breeding german blue rams

[plecopsycho]

Ok i got 3 female german blue rams and 1 male thats a little older then them.....ive been trying to breed them but it seems impossible for any of them to accept the male and i cant put them all in a seperate tank.....im trying to breed them in a clmmunity tank and it seems impossible to breed them. What should i do to make one breed with the male...i really want ram fry

 

[plecopsycho]

Anyone???

 

[plecopsycho]

Anyone???????

 

[Oohitsae]

You are going to have to wait for one to pair up with him. You cant force them to breed.
You may have to introduce a couple more males, you'll have a better chance atleast one pair then.

 

[plecopsycho]

Wont they be aggressive to eachother

 

[Oohitsae]

yeah, once they get older, but in the juvenile stage, which is what you'll need to get them at, they'll get along fairly well (some chasing) and that's the age they begin to pair up, once you notice pairs then you can seperate the pair, and then rehome the rest.

 

[plecopsycho]

Wait so a older male cant pair up with a younger female

 

[dragonfisher33]

Wait so a older male cant pair up with a younger female

they can keep popping out babies as long as they're fertile. The hardest part of breeding the rams is finding a pair.

 

[Oohitsae]

No, an older male can pair up, but they start pairing as juveniles and spend a lot more time working on getting a pair. Older males get kind of lazy, but any age juvenile and up of GBR can pair up

 

[Joeysdiscus]

I say add another male it will increase your chances of pairing just by having a better ratio and also competition always helps with pairing.

 

[dragonfisher33]

I say add another male it will increase your chances of pairing just by having a better ratio and also competition always helps with pairing.

yes, that's true. but it also increases the chance of one killing the other. i would add one male and take out the one that's proven to not able to pair with the rest of the rams

 

[plecopsycho]

Good idea,does there need to be a certain temperature

 

[dragonfisher33]

Good idea,does there need to be a certain temperature

normal temperature 75-80 should be fine. try to find the pair first. then introduce live food will increase the change of spawning, daphnia, blackworm, etc

 

[plecopsycho]

Well im not going to give away my male he looks awesome and im too attached....he chases the female around a little,does that mean hes trying to breed?

 

[plecopsycho]

Wait and btw this brings up another question. Is the brine shrimp actually the "sea monkeys" you can buy and raise?

 

[dragonfisher33]

Wait and btw this brings up another question. Is the brine shrimp actually the "sea monkeys" you can buy and raise?

yes, you're correct

 

[Joeysdiscus]

yes, that's true. but it also increases the chance of one killing the other. i would add one male and take out the one that's proven to not able to pair with the rest of the rams

I thought we were looking for ways of doing it without removing his male?

 

[dragonfisher33]

Well im not going to give away my male he looks awesome and im too attached....he chases the female around a little,does that mean hes trying to breed?

it means he's a d**k, a normal behavior for a male

 

[Oohitsae]

Wait and btw this brings up another question. Is the brine shrimp actually the "sea monkeys" you can buy and raise?

Kind of, they are different species but closely related.
Brine shrimp have a much higher nutritional value than sea monkeys

 

[plecopsycho]

They don't even look like shrimp