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Friendly · 05-23-2006, 04:18 PM

Here are two pics of my male and female german blue rams

. Sry if the pics are a bit blurry, as I don't really have the best digital camera. Oh and please excuse the two ugly amazon sword leaves in the background lol (they're really old leaves).

Male GBR (picking on snail)

Female GBR (also picking on snail lol)

I was just wondering, is it normal for them to pump water over their gills when not swimming around or swimming slowly? Kinda like what tetras do. It doesn't seem like they're gasping for air or anything and they have been doing great. They ate on the first day and on the second day they ate from the top and with my other fish. Is this a good sign? Today will be the third day that I have had them.

**Zagz** · 05-23-2006, 04:31 PM

Very nice pics!

rich311k · 05-23-2006, 04:35 PM

Very pretty fish. Eating and active is always a good sign and their colors look great. Congrats on the new fish.

Jchillin · 05-23-2006, 08:34 PM

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I was just wondering, is it normal for them to pump water over their gills when not swimming around or swimming slowly?

Geoghapines, or otherwise known as "Earth sifters", have the ability to sift through substrate and pass it out through their gill plates. This is quite natural for them. Of course, they won't be doing that with large substrates but they go through the motions anyway.

Lonewolfblue · 05-23-2006, 08:39 PM

Perfectly normal...

Nice pics, they look like they are doing very well......

Thebluyak · 05-23-2006, 09:18 PM

very nice fish, I am looking into getting some of my own when I purchase my third tank

Lonewolfblue · 05-23-2006, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Thebluyak

very nice fish, I am looking into getting some of my own when I purchase my third tank

Do we need to medicate you for MTS? hehehe....

Can't wait to see pics.....

Thebluyak · 05-23-2006, 10:07 PM

haha well i was going to go with discus for my 2nd tank, but its to "big" for my apartment managers so im having to downgrade to a new 26 gallon bowfront. So now i have a lightly planted 10, going to have a medium planted 26 gallon bowfront with the blue rams and eventually my 55 gallon barebottem discus tank. Yeah I can see im starting to slide downhill. HAHAHA
ps how many blue rams can i happily fit in a 26 gallon bowfront with a small angel and 5 lemon fin tetras?

Friendly · 05-24-2006, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jchillin

Geoghapines, or otherwise known as "Earth sifters", have the ability to sift through substrate and pass it out through their gill plates. This is quite natural for them. Of course, they won't be doing that with large substrates but they go through the motions anyway.

Oh I see, I was a little worried because I know how sensitive GBRs can be. I'm definitely glad to hear that it's normal behavior.

Btw thanks for the compliments guys!

Lonewolfblue · 05-24-2006, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Thebluyak

haha well i was going to go with discus for my 2nd tank, but its to "big" for my apartment managers so im having to downgrade to a new 26 gallon bowfront. So now i have a lightly planted 10, going to have a medium planted 26 gallon bowfront with the blue rams and eventually my 55 gallon barebottem discus tank. Yeah I can see im starting to slide downhill. HAHAHA
ps how many blue rams can i happily fit in a 26 gallon bowfront with a small angel and 5 lemon fin tetras?

I would say 3, and see if you can try to get 1 male and 2 females. The 26G Bowfront isn't all that wide, and don't want territory problems on such a narrow tank. You wouldn't want to have 2 spawn, and have a male as the 3rd fish, might make his life miserable.

05-23-2006, 04:18 PM	#1
Friendly Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 210 Images: 1	My GBRs =) Here are two pics of my male and female german blue rams . Sry if the pics are a bit blurry, as I don't really have the best digital camera. Oh and please excuse the two ugly amazon sword leaves in the background lol (they're really old leaves). Male GBR (picking on snail) Female GBR (also picking on snail lol) I was just wondering, is it normal for them to pump water over their gills when not swimming around or swimming slowly? Kinda like what tetras do. It doesn't seem like they're gasping for air or anything and they have been doing great. They ate on the first day and on the second day they ate from the top and with my other fish. Is this a good sign? Today will be the third day that I have had them. __________________ friendly_stranger@msn.com

05-23-2006, 08:39 PM	#5
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,870 Images: 7	Perfectly normal... Nice pics, they look like they are doing very well...... __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

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05-23-2006, 04:35 PM	#3
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	Very pretty fish. Eating and active is always a good sign and their colors look great. Congrats on the new fish.

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Thebluyak Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: where the wild things are (NC) Posts: 378	very nice fish, I am looking into getting some of my own when I purchase my third tank

05-23-2006, 10:07 PM	#8
Thebluyak Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: where the wild things are (NC) Posts: 378	haha well i was going to go with discus for my 2nd tank, but its to "big" for my apartment managers so im having to downgrade to a new 26 gallon bowfront. So now i have a lightly planted 10, going to have a medium planted 26 gallon bowfront with the blue rams and eventually my 55 gallon barebottem discus tank. Yeah I can see im starting to slide downhill. HAHAHA ps how many blue rams can i happily fit in a 26 gallon bowfront with a small angel and 5 lemon fin tetras?