20 long stocking ideas
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aqua_chem
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I ment to say "cories or kuhlis", not "loaches or kuhlis". Yes, cories are fine. 3 otos would be fine as well.
bruinsbro1997
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IMO I like all of them, but cories are easiest to find and easiest to take care of. Look for panda cories and get aroudn six of them.
I am on my way home from the LFS with two bolivian rams. That's all they had. I am glad I got them. I do not know there gender yet. I never considered getting them because I thought they were too rare to find in my area.
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maxwellag said:
They're harder to sex than other rams
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I got two about a month and a half ago but I still don't know their sex. However they're getting along fine, do hopefully you'll be ok too!
absolutangel04
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The rams are looking good! They are definitely cuties. 
The rams are looking good! They are definitely cuties.
Thanks! I noticed some bright blue dots on the bottom fin on both. They are super fun to watch, and have a very social personality.
absolutangel04
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Yeah, I love my rams. They are definitely great fun to keep.
absolutangel04
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Sorry, you probably said this awhile back, but I jumped in late to a long thread, so would you mind humoring me and letting me know what else you have in there and what else you are thinking about just in case I have any brilliant, helpful ideas for you?
Sorry, you probably said this awhile back, but I jumped in late to a long thread, so would you mind humoring me and letting me know what else you have in there and what else you are thinking about just in case I have any brilliant, helpful ideas for you?
LOL sure, I don't mind! Unlike Petsmart and Petco employees, I actually want advice and information from people on here (like you). Yesterday I asked a Petsmart employee what gender their bolivian rams were, and she went on and on about what to put in my tank. She told me to get gouramis and a bunch of other random things that I don't want. LOL
The current stocking is 6 glowlight tetras and two bolivian rams (not sure what gender yet). I was thinking about getting GBRs but bolivians are all I could find. I was considering bottom dwellers like cories...
absolutangel04
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PetSmart makes me "face-palm" a fair amount. Lol.
I love Bolivians! They are often hardier than gbr anyway, so I think they were a goiod buy. Yours look pretty young, so sexing them will be a bit difficult. I always look at the curve of the belly for mine and it that method has never let me down. But, its much easier to do in person than from a picture.
Corys could be good. You might have some conflict between them and the Bolivians, but you never know. That part is totally up to the temperamnet of the individual rams. If you do decide on corys, I would suggest only 3-4 of the smaller species like julii to minimize the potential for conflict. If the rams seem to be a pair though, I would just skip the corys. But, its all up to you.
I love Bolivians! They are often hardier than gbr anyway, so I think they were a goiod buy. Yours look pretty young, so sexing them will be a bit difficult. I always look at the curve of the belly for mine and it that method has never let me down. But, its much easier to do in person than from a picture.
Corys could be good. You might have some conflict between them and the Bolivians, but you never know. That part is totally up to the temperamnet of the individual rams. If you do decide on corys, I would suggest only 3-4 of the smaller species like julii to minimize the potential for conflict. If the rams seem to be a pair though, I would just skip the corys. But, its all up to you.
