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 | Will Gold/Blue rams pair off? |
rewd Big Fish Posts: 351 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2003   | I want blue rams for my 75gallon community but I recently found a pair of stunning gold rams as well. I'm worried that if I buy a pair of each that they will pair off and produce hybrids--which I don't want. Does anyone have experience keeping both together? |
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Shannen   Banned Posts: 1160 Kudos: 1686 Votes: 98 Registered: 17-Feb-2004 | They would not be hybrids. They are the same species, just dif color morphs. There should be no problems. |
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| rewd Big Fish Posts: 351 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2003 | Yea sorry not hybrids.. my choice of wording wasn't the best. Wouldn't a german blue ram crossed with a gold ram create a not so nice looking cross? All of these rams have beautiful coloring... I'd like to keep it that way. |
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jasonpisani  *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003  | I think that they'll breed without any problems. They are the same, just different colour. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
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sirbooks     Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004  | As per your second question, they would be happy to breed and produce offspring. The babies most likely wouldn't look nearly as nice as the parents, though you never know... I haven't personally seen a blue-gold ram, so I can't offer a valid answer. However, I still feel that the fry wouldn't look that great. |
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| rewd Big Fish Posts: 351 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2003 | Yea that's exactly what I'm afraid of. I don't want to take a chance on getting a pair of each and ending up with mixes. Oh well... looks like I have a decision to make. :%) |
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Untitled No. 4 Big Fish Posts: 488 Kudos: 452 Votes: 33 Registered: 07-Nov-2004  | If you get pairs that have bonded, they're not likely going to start swinging all of the sudden. If you just get four, two males of each and two females of each, anything can happen. I think it would be best to start with one of either, let them go through life's bonding experiences (mortgage, attempts to breed, etc.) and then continue with the others. That way you minimise the risk of them thinking that the grass is golder/bluer on the other side of the tank. |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Usually more fry would come out the true german blue morph, and the others will come out gold. I doubt you'll get a hybrid or a fish with mixed colors, it depends on the genes. Example: Koi angelfish breeding with a black angelfish would most likely give you both koi and black angelfish, of course, in different amounts. In some fish, you may get more black in the koi though. Another is the albino convicts breeding with black bars, you'll usually get alot more black bars than the albino. |
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| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | "Example: Koi angelfish breeding with a black angelfish would most likely give you both koi and black angelfish, of course, in different amounts. In some fish, you may get more black in the koi though." Black x koi results in mostly koi, several pure golds, and the one or two odd blacks. I believe the numbers are actually around 50-25-25, but most blacks are actually dark zebras. |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Just to clarify, when i meant more black in the koi, i meant more black in the koi literally  (I think your thinking I said more black than the koi) |
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| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Ah, sorry about that. |
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