used a dremel to make caves for kribensis and it's a little messy but way cleaner cuts.
Hey Nick, Justin,what's up,nick I have colony of adult neon rainbows for some time, everything is perfect,they are healthy and eating so much,but still can't get eggs,pls guide
If I were breeding black rams, I'd love to get 4 pair from you, 4pair from Dean, put them all together for them to possibly switch up mates, and see the result!! They would most certainly be a magnificent combo!!
much easier way to split the pots is to soak them for a bit and take to them with a hack saw. Then maybe you can use pliers or the tile cutter type pliers to shape the pots the way you need them.
How you guys gained so much knowledge on fish and breeding etc at this young age.....at your age I was excited of having molly and guppy fries😁😁 not known about spawning and stuff.... awesome 😎 man👍❤️
7:27 In my experience those are 2 big females. Bristles only along lip and very small in comparison to size of fish, males always seem to show bristles running up centre of nose.
Hi Nick! How are you going?? Nice to see the black rams!!! I would like to try to breed some of them too! I bought a pair! But would like to know if you have another pair I could buy from you… I am just a beginner on this… but just love breeding fishes for fun! Please let me know!! Cheers, Gus
So the black rams,they aren’t really black as such, they’re more just darker heads going into body but still that underlying regular ram pattern /appearance. I have quite a dark ram, not black in my eyes but one of the darkest I’ve seen in any store in Perth recently. I also had a m/f pair of electric blue balloon belly’s that I got well over a year ago that did not breed UNTIL I bought this dark ram home. Unfortunately I bought the dark ram I bought home assuming it was a female (therefore I’d have EB male and Eb female plus a second Dark female) BUT after a week or so I realised the Dark was actually a male. Firstly the two Ebs spawned, no luck in first attempt. All three rams were in together and a couple of weeks later I saw eggs in a rock so the EB’ balloon belly pair had spawned again. This time some hatched, out of 11 I could count I now have 8 juvies which are approx 11.5 weeks old. 5 are very tall in the body as from their back to under belly if you get my drift and most of those 5 are shimmery blue , some with typical ram patterns appearing. 2 others are only half that height and have much darker heads and 1 other is between body shapes also with a darker head. I unsure if the 5 with kinda taller body could possibly be a lil balloon bellyish which would explain the body shape. The 2 less taller darker heads may just be regular body size but it’s odd how those two are way smaller all over than all the rest (all from one spawn). There’s very little videos if any at all of young balloon belly rams in general and I haven’t found many vids in 10 week or so darker rams to compare my 3 darker head ones n see if they are possibly on way to being “darker” rams, although I’m 100% sure the parents were both EB balloon belly’s. About 3 weeks ago I had all e rams back in my Kubotai tank together and the dark male spawned with the EB BElly female. In the first day they started (EB female started bullying the EB male ((she’d had first fry with) but now she’s with darky, lol ) EB male seemed very timid and was losing his stunning blue shimmer n hiding . She almost looked like she’d reversed roles and she looked more male than he did, longer crown and ribbon fins. I removed the EB male as I really didn’t think he was looking well, sadly he passed a few days later. EB female and Dark male hatched there eggs n guarded them well…lost if fry maybe 60 or so. Next morning still looking good. Day after I woke to see only half the amount but still positive …next morning I couldn’t see any fry at all. Searched n searched over next day and then found about 8. Did t know if mumma was eating a few or they’d just died.? I pipetted out what fry I could find n p,aced in a holder. That was 5 days ago. I only have 6 fry now but that’s ok. Over last 4 days the water was slightly off , amonia a lil up, nitrite a teeny bit up and same with nitrate. Water change…water change n water change over those days but still not right so I removed both dark n EB into a small tank. Sadly the EB mumma wasn’t looking right yesterday…seeming heavy in her body and swimming with head slightly upwards. Unsure if just age related or age plus water slightly off? Checked on her today she’s still alive but really not sure if she’ll pull thru. It may just be her time as it “may” have been for her EB first bf. Soooo…where I’m at now…6 fry to the dark / EB Bbelly pair and I’m real,y really praying n hoping all 6 live and I get a few really dark x EB rams. Iv bred other fish over the years and had rams 16 years ago which spawned but never any fry. If there a way I can send pics of my juvies n dark male ? I’d luv to get your thoughts on this juvie body shape difference, thoughts on the 3 darker headed juvies n whether that’s a sign of being a dark ram and show my dark ram male. I’m Lisa Saxon in (fb)messenger …I’m in Perth ….be really helpful to be able toco late pics of your darker juvies at similar age… I think I follow your fb store thingy/you. Cheers..Lisa Last two days the water Paramus have been a lil off This is what I’m watching your vid right now.
How long does it take from the cycle of fry to breeding again and also how long before fry become juvenile size and can be in a tank with other species
Hey nick, have you ever had water fleas? My shrimp tank is overrun with them and they are starting to eat plants and outcompete the shrimp. Do you have any tips?
Hey Nick, Just a suggestion mayve you could invest in a cheap grinder with a tile cutting disc so you can cut the pots better instead of uneven breaks or useless wastages. Sir ive a few questions 1.Can you explain if its safe to use the branches of the botanicals you collected or only the dried leaves & seeds etc.. 2.Can you say if a female ram stops growing once it gets sexually mature and starts laying eggs? 3.Can you isolate females and power grow them to get larger sizes resulting in large broods of eggs? 4. What age do you recommend breeding the rams so they have maximum growth and egg/ fry?
Hiiii! I have a quick question. I had one angel fish in my tank. Its like 6 month old so pretty big. And today I just bought a new one ( angel fish) ...And for some reason big one chases new one ( small one) Idk if its just because its small or myb territory thing. But yeah, any advice?
Hey i have a question , doesnt have to do with the video but anyone plz answer i need help . I bought a spinge filter made for 80 gallon fishtank and i have a 75 would that be fine for filtration ? I will be keeping mollies in it .
Hey I have a question. I recently got 3 fishes two balloon belly mollies (black/white silver?) and a painted platy. I believe the black b. molly and platy are females since they don’t have a pointed fin under their bellies and the other white/silver balloon molly is male since it has a pointed fin under belly. The black one is the biggest but not too big and it chases the male white b. molly. Is that normal or a sign of aggression? The black one doesn’t really bother the platy only sometimes but it always chases the white b. molly. Do you know what that means? The tank is 5gal
Looking at the size of those lemon bristlenoses, the males bristles should be waaaay more developed, and along the centre of his forehead. If you ask me I'd say you've got 2 young females and the third much older female unfortunately
Hi Nick, I notice that there were snails in the rainbow fish breeding mops. Do they predate the eggs, or are there so many it doesn't matter? Many thanks.
Buy yourself a wet tile saw their $60-$90(bought mine to cuts rocks for flat bottoms to aquascape easier) and your pots won't have sharp edges that cut your fish, no wastage on broken pots and perfectly even every time oh and the diamond or tungsten carbide blade will last you forever. Also wear respirators whilst cutting as the terracotta pots probably have silica dust which is extremely bad for your lungs. Stop wasting money and hurting your fish do the right thing and buy a wet tile saw even a cheap chinese one.
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haha the first time Nick says a curse. How funny to see how they vandalize some flower pots lol
17:44
Spawning black rocks ForTheRams.
♂️+♀️ ⚫🥌
😄 caught that one.
Your dedication to fish keeping while doing your degree is impressive . My 2 tanks are cycling and the water chemistry alone has kept me away from my studies for hours more than I expected 🙃. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
You must be my south African twin. I was the same, except it kept me away from doing anything. Couldn't keep away from checking the levels. Now I'm setting up another 2 tanks, but they are cycled with filters that have been left in my other tanks.
Super stoked on how much you’ve developed in the past year! Congratulations!
Awesome video Nick😄 always look forward to seeing these vlogs!
4:55 that male Betta is AWESOME
You should use a fine tooth saw or dremel to cut the pots in half. I've personally used a dremel to make caves for kribensis and it's a little messy but way cleaner cuts.
I need to get me some of those strong pots. They're unbreakable!
Loving the channel kid, hats off to ya man
Hey Nick, Justin,what's up,nick I have colony of adult neon rainbows for some time, everything is perfect,they are healthy and eating so much,but still can't get eggs,pls guide
If I were breeding black rams, I'd love to get 4 pair from you, 4pair from Dean, put them all together for them to possibly switch up mates, and see the result!! They would most certainly be a magnificent combo!!
Looks like my black rams are almost ready for me :D cant wait
Awesome vid man! Goodluck on the rams. Hopefully they breed soon! Heaps of support. 😊
Good work mate. Great to see the fish room working so well.
much easier way to split the pots is to soak them for a bit and take to them with a hack saw. Then maybe you can use pliers or the tile cutter type pliers to shape the pots the way you need them.
Love the fish room!
Thank you
I love your vedioes and i used your method of breeding betta fish and and the results were amazing
How you guys gained so much knowledge on fish and breeding etc at this young age.....at your age I was excited of having molly and guppy fries😁😁 not known about spawning and stuff.... awesome 😎 man👍❤️
Awesome video and even more awesome fishroom!!!
I love your videos. I started with one tiny goldfish tank and am now completely addicted to fishkeeping 😊🐠🐟
7:27 In my experience those are 2 big females. Bristles only along lip and very small in comparison to size of fish, males always seem to show bristles running up centre of nose.
Wow 130 💯
Thanks
Have you ever tried scoring the pot before smashing with a hammer to give it a line to break along?
Dad didn’t want to leave his kids, poor guys every time they try to be a parent you take their kids lol
Hahahaa
@@KeepingFishSimple Heyy man I'm your biggest fan from philippines
Love your channel bro keep up the good work
Thank you
i have a friend who breeds a good strain of the L144 longfins
Absolutely awesome video nick, all your fish are looking very healthy, your bettas too look great, I've got a butterfly betta they are super amazing
That was awesome.
Hi Nick! How are you going??
Nice to see the black rams!!!
I would like to try to breed some of them too! I bought a pair! But would like to know if you have another pair I could buy from you… I am just a beginner on this… but just love breeding fishes for fun!
Please let me know!!
Cheers, Gus
here for the fish stayed for the cuties
So the black rams,they aren’t really black as such, they’re more just darker heads going into body but still that underlying regular ram pattern /appearance.
I have quite a dark ram, not black in my eyes but one of the darkest I’ve seen in any store in Perth recently. I also had a m/f pair of electric blue balloon belly’s that I got well over a year ago that did not breed UNTIL I bought this dark ram home. Unfortunately I bought the dark ram I bought home assuming it was a female (therefore I’d have EB male and Eb female plus a second Dark female) BUT after a week or so I realised the Dark was actually a male. Firstly the two Ebs spawned, no luck in first attempt. All three rams were in together and a couple of weeks later I saw eggs in a rock so the EB’ balloon belly pair had spawned again. This time some hatched, out of 11 I could count I now have 8 juvies which are approx 11.5 weeks old. 5 are very tall in the body as from their back to under belly if you get my drift and most of those 5 are shimmery blue , some with typical ram patterns appearing. 2 others are only half that height and have much darker heads and 1 other is between body shapes also with a darker head. I unsure if the 5 with kinda taller body could possibly be a lil balloon bellyish which would explain the body shape. The 2 less taller darker heads may just be regular body size but it’s odd how those two are way smaller all over than all the rest (all from one spawn). There’s very little videos if any at all of young balloon belly rams in general and I haven’t found many vids in 10 week or so darker rams to compare my 3 darker head ones n see if they are possibly on way to being “darker” rams, although I’m 100% sure the parents were both EB balloon belly’s.
About 3 weeks ago I had all e rams back in my Kubotai tank together and the dark male spawned with the EB BElly female. In the first day they started (EB female started bullying the EB male ((she’d had first fry with) but now she’s with darky, lol ) EB male seemed very timid and was losing his stunning blue shimmer n hiding . She almost looked like she’d reversed roles and she looked more male than he did, longer crown and ribbon fins. I removed the EB male as I really didn’t think he was looking well, sadly he passed a few days later.
EB female and Dark male hatched there eggs n guarded them well…lost if fry maybe 60 or so.
Next morning still looking good. Day after I woke to see only half the amount but still positive …next morning I couldn’t see any fry at all. Searched n searched over next day and then found about 8. Did t know if mumma was eating a few or they’d just died.?
I pipetted out what fry I could find n p,aced in a holder. That was 5 days ago. I only have 6 fry now but that’s ok.
Over last 4 days the water was slightly off , amonia a lil up, nitrite a teeny bit up and same with nitrate. Water change…water change n water change over those days but still not right so I removed both dark n EB into a small tank. Sadly the EB mumma wasn’t looking right yesterday…seeming heavy in her body and swimming with head slightly upwards. Unsure if just age related or age plus water slightly off? Checked on her today she’s still alive but really not sure if she’ll pull thru. It may just be her time as it “may” have been for her EB first bf.
Soooo…where I’m at now…6 fry to the dark / EB Bbelly pair and I’m real,y really praying n hoping all 6 live and I get a few really dark x EB rams. Iv bred other fish over the years and had rams 16 years ago which spawned but never any fry.
If there a way I can send pics of my juvies n dark male ? I’d luv to get your thoughts on this juvie body shape difference, thoughts on the 3 darker headed juvies n whether that’s a sign of being a dark ram and show my dark ram male.
I’m Lisa Saxon in (fb)messenger …I’m in Perth ….be really helpful to be able toco late pics of your darker juvies at similar age…
I think I follow your fb store thingy/you.
Cheers..Lisa
Last two days the water Paramus have been a lil off
This is what I’m watching your vid right now.
10 minutes in and I'm thinking.. hold on, where are the black rams? Forgot what I searched for a minute lol
This is my first time on your channel and oh my you guys have your hands full 😂 would hate to be on water change days
How long do you keep Babies Rams with their parents? Have you kept Convicts Cichlids?
Awesome vlog💛💛💛
How long does it take from the cycle of fry to breeding again and also how long before fry become juvenile size and can be in a tank with other species
Hey nick, have you ever had water fleas? My shrimp tank is overrun with them and they are starting to eat plants and outcompete the shrimp. Do you have any tips?
Hey Nick,
Just a suggestion mayve you could invest in a cheap grinder with a tile cutting disc so you can cut the pots better instead of uneven breaks or useless wastages.
Sir ive a few questions
1.Can you explain if its safe to use the branches of the botanicals you collected or only the dried leaves & seeds etc..
2.Can you say if a female ram stops growing once it gets sexually mature and starts laying eggs?
3.Can you isolate females and power grow them to get larger sizes resulting in large broods of eggs?
4. What age do you recommend breeding the rams so they have maximum growth and egg/ fry?
Nice.
So where's the link to Justin's channel?
Lol it’s never there.
I'm from New Zealand could you use ferns for the tank?
Get a 4inch grinder with stone blade
Hiiii! I have a quick question. I had one angel fish in my tank. Its like 6 month old so pretty big. And today I just bought a new one ( angel fish) ...And for some reason big one chases new one ( small one) Idk if its just because its small or myb territory thing. But yeah, any advice?
Great Video!
If you are after a female L144 I will swap for a male👍
Hello after how long should I separate ram parents from fingerlings? Thanks
Blue Black pairs
Hey Nick are they your black rams getting around in brisbane lately?
How many gallons are the big grow out tanks?
Are your peppermint's L183?
What’s the blue liquid you used in the water?
I just got some black rams how can I differ male from female?
Do you have dark knight rams by any chance..
Hey i have a question , doesnt have to do with the video but anyone plz answer i need help . I bought a spinge filter made for 80 gallon fishtank and i have a 75 would that be fine for filtration ? I will be keeping mollies in it .
Just found ur chanel mate its awesome go hard how do we place an order for fish
Hey I have a question. I recently got 3 fishes two balloon belly mollies (black/white silver?) and a painted platy. I believe the black b. molly and platy are females since they don’t have a pointed fin under their bellies and the other white/silver balloon molly is male since it has a pointed fin under belly. The black one is the biggest but not too big and it chases the male white b. molly. Is that normal or a sign of aggression? The black one doesn’t really bother the platy only sometimes but it always chases the white b. molly. Do you know what that means? The tank is 5gal
can you please sell more peppermint plecos i cant find them anywhere
and keep up the good work
Could you breed apistogrammas again
Looking at the size of those lemon bristlenoses, the males bristles should be waaaay more developed, and along the centre of his forehead. If you ask me I'd say you've got 2 young females and the third much older female unfortunately
please help me
I am new to this hobby and I got a 6 Gallon Tank and I want a Very Hardy And Beautiful Fish to keep so please suggest me.
And thx 😊
Hi bro , which software do you use for making your video thumbnail ?
Canva
Hi Nick, I notice that there were snails in the rainbow fish breeding mops. Do they predate the eggs, or are there so many it doesn't matter? Many thanks.
Hi! They do but it doesn’t matter too much. If you were trying to go commercial you’d remove them.
Actual info about Black Rams doesn't start until 13:04 so out of a 19 minute video ABOUT BLACK RAMS, you get 6 minutes of actual Black Ram talk.
Buy yourself a wet tile saw their $60-$90(bought mine to cuts rocks for flat bottoms to aquascape easier) and your pots won't have sharp edges that cut your fish, no wastage on broken pots and perfectly even every time oh and the diamond or tungsten carbide blade will last you forever. Also wear respirators whilst cutting as the terracotta pots probably have silica dust which is extremely bad for your lungs.
Stop wasting money and hurting your fish do the right thing and buy a wet tile saw even a cheap chinese one.
I want to start to breed rams can you give me any tips
Run em hot
Remove the female after you see the male fertilizing the eggs. Because she’ll eat her own babies 😵💫
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