MD MERCH CLICK HERE: md-fish-tanks.creator-spring.com So due to the sad and unfortunate passing of the male german blue ram due to internal parasites, I'm moving the female from the tank over to the dirted tank that houses a male golden ram. Hopefully we can get these guys to breed and get some interesting colour morphs from them! Equipment (all links affiliate): GOOD BUDGET LIGHT:: US amzn.to/2MDfjk1 UK amzn.to/3iYlfQQ SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3t6HOHD UK amzn.to/3orIdRv CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO Amazon UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL
Hi MD, when I used to breed Rams I found the key to be low PH. Like below 5 for any kind of success. Plus 28 degrees C. Also no other fish in the tank, or shrimp, or snails. Shrimp and fish will either get killed by the Rams or eat the eggs / wrigglers. Snails will eat the eggs during lights out. Good luck.
The plants that are melting just need to be trimmed. Pick the shoots you want and trim the rest and you'll see better growth overall. Great video as usual, keep it up!
German Rams, even @ they healthiest & peak water conditions last just 12-18 mos on average b4 succumbing to the end of their natural life cycle. They hv a span of a house fly, unlike their cousins the Bolivian Rams. These S.American Dwarf Cichlids are the most underrated fishes in the fishkeeping hobby in my upmost opinion. Very peaceful, very hearty & only color up more & more w/ age..., which can easily surpass 5 yrs. An Absolutely Delightful Specimen to consider, especially for those initially branching out into the S.American Dwarf Cichlid genre.
Introducing a female ram into a male established territory can be tricky. That is the case with cichlids, they are smart, and sometimes putting a female and a male together aint that successful. They like to pick their own partners. Getting a group of a couple males and females will get you a healthier pair, I also found that pairs that get to choose their own partner have better care for their fry. Where as forced pairs more often eat the eggs or the young because they can get frustrated with their partner. Love the tank. Hope the rams will do great!
I’ll be following the rams with great interest - I think I’ve managed to get a M/F pair, and it’s my first time keeping GBRs, and my first time messing around with encouraging breeding behavior. I also need to go back and re-watch the earlier Kribensis videos - see if I can pick up anything else I can do because I’ve also recently gotten my first pair of Kribs!
I love the Ram tank!!! I've been following for a couple years now and you sure come a long way from when you hated to do trimming. LOL. Your tanks look great!
Really enjoying your channel MD! Enjoying your builds and creativity. Keep up the good work and information. I'm Sooo jealous of your water parameters. Where I am in the states, pH 8 and high hardness. Our water tastes really good! Only a fish keeper would be willing to sacrifice taste for softer water, LoL. It's nice our water buffers well so I don't have to do water changes as readily once a tank establishes, but I can't do Rams, and many of the Tetras I would like to keep. Certain plants melt as well in our hard water. Did OK chasing parameters for a while, definitely best to work with what you have. Thanks again for sharing you hobby. Look forward to your next video.
I have watched ALL of your videos and you have made me miss my tanks sooo much! I am making my list now to start up a small tank on a very low budget :) I cannot wait !! Thank you and very much looking forward to more videos :D
Great as usual MD. As per your advice been keeping on top of the plants. I notice they grow faster than my indoor plants. Since it's fall almost winter and we keep the indoor temp at 70-75 degree should i be aware of the water temperature during fall winter.
Just a question not related to your video. How to switch substrate in established planted tank? I have white sand right now want to switch in to black sand.
i actually got a german blue ram at the very start of my aquarium, no one warned me about them... they gave me 3 males and 1 female lol. female laid eggs and they all vanished after an hour
I have an issue with floating plants getting mold on them. I think it might have something to do with the water evaporating but I'm not sure. I've tried salvinia and red root floaters. There's no lid on the tank to trap moisture
Hello,would it be cheeky to ask for some of your cuttings if you had any spare of the red plants you have as I cannot source any near me at all. Thanks
Can you please explain the light and the chopping board. Are they two separate items or not. I know you've put links up before, but I'm still a bit confused. Thanks
Did you have a look at the half moons, I bought German blue rams and died with in the same week, considering there where added to an aquarium with fish already and there all fine 🤔
Hey Man! I tried to get a pair of rams together and I only left them together for about 10 minutes and they were bickering a lot and I felt like I should separate them. I'm wondering if I should've left them together longer. And how long would you let them try and figure out before departing them in case it doesn't work ? Lovely video by the way! Thank you.
one time, while trying to get out all of my emperor tera from a 20 long, i took out all the plants and wood and drained the tank, and the next day after i rebuilt everything, there was still one emperor in the tank. i left him in, still have him
Silly question but how do you find tanks that perfectly fit that acrylic light? I've been looking to setup a 5 gallon beta tank but I can't seem to find the perfect pair of a low iron rimless tank that fits that light
Check his equipment list that can be found in the description area of his videos for the equipment he uses and link. You should be able to find something that way. Cheers.
Yes, moss grows from a single little strand. If you trim moss, and don't get all the cuttings out they will float all throughout the tank and grow somewhere. You'll have too much moss.
Hi MD, I was just wondering, do your filters make noise? Because my filters (internal and hang-on-back ones) all make noise. Not that loud, but just enough to notice and annoy me.
I’m at the point of filling my newly started planted 150l tank.. already have 20 neons to start.. thinking of just keeping it an all tetra type tank.. thoughts?
I would not go mixing too many different types of tetra although there's no reason why you couldn't, if you want a spectacular display get yourself another 30 neons. A shoal of 20 is impressive but get a shoal of 50 and they are amazing. Another reasonable sized shoal of cory cats, maybe 15? Again, when in large shoals they display their true nature.
I have been trying to get a pair of german (electric) blue rams, but because they're so young in the store, I keep getting all males 🙈... So difficult to tell the difference between a male or a female, that the shopkeepers at my local petstore keeps mixing them up and sells me all males. Two weeks ago I got a "regular" german blue (supposedly female) but now my electric blue is chasing and nibbing it, and it looks like the newcomer might be male... (AGAIN...)
Sorry MD for losing the male ram. Actually am a new gbr mommy... So... I see them eat... They do eat... But in between they spit out. And then I have always kept angels and their belly protrudes when they have a tummy full of food. But gbr tummies havent gone big like that. Dont know how a sunken belly looks like. Their bellies look even... Flat. Is that normal? Please if someone can gude me on this.
I did drop you a message to say pets at home in Taunton always have golden rams, probably female. You didn’t reply. Don’t know if they still have em or not but worth a call. They’re fish range is always healthy
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So due to the sad and unfortunate passing of the male german blue ram due to internal parasites, I'm moving the female from the tank over to the dirted tank that houses a male golden ram. Hopefully we can get these guys to breed and get some interesting colour morphs from them!
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Is that because you keep your Rams too cold?
Hi MD, when I used to breed Rams I found the key to be low PH. Like below 5 for any kind of success. Plus 28 degrees C. Also no other fish in the tank, or shrimp, or snails. Shrimp and fish will either get killed by the Rams or eat the eggs / wrigglers. Snails will eat the eggs during lights out. Good luck.
Same here, and having any other rams in there seemed to result in the parents eating the eggs or fry.
Oh my god, I'm having cardinal tetras as their tankmates... I do need to find some lady german blues first, because heck, I only get guys 🙈...
The plants that are melting just need to be trimmed. Pick the shoots you want and trim the rest and you'll see better growth overall. Great video as usual, keep it up!
1:57 I literally went back just to hear him say "don't be afraid" 😂
Really enjoying the updates and maintenance videos MD! Seems like more sustainable content than constant new tank builds
Ive always done this :) build video at the weekend, updates in the week. If its a really big build, sometimes i split into multiple parts though.
Fingers crossed they pair up. Rams can be tricky little fish.
My Golden and Electric Blue “got it on” in my 45g community tank. Absolutely awesome process
German Rams, even @ they healthiest & peak water conditions last just 12-18 mos on average b4 succumbing to the end of their natural life cycle. They hv a span of a house fly, unlike their cousins the Bolivian Rams. These S.American Dwarf Cichlids are the most underrated fishes in the fishkeeping hobby in my upmost opinion. Very peaceful, very hearty & only color up more & more w/ age..., which can easily surpass 5 yrs. An Absolutely Delightful Specimen to consider, especially for those initially branching out into the S.American Dwarf Cichlid genre.
Introducing a female ram into a male established territory can be tricky. That is the case with cichlids, they are smart, and sometimes putting a female and a male together aint that successful. They like to pick their own partners. Getting a group of a couple males and females will get you a healthier pair, I also found that pairs that get to choose their own partner have better care for their fry. Where as forced pairs more often eat the eggs or the young because they can get frustrated with their partner.
Love the tank. Hope the rams will do great!
This is solid dating advice and a how not to choose your baby daddy or mumma!
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@@Shadowspets ITS TRUE THO! Fish Facts ergo Human Facts!
@@solaris025 haha does make sense doesn’t it 😁 thanks for the laugh, cuz your reply cracked me up so hard 🤣
This is what gets me thru cardio in the mornings :) (6am)
I don’t get it 🧐
So sorry to hear about your German Blue Ram. You did your best MD
Those rams are so vibrant and amazing! Also ur rasbora tank looks sooooo good.
Look forward to seeing how their relationship progresses
19:13 hey honey! hey... 😂😂😂😂
It's always good to see your beautiful tanks. I wish I had such a big planted tank with colorful fish as your. ❤️
I would totally set up a few cameras to see them when your not in there lol. Best TV ever...🐟tube!
I’ll be following the rams with great interest - I think I’ve managed to get a M/F pair, and it’s my first time keeping GBRs, and my first time messing around with encouraging breeding behavior.
I also need to go back and re-watch the earlier Kribensis videos - see if I can pick up anything else I can do because I’ve also recently gotten my first pair of Kribs!
I got my first pair of kribs a little while back, and they paired up super quick and seem to be happy and vibrant. Hopefully you get the same luck!
The blue electric ram are making lots of dirt. But they are beautiful
I'm up at 3 am working by 4 am. 6am is sleeping in. :)
I love the Ram tank!!! I've been following for a couple years now and you sure come a long way from when you hated to do trimming. LOL. Your tanks look great!
Do you have a video of how you set up that no filter bowl?
Good luck! I’d love to see their babies.
Really enjoying your channel MD! Enjoying your builds and creativity. Keep up the good work and information. I'm Sooo jealous of your water parameters. Where I am in the states, pH 8 and high hardness. Our water tastes really good! Only a fish keeper would be willing to sacrifice taste for softer water, LoL. It's nice our water buffers well so I don't have to do water changes as readily once a tank establishes, but I can't do Rams, and many of the Tetras I would like to keep. Certain plants melt as well in our hard water. Did OK chasing parameters for a while, definitely best to work with what you have. Thanks again for sharing you hobby. Look forward to your next video.
Do you ever have fish jump out of the tanks? I see you have no lids, but you also have the water level lower
I have watched ALL of your videos and you have made me miss my tanks sooo much! I am making my list now to start up a small tank on a very low budget :) I cannot wait !! Thank you and very much looking forward to more videos :D
It is sad about the parasites, but I can't wait see how the tank develops
heyyy md i had a pair of rams succum to parasites too:/.....but it all part of the process
Very good idea with ramirezzi
Looking forward to some results from their hanky panky 😉😂🐟🐠
Rams need softer water w/temp warmer 80-84 F and low low nitrates or they tend to not do well. Good luck time 💕
Great as usual MD. As per your advice been keeping on top of the plants. I notice they grow faster than my indoor plants. Since it's fall almost winter and we keep the indoor temp at 70-75 degree should i be aware of the water temperature during fall winter.
LOL wolf whistle.....
Just a question not related to your video. How to switch substrate in established planted tank? I have white sand right now want to switch in to black sand.
Can't wait to see your next new scape.
Great video as always, MD :)
I had amano shrimp breed in fresh water didn’t even realise until I emptied the tank that there was loads of little 1’s
Wow, How did you make that bowl tank algae free on the glass without a filter? That's really unbelievable!
Heavily planted with fast growing plants and relatively light bioload, if you strike the right balance the algae will be very minimal
@@JDS8 Thanks for your explanation!
I wouldn’t put the female ram in the clear I would quarantine her and retreat her. It’s likely if the male was a carrier she is as well.
i actually got a german blue ram at the very start of my aquarium, no one warned me about them... they gave me 3 males and 1 female lol. female laid eggs and they all vanished after an hour
I have an issue with floating plants getting mold on them. I think it might have something to do with the water evaporating but I'm not sure. I've tried salvinia and red root floaters. There's no lid on the tank to trap moisture
Same but with me it was condensation on the lid.
You should get black Rams they are really awesome
Hi md how did u heat ur old shed. Was it a oil radiator did it have a thermostat on it . Thanks 👍
Nice watch
Wow amazing
Can you sell your tap water as merch? Like... I'll buy that shit by the barrel load xD I want your magic water to grow plants like that without c02 :(
Could you leave a link to what sponge filters you use for the shrimps, please and thank you !
Going to be a Boxing match with the Rams
can you tell what tool are you using for removing white aquarium stain which you use before planting an aquarium please 😂
I’m no expert but in my experience rams love a nice flat pebble or stone to lay their eggs on 👍🏼
I have a question. Wouldn't the German Blue Ram dig up the dirt in a dirted tank when they breed or just from them sifting through the cap?
My anxiety when you were trimming the no filter bowl… 😧😂
Is it ok to just have aqua soil but no other medium on top?
Amano Shrimp DO breed in freshwater. Their fry wont survive in it. There u DO need brackish water.
8:47 what kind of shrimps are they?
Low grade skittles cherry shrimp i believe
They are not red though.. But do they breed in freshwater?
@@kannadiga3644 they are ammano shrimps
@@thesmartcuber8418 I read that amano breed only in brackish water..
@@kannadiga3644 They can breed in bot no worries
For breeding the rams you need a round pebble and they will lay their eggs on that pebble
Hello,would it be cheeky to ask for some of your cuttings if you had any spare of the red plants you have as I cannot source any near me at all. Thanks
Can you please explain the light and the chopping board. Are they two separate items or not. I know you've put links up before, but I'm still a bit confused. Thanks
Baby making … love at first sight … ,Man U r so hilarious and I bet u can romance ur fishes 😀🥰
How do you keep you plants so green?
Did you have a look at the half moons, I bought German blue rams and died with in the same week, considering there where added to an aquarium with fish already and there all fine 🤔
That's why I never did live plants, even though it looks phenomenal. Too hard to either See or Catch the actual fish in there
Love your content!
Hey Man! I tried to get a pair of rams together and I only left them together for about 10 minutes and they were bickering a lot and I felt like I should separate them. I'm wondering if I should've left them together longer. And how long would you let them try and figure out before departing them in case it doesn't work ? Lovely video by the way! Thank you.
I had the same problem with any type of ram i bought the colour faded quickly and the belly would sink then died
Anyone can tell me what the very long leaf plant in the sparkling gourami tank is?
Does some more on Shrimp 👌👍
Love your videos man, you have got me back into aquascaping! You say you heat the rooms, not the tanks? What temp is your room? Cheers
one time, while trying to get out all of my emperor tera from a 20 long, i took out all the plants and wood and drained the tank, and the next day after i rebuilt everything, there was still one emperor in the tank. i left him in, still have him
Sloppy job, bro.
Silly question but how do you find tanks that perfectly fit that acrylic light? I've been looking to setup a 5 gallon beta tank but I can't seem to find the perfect pair of a low iron rimless tank that fits that light
Check his equipment list that can be found in the description area of his videos for the equipment he uses and link. You should be able to find something that way. Cheers.
Can we use the trimmings of the moss ??
Yes, moss grows from a single little strand. If you trim moss, and don't get all the cuttings out they will float all throughout the tank and grow somewhere. You'll have too much moss.
Could you get more rams for the golden ram tank buy mix of rams
What kind of light are you using on that tank?
Hi can u make a video with the best starter fish?
Hi MD, I was just wondering, do your filters make noise? Because my filters (internal and hang-on-back ones) all make noise. Not that loud, but just enough to notice and annoy me.
Seus aquários são lindos! (= your aquaria are supercool!!) Greetings from Brazil!!
Just as I bought GBRs 🧐😁
I've set up whole new tanks because I couldn't get fish out of a heavily planted tank before. Lol.... the ONLY downside
Bristlenose pleco breeding tank soon ???
rip german ram
You should feed the fish, and you will catch the fist fast.
Can you scape a fluval flex 15 gallon
Can you please do a black tank? The sand and background?
I’m at the point of filling my newly started planted 150l tank.. already have 20 neons to start.. thinking of just keeping it an all tetra type tank.. thoughts?
I would not go mixing too many different types of tetra although there's no reason why you couldn't, if you want a spectacular display get yourself another 30 neons. A shoal of 20 is impressive but get a shoal of 50 and they are amazing. Another reasonable sized shoal of cory cats, maybe 15? Again, when in large shoals they display their true nature.
@@andystokes8702 awesome advice thank you 😊
Biorb had a study made on bowls and the pose effects on fish.. its online. Show the anti bowl people that study, to shut them up.
I have been trying to get a pair of german (electric) blue rams, but because they're so young in the store, I keep getting all males 🙈... So difficult to tell the difference between a male or a female, that the shopkeepers at my local petstore keeps mixing them up and sells me all males. Two weeks ago I got a "regular" german blue (supposedly female) but now my electric blue is chasing and nibbing it, and it looks like the newcomer might be male... (AGAIN...)
Im assuming your plants thrive like that due to co2 injection? My plants grow so slowly.
He doesn’t use co2 for any of the setups he’s said that multiple times in different videos
@@JustinFromThe206 he doesn't use co2 and use cheap lighting but high intensity..then how come plants do not struggle?
Sorry MD for losing the male ram. Actually am a new gbr mommy... So... I see them eat... They do eat... But in between they spit out. And then I have always kept angels and their belly protrudes when they have a tummy full of food. But gbr tummies havent gone big like that. Dont know how a sunken belly looks like. Their bellies look even... Flat. Is that normal? Please if someone can gude me on this.
Any one know his water parameters? Tap or rain water?
Tap water
Rain water 😂😂
@@bernardoconnor5512 does he have a tank there ? cause must have alot of rain water for all them tanks
@@Sir-Thrax Why would he use rain water ¿?
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Md
I did drop you a message to say pets at home in Taunton always have golden rams, probably female.
You didn’t reply.
Don’t know if they still have em or not but worth a call.
They’re fish range is always healthy
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I have similar pair of rams u have now except the the genders reversed. Male gbr, female gold ram. It definitely wasn't love at 1st sight lol...
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