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I saw these rams, it didn't say what kind they are, but they look very odd to me, the body shape is like a body shape of a blood parrot ciclid with the colors of a german ram, all the fins were long, i don't know the if the fish was natural or if it's genes were modified in some way=P

There jumbo rams and are deformed quite alot

After the Dyed Fish & the Parrot Fish, now they are also experimenting on a beautiful colourful fish, as the Ram.

Who needs Jombo Rams, anyway?. Please don't buy them.


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they are probably a ram/ angel hybrid that i have seen at my lfs. it is strange looking for sure. what i have noticed is that most suppliers somehow make some lfs buy them as part of the package. they seem to show up spontaneously in a multitude of stores all at once. my lfs said that his supplier does this every once in a while. that is probably how a lot of the glolite tetras were introduced to so many stores at once. you read about them in the fish magazines and they were in the stores the next week. in my mind, just another unneeded hybrid. are there not enough beautifull "normal" fish out there? is it me, or do the asian breeders seem to be making most of these strange cross-breeds?

I just got back home from the same petstore, it says "balloon rams", I got kicked out for trying to take pictures of it. does anyone have any idea what species were used to create this hybrid?

I'll try to go back the store and take a pics of the "balloon rams" maybe on friday and put it on this site.

I love that you got kicked out for agitation. You get the Tartan Day awardhttp://www.fishprofiles.com/files/threads/28236.1.htm?1#

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Have you checked the Profile of the bolivian ram? It's larger than a german ram. I have seen them being sold by different names.

I've got a fever... and the only prescription... is more cowbell!

I've never seen a jumbo ram. Do you have a pic? I don't want to wind up with one when I go to buy my ram pair. I am slightly angered that they would try to make a perfectly good fish more colorful or whatever. >< People annoy me

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