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Got some better pics of my rams and neon tetras

Thats the latest pics taken last night:laugh:

nice looking fish there, looking very healthy

I got two bad groups of rams so im really happy these are fine this time round:laugh:

Thanks

I love Bolivian rams. My favorite fish. From your pictures the Rams look malnourished and need a high quality protein diet with some veg as well. Typical I'm afraid to say from my experience when buying them from the lfs. Plenty of sinking pellet food, mashed and skinned peas, frozen bloodworm/brine shrimp, sinking algae/high protein wafers. Flake food is not much use to them. A few weeks time with a good diet and they'll color up nicely and there lovely character will shine through.

ted30 wrote:

I love Bolivian rams. My favorite fish. From your pictures the Rams look malnourished and need a high quality protein diet with some veg as well. Typical I'm afraid to say from my experience when buying them from the lfs. Plenty of sinking pellet food, mashed and skinned peas, frozen bloodworm/brine shrimp, sinking algae/high protein wafers. Flake food is not much use to them. A few weeks time with a good diet and they'll color up nicely and there lovely character will shine through.

I was thinking that ted some of them do look abit sinky:( they were alot worse when i got them from lfs. What veg can i feed them...? Im getting froozen bloodworm for them 2moro none left would 1 block be enough for the 6 of them every two days along with flake....? and they dont seem to like algae flakes. They have some character alright they are mental fish so fun to watch.

alkiely wrote:

I was thinking that ted some of them do look abit sinky:( they were alot worse when i got them from lfs. What veg can i feed them...? Im getting froozen bloodworm for them 2moro none left would 1 block be enough for the 6 of them every two days along with flake....? and they dont seem to like algae flakes. They have some character alright they are mental fish so fun to watch.

Veg once a week. Cooked frozen peas or sweet corn. Take the skins off them and mash them up. Frozen Bloodworm/Brine shrimp once/twice a week. One Block is enough for 6 rams. I forgot to tell ya to break up the algae/protein wafers into small pieces. Mine love hikari wafers. For pellet food I have Hikari Cichlid Gold and New Life spectrum. The pellet food is their staple diet. I got the pellet food from Petstop in Blanchardstown. I also have JBL Tabs with 10% Krill and 8% Spriuline. I break that up into small pieces and mine love that. Fun is the word. Give them the right conditions and they'll breed like rabbits too.

Cheers for that ted,

Im also getting a brine shrimp hatchery soon, I love the rams so fun, i have a spare tank ready for breeding them, I have 1 male maybe two and four females so should have no probs in getting them to mate when they are eating good.

Alan

alkiely wrote:

Cheers for that ted,

Im also getting a brine shrimp hatchery soon, I love the rams so fun, i have a spare tank ready for breeding them, I have 1 male maybe two and four females so should have no probs in getting them to mate when they are eating good.

Alan

My god you'll have your tanks full of fry in know time lol:laugh:

Ha ha:laugh:

I hope so;) that was the plan it will be my first time trying to breed fish, I have had other fish give birth plattys and guppies but well thats easy to do ha ha just leave them to get it on thats it.

Alan

Alan, I agree with everything Ted says on this one. I think they are slighty dull looking also, they need the proper foods and you'd be amazed how much more colourful they will actually get. Once they get the right food, good water and abit of TLC then they will repay you and come into colour during mating etc... Lovely fish in fairness .Tank looks lovely and clean also Alan. What kinda filter have you?

Gavin

hi allan very nice looking rams !

Fishowner wrote:

Alan, I agree with everything Ted says on this one. I think they are slighty dull looking also, they need the proper foods and you'd be amazed how much more colourful they will actually get. Once they get the right food, good water and abit of TLC then they will repay you and come into colour during mating etc... Lovely fish in fairness .Tank looks lovely and clean also Alan. What kinda filter have you?

Gavin

Hi Gavin,

Its just the juwel internal i got with the tank, put alot more fine wool in and removed the carbon media thats all. Ill be getting an external soon:laugh:

I did think they were a bit dull looking, i put that down to only having them a week or so. Im getting froozen bloodworm and Hikari Cichlid food later today. Also ill be getting the shrimp
hatchery from astrid too.

On feeding them veg, peas and sweetcorn. All you do is cook them and remove the shells......?

alkiely wrote:

On feeding them veg, peas and sweetcorn. All you do is cook them and remove the shells......?

Yes all you do is cook them and remove the shells. Don't use the mushy peas in a can or the sweetcorn in a can. I'm talking about the frozen peas/sweetcorn in bags, just so we're on the same page so to speak.

I sometimes feed my fish blanched spinach or courgette, they seem to like it, make sure you take the skin of the courgette as well.

ted30 wrote:

alkiely wrote:

On feeding them veg, peas and sweetcorn. All you do is cook them and remove the shells......?

Yes all you do is cook them and remove the shells. Don't use the mushy peas in a can or the sweetcorn in a can. I'm talking about the frozen peas/sweetcorn in bags, just so we're on the same page so to speak.

Thank god i read this again i was gonna use tinned stuff that i have....

What is the difference between frozen and tinned?

alkiely wrote:

Thank god i read this again i was gonna use tinned stuff that i have....

What is the difference between frozen and tinned?

The canned peas contain water with salt and extra ingredients, same with sweetcorn

ted30 wrote:

alkiely wrote:

Thank god i read this again i was gonna use tinned stuff that i have....

What is the difference between frozen and tinned?

The canned peas contain water with salt and extra ingredients, same with sweetcorn

I have some frozen cucumber im gonna try that later

Had some frozen peas and sweetcorn just feed it to them and they are lovin it.

Thanks for the advice ted, Gavin and astrid.

Alan

Also the pea's are great for fish with constipation. I find chicken vindaloo does the trick!!