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03-10-2007, 02:27 PM
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Baby German Blue Rams - Wild strain
I picked up a bag of 5 GBR wild strain babies at my local fish club auction the other day. Funny but they are much smaller than what they appeared to be in the bag. Paid a robust $8.00 for the lot. Hopefully they will survive in my 30g.
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03-10-2007, 03:15 PM
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Cute!
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03-11-2007, 03:39 AM
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Wow! I want updates on these guys...I bet they will do well.
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03-11-2007, 08:47 AM
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cool, what is your water like? PH, KH, GH? do they require very soft acidic water?
i have always kept my eye open for wild caught GBR, but my water is SOOO hard 
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03-11-2007, 09:22 AM
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cool, what is your water like? PH, KH, GH? do they require very soft acidic water? |
I'm lucky in that regard, straight out of the tap the ph is 7.2, kh is 3dkh and gh is @ 4dkh.
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i have always kept my eye open for wild caught GBR, but my water is SOOO hard |
No, these guys aren't wild caught, their parents are.
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03-11-2007, 10:21 AM
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No, these guys aren't wild caught, their parents are.
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still with out generations of tank breeding i would think the requirments would be pretty much the same as wild caught
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03-11-2007, 10:41 AM
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I'm really excited to see how they grow up. Without the imbreeding that happens with other GBRs, i bet these one will have amazing colour and be alot hardier.
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03-11-2007, 10:56 AM
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No, these guys aren't wild caught, their parents are.
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still with out generations of tank breeding i would think the requirments would be pretty much the same as wild caught |
Indeed, it is since their parents had it.  Just wanted to make to remove the thought that I somehow came across some GBR's directly from SA.
Right now they are being fed BBS and they seem to enjoy it. I've also seen them much on a flake (given to the rest of the tank) as well.
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03-11-2007, 11:38 AM
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Wow, they are cute. I love fish club auctions!! Good luck with the lil' guys.
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03-11-2007, 12:33 PM
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Nice acquisition Bill! I'm jealous over here. Keep us update with how they are doing.
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03-11-2007, 08:49 PM
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Any idea on how far removed they are from the wild generation (F0)? Good find.
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03-11-2007, 10:01 PM
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I would guess that they are most likely f1/f2. I know the breeder and he is very strict about the gene pool of his broods.
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