This is The ONLY Effective Way to Keep and Breed German Blue Rams
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- I have had quite a few questions regarding what conditions I keep and breed my rams I. To be so successful with them.
My current fry count is in the thousands with many of my fish out there in the hobby as we speak. There are no secrets on this channel and so here it is - the basis to my success.
I hope you enjoy the video. Please like and subscribe and make sure to comment and get the Ram cichlid discussion going.
Thanks to everyone who has subscribed already! I have so many ideas and plans for the near future:)
Cheers!
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I live in Thailand, we have hot weather. I keep my Rams outdoors in unfiltered pots / urns in which i grow water lilies. They breed like crazy on their own and the only think i have to do is supply the babies with small live food that I culture in another container. I also breed betta fish the same way.
That's amazing how your climate permits this practice!!! I am very jealous but I must say that I still enjoy a few months of cold whether in the year:)
Hi bro can I have ur whats ap number ,I am from India, have some doubts
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I love how you are keeping them in the planted tank! I see Dean breeds them like crazy in bare tanks, but my thing has always been keeping fish in as natural environment as possible. I think with Rams the most important thing you can remember is temperature requirements and clean water.
Been into all kinds of cichlids an only just getting back into it after about 4 years with no tank an brought a couple gb rams an thought I'd sus them out on youtube an found your videos keep up the good work an excellent rambling on gets my sub
That is awesome! Thanks so much and welcome to the family:)
I bought a breeding pair about 2 months ago now. I got the second batch of eggs, day before yesterday. First batch of fry are now 11 days old. Getting bigger every day. Got my third brood of angels as well. Now wrigglers but expect them to be free swimming tomorrow. I have watched this video several times. Catch something new every time. Just wanted to say though that I put my rams into a planted tank and they didn't do anything. I put them into another tank that was set up and cycled but had no plants and no gravel. I put in some fake plants and a couple empty clean clay flower pots and bam, 2 broods of eggs. Thanks for your time putting in these awesome videos.
Thanks for your video and detailed explanation. Good job.
Glad it was helpful!
Beautiful and beautiful colors 😍❤💕
Thank you! 😊
Excellent video, great information.
Thank you! Appreciate that so much:)
Keep up the good work!!!!
Thanks!
Nice informative video! Keep it up. 👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks! That means a lot.
Awesome video 👍
Thank you so much! This one was back in the good ol’ days 🤣
Legend!!! Thank you!!
You're welcome!
new sub! great video and yes to the apisto video =)
Sounds good:)
Nice video 👍
Thanks!
Nice lods..
Yes I'm on the hobbiest side of things 😆 love they way you put that. I love my GBR. I'm going to start a new channel just for my 🐠🐟
That's AWESOME! Thank you so much for checking out my video😄 If you ever need help with the ram just send me a message:)
Great video! Still deciding between getting rams or discus.
Emmanuel Vera I'm just a hobbyist but you can keep both rams and discus together as they live in similar requirements especially higher temperatures.
You should definitely get both if you can. I'm planning to get discus again this year.
Great video ! Can you make a video of raising the fry until they're big enough for baby brine shrimp ? I can't seem to get my fry to that size..
I will make sure to do a video on this. It is the hardest time in raising fry:)
Yeah! Do a video about apistos!!! What do you feed your rams, and how many times a day??
I feed them high protein dry foods morning and night and live frozen bloodworms every two days in the morning.
@@JustinsFishRoom thanksssss!!!! What’s high protein? Above 40%?
@@miguelcruz7673 40% and above is perfect for these guys:)
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Thanks!
Great video.. I'm so happy with your information. After ram laying their eggs, how long they takes for laying next eggs?
Thanks, my friend! It really depends on your pair, the water parameters and the temperature. But, speaking from my experience with my pairs, they lay eggs about once a week in their prime reproductive period. Hope this answers your question:)
The problem with keeping the aquarium at 84 to 86 degrees is that most plants don’t like temperatures above 82 max; thus, keeping Rams and Discus in a heavily planted aquarium is a very difficult balance indeed!
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What temperature would you keep Bolivian Rams?
I accidentally focused on the amount of times you said "uhmm" and couldn't hear anything else anymore 😂😅 will watch again tomorrow. Hopefully ill be able to focus on the info then
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How you culture eggs in community tank?
Your fish and aquarium are beautiful, I would really love to get a GBR or 2 for my community tank but the temperature they need to be kept at is putting me off a little, I notice you had Neons - are they ok at the higher temp. I’ve only had my tank running for a few weeks and at present there are 7 neons in there and I’d like to add some more plus Corys and harlequin rasboras but will the higher temp be alright for them all, I’m currently at 26 degrees Celsius, Thank you
Hi there! Thanks for the great question🙂 Yes, I keep my neon tetras at 28°C and they thrive. I think we underestimate the tolerance of domesticated fish.
I added 5 Neon Tetra to my Ram tank - they hated the high temp. I had to relocate them to a guppy tank at 24°C. Much happier after that.
Need an apisto vid my pair come Wednesday and have platys in the aquarium keeping the cycle going
Definitely on the cards :)
Please talk about and show how often & exact procedure you use to do water changes. I just lost my gbr female after a water change. Thanks justin for your help.
Hi there, Barb! Welcome back to the discussion:) I am sorry this has been the case. Before I can help you I need to know a few details.
1. Did you use dechlorinator?
2. How much water did you change?
3. What is the temp of your water in this tank on average?
Another possibility is that it has no correlation to the water change at all. Do you have a picture of the fish that died prior to it dying? If so, send it to one of my social media platforms and I will take a closer look for you.
I will definitely take this suggestion and use it sometime in the near future.
@@JustinsFishRoom hi justin, I have had fish for many years only gbr are a problem 4 me. Used prime in 5 gal bucket with air stone overnight. Tank 82 degrees bucket water under 80 / 78 degrees. Used a pump to refill. Usually I hand fill 1/2 gallon pitcher. 36 gallon tank fully planted lost male last week. Had a spot on his side used pimifix no help.
I'm late to the party it seems but I have two rams that are just cranking out spawns, I have 1 week old fry and they already laid a new set of eggs. Should I take the fry out or the parents? I was gonna try to move the parents and eggs but they moved the eggs from the rocks they were on
pls help
Very informative video. Can I keep german rams with apistogramma in same tank. ?
The short answer is yes. But of course it all depends on how big your tank is with the bigger the space the less aggression. But otherwise you can’t keep the two types together
My rams are on to bout there 8th spawn by day three they always eat there eggs any hints
Hey man so I have a 30 gallon heavily planted and want to get some Rams. I am not interested in breeding. How many Rams can I keep in a 30 gallon and being that I'm not breeding should I still get a mix of males and females? Why do you recommend?
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Whats the ideal tank size for them? Best fish to put them with in your opinion?
I would say, bigger is better. I breed my original pair in my 4 ft by 1 ft by 2 ft community aquarium and they are very successful. In saying that, I have seen people breed rams and keep rams in tanks that measure 609 x 320 x 320 mm and so on. I guess it all depends on how much time you are willing to spend maintaining their water quality etc with bigger tanks having more stable water chemistry.
They are very peaceful cichlids, and so any community fish are a good fit. I would recommend not putting other dwarf cichlids with them. They can become territorial to other fish that fill the same niche they do.
Hope this helps:)
Hi Justin, how many pairs do you have in the planted tank? Do you remove the eggs or wait until they are free swimming?
How often you doing water changes in your planted?
Sorry for all the questions:-)
I just received 4 rams from KFS nice quality 👍
Hi there Gavin! Always happy to answer questions:)
a) At the moment I have 8 pairs in one tank, however, I only recommend one pair or a breeding trio. The reason I have so many is because I'm getting ready to build a fish room
b)My pair are great parents but always lose their fry to the other hungry fish in the community tank. I would recommend, if they are in a community tank, to pull the eggs out and artificially hatch them. If not, then let them have a few goes at parenting their fry:)
c) I only change the water now once a week - especially during a storm - as my planted tank is very stable in terms of water chemistry. I would say do a once weekly 25% water change as a rule of thumb but keep on top of your water parameter tests to tweak that as necessary.
Hope this helps, and Nick and myself are so grateful for you purchase. Happy Ram breeding! Let me know if you have more questions:)
@@JustinsFishRoom cheers for the answers. my rams are currently in my discus tank which gets two water changes a week, trying to catch any rams in there will be fun as it’s 2000 x 700 x 450 deep 😁, the ones I got from you guys are in my QT tank at the moment.
I plan on setting up a planted tank soon so I will move some rams into that tank once it’s settled to see how they go.
Love the videos you guys post and again thanks for the Rams I got sent last week.
@@gavogr69 Enjoy! Let us know how all of that goes - seems like they landed in heaven:)
Do you keep the pistergrome in the same tank as the Ram
No, usually you only keep one species of dwarf cichlid in a tank to prevent any aggression from occurring. Thanks for your good question!
What is the best plants to keep with Ram I just started to keep them my thamp is 80 to 79 and I have him in a 10g tank and is that a good size tank for him and I hope you keep doing youtube videos on the Ram and what thamp do you keep your at and what pH do you have in your tank and I give you youtube videos a five star ✨✨✨✨✨ so can you help me with my Blue Ram
Thanks my friend! Really appreciate it. I would probably say your tank size is fine as long as you focus on maintaining very good water quality and constant temp. You can use any plants in their tank such as crypts, sword plants, cambomba and val. My temperature is 29 degrees celsius and pH is at 7.0. Hope this info helps :)
How do you get them to spawn? Mine are coupled together in a community tank but not spawning. They are old enough over a year old.
Do you definitely have a male and a female? Sometimes if you have two of one sex they can stick together similar to a pair. What is your setup like?
Can you comment on the use of R/O water?
Hey Tim! Thanks for your question. R/O or Reverse Osmosis is great at getting rid of a lot of chemical components in water that could hinder, say, breeding of discus fish or stimulation of breeding etc. Personally, I don't use my R/O system regularly (even though I have one). This is because it is not necessary for a lot of fish. In Brisbane, tap water is pretty good in terms of TDS and all other parameters. I hope this answers your question, if not, let me know what specifically you would like to know:)
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Thanks Vic 🙏🏼
I noticed one of your rams is greenish brown will it color up? Im asking because mine look like that but they are much smaller
Hi there Seweryn! Yes, they do all colour up nicely:)
Is it best to put big plants in your Blue Ram tank I just got me 1 don't no to much about them can you help me with this
Hi there! Yes, you can put one plant in. However, I would recommend putting as many in as possible. The more the better and the reason is that plants are an innate storage unit if you like. The more plants you have the more recycling of nutrients in your tank will take place and, thus, removal of toxic waste such as ammonia (NH3). I hope this helps😄👍
how to prevent them from bredding apart from male female not together
What about keeping bristlenoses with them? Will they eat the eggs?
Hi there David! You can definitely keep BN's with them. I would just suggest keeping a cave with them so they won't be annoying the GBRs too much. Hope this helps.
Thank you Sir for sharing👍
Yes could you do video on breeding the other dwarf cichlid?
How many ram fry do you getfton a single pair?
Also how many pairs do you breed to get 2000 fry?
I will plan a video for the future:) It depends, I can get anywhere between 400 to over 600 from a single spawn. But this is because I have made sure that I have very high quality brood stock.
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Wow at what age do you start breeding them and what's you method to condition parents?
2.Do you artificial hatch eggs or have parents tend to eggs and fry?
3. How often will pair breed if eggs are removed?
@@CrowntailHalfmoon It depends from pair to pair. Ultimately, its a good idea to see what your setup and/or pair require. I would recommend feeding high quality cichlid dry food and frozen live food. I recommend you try see first if you can keep the fry with the parents, but if they don't do well after a couple of spawns then pull the fry out and raise them yourself. Again, it depends on the pair. Because my pair are very healthy and get a good diet and have very clean water, they spawn about once a week.
Hope this helps:)
What size tank are you keeping the rams?
I have the adults in a 4 ft aquarium 👍🙂
Can you keep Apistogramma and ram to gather in the same tank
You definitely can Andre🙂👍 it just depends on how big your tank is and how much cover there is. I wouldn’t keep more than one pair of dwarf cichlids in a tank smaller than a 4 ft aquarium
Can i mix the german,blue and golden yellow together?
Check out my latest video where I answer this 🙂🙏
Can these guys go with guppies, Cory’s and Tetras
You can definitely put them with live bearers and I know people who put them with Endlers as dither fish. Tetras and corys are also great but obviously different types will have different requirements that may or may not line up with Rams so just do some research 😀👍
Hey what's the secret behind all these lush green plants
Hi there Jagdeep! Unfortunately I don’t have a secret on that. I guess they just thrive off the nutrient rich substrate. Which plant was it that you saw?
Do you keep them in soft water ?
The water here in Brisbane is actually quite hard🙂👍
Hello
Do you think I can keep 1 German blue RAM in a 20L tank?
Hey there Jason. You could keep one in that tank, however, I wouldn't recommend it. 20 litres may be too small to heat effectively to keep the ram healthy and happy. Is there a possibility you could get a bigger tank? If not, maybe consider Apistogrammas as they do not need the same heating as GBRs
Can I make the Dark ram strain from Germen blues 🥺
Short answer is yes, you definitely can. However, it will take a considerable amount of time and dedication to get a black fish
Do you ship Ram to the us and how much do you sell them for
Hi there Andre. Unfortunately, we don't ship fish outside of Australia. But thank you so much for your interest!
And what do you feed them
Dry foods such as flake and high protein pellets (above 40% protein) and frozen live food.
I bought a pair of German Blue Rams on two different occasions, a few months apart, and both pairs only lasted a week or so before perishing. Tank was at 29 degrees, and master test kit showed PH 7.0, High Range PH 7.4, Ammonia 0.25ppm, Nitrite 0.00ppm, Nitrate 20.0 ppm. Community tank but with one large Blue Gourami as the aggressor, perhaps this may have contributed to their demise (although he never chased them?)
Do you have a water softener?
@@jb45south I don’t; if I added it do you think it would help? Since the death of those Rams, I have added two Malawi cichlids and a Firemouth cichlid they seem to be thriving?
Could i keep a pair in a 17 gallon?
Yes you can. Just make sure you keep up water changes and keep checking your pH for inconsistency
Hi Justin. Your videos are great for beginners and I like your style, as an Aquatic Biologist in Southern Australia however the titles are blown out of proportion and misleading also you stated the mikrogeophegus are from the Amazon Basin, this is incorrect as they are from the Orinoco basin including the Rio Meta drainage. I hope this is taken as feedback and not criticism and will check in on your well edited videos in future. All the best.
Thanks Simon. Yes, these videos are quite outdated now and I do apologise for any misleading facts I gave. These were things that I heard from other fish keepers that I should have corroborated. Thanks and have a great week
Hi Justin I have just watch your video and you said that your baby rams were in a tank that you are cycling will that not kill them I thought rams could only be kept in a well cycle mature tank sorry for being a pain 🤔😁🤣
Hi there, David! No, that is a great question. My first lot of babies did perfectly fine in a tank that was not completely cycled. However, due to this video being a little bit older, my practices have changed many times. My grow outs that I do maintain now were cycled for three months will substrate and filtration media and dither fish to kick start the system. Let me know if I can clarify further:)
Apistogramma vids pls
On the list:)
Question could I have 6 plattys 5 panda Cory Corys and 1 electric blue ram in a 36 gallon
I think it is definitely doable. All of those fish seem compatible enough and if you keep the water quality good, a pair rams would do really well in that setup😉
@@JustinsFishRoom so I could do 2 rams instead of 1 and it would be fine
@@GoogleAccount-be5jl Yes, just make sure you have a lot of cover.
do u know if a blue ram female breed with the usual variety of male ram fish!
Yes, a very commonly asked question believe it or not. I explain this in two ways. 1) Microgeophagus ramirezii is the fish's scientific name. All of those colour and shape varieties are still a part of this classification and, hence, can create inter-specific hybrids with each other. 2) In my experience, Rams do seem to pair off with others of a similar colour to themselves over a ram that looks very different but it is possible and has been done:)
My RAMs is so shy they always hiding in the rock or behind of filter, but only one time they came out for eat food
Hi there, mate! What other fish do you have in the aquarium? What temp is the water and how big is the tank?
@@JustinsFishRoom my tank's is about 24 gallons and i keep angelfish, parrot fish and gold fish, the temp is stable in 26-28
@@mufidirawan7987 It could be that they are overwhelmed by the number of larger fish and especially because you have larger cichlids in their with them. Your temperature seems good. Maybe try put more plants and cover in there to make them feel more confident to venture out:)
@@JustinsFishRoom thanks for the information about my fish condition 👍
@@mufidirawan7987 All good, my friend:)
Is a 10 gallon tank to small for 1 Ram
I would say 10 gallons may be okay for a ram if you have the tank in a centrally heated area. The reason I say this is due to the fact that in a smaller volume of water, the temp can fluctuate quite a lot. Also, to prevent fluctuations in water chemistry I would suggest doing regular water changes. Hope this helps:)
do you sell them would love to buy a male and female pair.
Check out my FB page @Aussie Ram Farm
The topic should be raised that they are fish that are suitable for Aquarium as apposed to 'monster fish keepers' that dont care for their fish they just stick them in a box or a tiny pond thinking their special.......but dont get me wrong cause some people keep fish in way too small aquarium for even Ram / dwarf cichlids/ dwarf pleco or tetra shouldnt even be in, in fact Tetra shoul and therefore should be in a range of up to around two dozen in a 6ft tank, with the other species stated for instance, to be correct and factual
I can keep and breed Apistos but I can’t keep Rams alive for very long.
This seems to be the general consensus when it comes to the dwarf cichlids. However, that is why I am doing these videos, so people that face the same predicament as you can having a fighting chance 😄👍
The "ONLY effective way"? A little pretentious, no. Saying a planted tank is the only way to breed them, then saying "Well, if youre commercial or dont have time for plants, but this is aimed at beginners". Yeah, okay. Id wager most hobbyist breeders (especially beginners who dont usually keep live plants) who breed them for fun do it in bare tanks. Also, Neon Tetras are a terrible tankmate as they require much cooler temps.
You made some great points! The title is purely just to attract attention. You are very right about the neon tetras too - they do like cold water but I have had no problems keeping them with rams at all. The points made in the video are a guide and you don't have to follow them and I have found they work best. I appreciate your input and respect your opinions. Thank you and I hope you have a really great day:)
Just saying the ONLY way is cocky and annoying. You know damn well there’s other ways. Confused why you word it that way.
I appreciate your input🙂 The title is just to attract attention. Have a good evening 👍
Calm down Nancy.