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NICE Zagz, great looking pics. The interest in this thread amazes me, but I think it definitely gets off-track (present company included). Spawns and fry are great, but what we are trying to get to the bottom of is why Rams die!!!! After participation in this thread for, i dunno, 6 months+...

Do you mean the cylinder/regulator? I'll play it safe and assume so:

Man, it stinks to read the difficulties people have. But I believe that is the goal of this thread: to debunk the "mystery" of why rams die so seemingly randomly and without cause! I personally suspect my three are less than healthy, they seem really jittery and dart around really fast when I...

Well my luck is not as good as I would hope. They are eating the eggs again, to my dismay. Hopefully next time the removal of most tankmates will help.

Did you leave the light on all night? Is it on a timer?

the actinic DOES bring out fish colors. I had 2x55watts over my 29gallon, one actinic and one 6700K. the fish looked awesome, but there was not that strong sense of green. If you wanna see the differnence, check out the photos on the right side of this page, you will be able to tell which...

two pairs of dwarf cichlids in the 55 gallon would be okay, regardless of sump. Sump will just give you better biological filtration. You would just need to make sure there are two distinct territories on each end of the tank, allowing them space if they breed. Sounds like a cool setup...

Quick photo tips: -make sure the camera is still, setting it on something usually helps (your shots arne't blurry though) -take pictures at night with no other lights on -often helps to reduce the exposure if you can I like the tank, and I second your thoughts on a black background. Nothing...

JC, duly noted and edited :) A second round of eggs has found it's way onto my driftwood. I only regret that they spawned before I had a chance to remove their tankbuddies. I guess we'll see how this batch does, and consider removing others next time if need-be! I'll keep ya posted...

volume: 29 g dimensions: 30LX12Wx18H light: 2x55 watts CF (6700K) Level: very high volume: 29 g dimensions: 30LX12Wx18H light: 2x20 watts NOF (6700K) Level: low(+) note: grows (asian) ambulia very well, ludwigia repens grows okay as does rotala rotundifolia and sunset hygro.

Heh congrats, Maxwell. That billy is *beep*! That's a lot of eggs man, did they eat the first batch? I'm pretty sure my female is getting ready again, as the "ovipositer" (sp?) is protruding again. I'm actually planning on getting rid of the black neons, rasboras, guppies, and the lonely...

Skyrmir, congrats on the eggs, and I'm not suprised that the mating pair may have stressed the extra female too much. I know my odd-man-out barely survived the spawn! I have a question regarding the adjustment of ph/kh/gh using peat and/or driftwood. I understand that rams enjoy a pH closer...

I'm definitely no expert, but .. . . how about something like this, with the new plant being dwarf saggitaria or echinodorus tellenus. This just looks a little less symmetrical which is often more pleasing to the eye . . .

Of course, if you plant it the old leaves will die off and the submersed form will begin to grow. So don't get scared if it starts to look unhealthy!

maxwell1295, sorry to hear about it. Sounds like real typical behavior before passing on . . . I wouldn't be suprised if they were just stressed and starved from Walmart's less-than-accomodating fish department :( Just curious, what's your acclimation process? Also, is the tank planted at all?

SeymourFRESH, that's REALLY too bad about that LFS and their treatment of a really interesting fish! I would definitely discourage you from buying them (sounds like you aren't going to anyways). So I witnissed a little cannibalism today, the rams were definitely eating their eggs; they are...

Of course! It's because of your thread that I wanted GBRs in the first place ;) I do have 2 cories in there, but they actually stay out of the area that the rams spawned in, since it' spretty high current (I don't know why they chose a site with lots of current . . . . keeps eggs cleaner?)...

living room - 29gallon bedroom - 29gallon hallway - 5 and 10 gallons I can't sleep until my tank lights turn off! seriously, and I can't sleep in past 7:00am when they turn on!

Yea, too bad they get so big. WHY DO MY BABIES HAVE TO GROW UP . . . . lol. I think I'll just end up returning them to an LFS, maybe picking up some more serpaes. They haven't shown this behaviour again that I've seen, but who knows what happens for 10 hours at work, or after lights out...

Valentines Day Suprise! Well, I was pleasantly suprise to find a valentines day gift from my rams: EGGS!!!! Actually, they weren't giving any of them away they were/are viciously defending them! Boy, I now have so many questions pardon if my thoughts seem jumbled. Oh, the best picture I...

Lol sorry about the terrible drawing :P

I now use the redsea diffuser for microbubbles, then let them into the canister filter intake. I'm STILL getting microbubbles to the surface!! Here's another idea i've done in the past, using a powerhead and a spraybar. It actually gave really great microbubbles and pearling:

Nice picture, maxwell! Of course, those are males, anyone can see. . . . . ahahhaaha I don't think you ever will know unless you catch a pair in "the act", and even then you gotta find out who's the jack and who's the jill! I'm pretty sure this is what happened last time. The female died...

Hmm, I might try 3 more, they are really fun fish! Parameters are right where they should be, I should really keep my nitrates higher but they are around 5-10ppm. Do you think the long-finned variety would be okay? They might get nipped at a little more with all the other aggressors in that...