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Well, I noticed in my 46 gallon that I have a breeding pair of German Rams (Mikrogeophagus ramerizi)!!

Well, since it was the first time for them, I figured that the eggs wouldn't be properly fertilized and just plain fail... well they didn't! The eggs hatched!! Well, I then figured that since most rams have lost their parenting skills that they wouldn't take care of the fry and just leave them to die. They didn't!! The parents were actually pretty good to the fry. The female did a lot of defending while the male tended to the fry, backwards from what I expected but whatever works.

Anyway, I'm wonder if I should let them breed a few more times, or change them over to a breeding tank?

Send a pair to me !

what to do with the parents....leave them in there they are fine. they are obviously good parents so im sure they will be more then happy to breed a few more times in that large tank.

the fry... depends on age what to do with them. eventually they will get to a point where they are just to big and to many to keep in the main tank. they will also be seen as threat to food by the parents once they get to a larger size. leave the fry in there till it seems the parents are uneeded then either put them in another tank or see about store credit

and by the way im not kidding about sending me some. if you got pretty rams im in the market for a nice pair

Voted for: Cycle one of the 2 empty tanks you have and give them their own breeding tank

The things he forgot to mention are: as soon as the fry became free swimming they disappeared, which is likely because he has 1 large and 2 medium angels in the tank with them.

The choice seems obvious to me

><>Dani<><

Both ideas are good. They are very good parents, as they raised the fry, but a breeding tank would be better, as the fry can survive more, without other fish chasing them.



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While setting up setting up one of my empty tanks as a breeding tank would sound like the obvious answer, here is whats keeping me away from doing so:

1) Tanks are NOT cycled
2) 46 gallon has a pH of no greater than 6 and empty tanks have a pH no less than 7.8
3) I would have to catch the rams in a relivitly big and heavily planted tank.
4) Empty tanks don't have the right filtration
5) I'm lazy

If I were to set up the 10 gallon for rams, i would have to get driftwood in there, lower the pH, and get some type of filtration.