GBR breeding and treatment questions

[Monkey Magic]

Anyone know how to breed German blue rams??

 

[Chenay83]

They do that on their own. You just have to make sure the water is right( low ph ) so the eggs will survive.

 

[Monkey Magic]

what a low ph 6.0 or 6.4?

 

[Monkey Magic]

In saying thati think my females pregnant what can i do for them to help them?? I can move them into my 10gal hospital tank. It almost looks like she has an egg coming out now

 

[Chenay83]

Most recommend 6.0 but some people say they have had success in 7.0.

 

[severum mama]

Females do not get pregnant.

They lay eggs, which are then fertilized by a male outside of the fishes' bodies. You must have a male and female present in the same tank to breed these fish.

 

[Chenay83]

Monkey Magic
She shouldn't have an egg hanging from her. You might need to move her to the 10gal and use some aquarium salt recommended dose for regular tank not the dose use to treat ill fish. That would be too much for a cichlid of her type.

 

[Monkey Magic]

What dose the salt do in this case could it be a parasite and not an egg?

 

[BettaTony]

How do you prevent fungus from growing on the eggs?

 

[barterking85]

How do you prevent fungus from growing on the eggs?

Use a power head pointed on the eggs so it lightly blows on them and don't move them till you have wigglers

 

[Chenay83]

It helps to get rid of most parasites.

 

[BettaTony]

Use a power head pointed on the eggs so it lightly blows on them and don't move them till you have wigglers

Power head?

 

[Monkey Magic]

Okay ill move them out into the hospital tank ill try and get a good photo of it so someone can help identify it

 

[barterking85]

Power head?

A power head is used in saltwater tanks or to tumble eggs just google it it moves water around

 

[Monkey Magic]

so im doing a little bit of reading should i give the ram a salt bath instead of putting her in my hospital tank. i noticed when i got home from work she has the beginning of what looks like stress on her fin. what looked like an egg has gone but theirs still remnants and as i was writing this i noticed a tiny white worm like thing floating around my tank what should i do??

 

[Monkey Magic]

i think its planaria so ill just cut back on the feeding as for the parasite thing i just saw her eating one her eggs and then nnoticed a whole bunch of them and shes defending her area

 

[Chenay83]

Get some melifix or malfax(not sure on the spelling its still a little too early for my brain to be fully functional) and treat the whole tank and any other tank that you are using just to be safe.

 

[Monkey Magic]

You must be upside down im getting ready to go to bed but i lnow what your talking about and ill get some tommorow