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Hi, my pair of blue rams bred in my 38g community tank two nights ago, unfortunatly the other fish ate the eggs.
I wasnt prepared for them to breed, but i still learned alot.

when i went to bed all was normal, in the morning the male had lost his black spot, the female normally has a pink belly which was now bright red and also the yellow in her fins was much stonger. They are both just over an inch long.

i believe that the breeding was brought on by a few things, the day before i had changed 50% of the water (slightly cooler) and introduced live worms, i also turned up the powerhead filter from 80% to 100% so the current was a little stronger.

I have a 20g that is set up for breeding my betas so i may try the Rams in that some time soon.


A few questions

Would the 20g be ok to breed the Rams?

What to feed the fry?

The water parameters in the 38g when they bred;

Temp 27c (80f) though it drops 0.2c overnight as the room is slightly cooler.

ph 6.6-6.8

Water is fairly soft just from the tap.

20 gal. would be fine & you can feed the fry Microworms for the first 2 days & Live Brine Shrimp for the next week.


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