i finally got my pair of rams!!!

[mr funktastic]

well after debating for over 6 months to get them i finally took the plunge. big als got a shipment ina bout a week ago of little guys and they were only 10 a peice rather than the normal 18. i got a pair for my 20 gal and i hope for them to try breeding. i also have 6 neons, 3 guppies, a zebra loach and a CAE. very happy couple with all the plants they have to swim in. here they are
my pretty female

and my manly male lol

 

[Jchillin]

Nice looking GBR's you got there. Congrats on your new acquisitions!

 

[rich311k]

Congrats Funk. Pretty fish.

 

[mr funktastic]

wow those were some fast responses!! thanks for the comments. i am really hoping they breed. could make a fortune off them in my area. they are rather hard to come by. plus i want something other than guppies to breed lol.

 

[crazyred]

Man, nice fish!!!

GBR's are $10 bucks a piece up there on SALE (regular price is $18 )!?!?!? That's it, I'm road tripping to Canada when my GBR fry are big enough to sell. LOL

 

[mr funktastic]

tell me when ua re coming u can chill at my place lol. hey i will but a few off u to lol

 

[JDogg]

GBR are $9 Regular price in MN ... At least in the LFS I use 8)

 

[gheitman]

Those are two beautiful specimens. Congratulations on getting them. My LFS normally doesn't get ones that look that nice and they rarely get any females.

 

[mr funktastic]

well the store near me usually has them in stock but they dont normally look this nice. and the odd thing was that we had a hard time finding a male lol they had tons of femals. pink bellies everywhere but the male was the tricky one. good luck finding a pair near u.

 

[Vmax911]

I hope to get a pair of GBR's someday. The LFS here wants $40 a pair! They are nice looking, and they also have gold rams. But the price is a bit steep for me.

 

[mr funktastic]

lol u could probabably order a pair online for that much. there are a few members who breed them on this site. try a want add in the barter section, u might get lucky.

 

[Vmax911]

I guess I could do that. Though I've never gotten a fish by mail before, and I am a bit leary of it...

Before I had a tank, I saw some GBR's at a Petco. Haven't seen any for a while, but I'm keeping an eye on that store.

 

[JRagg]

I missed this thread the first time around. Congrats funk. I know you were looking for either some apistos or rams. They should finish out your tank well.

That is awful expensive normally. I see them for usually about $8 each here. Then again you have what I like to call the "canadian markup" or "exchange rate" for the lay person.

 

[mr funktastic]

well thats why i couldnt turn them down for 10 bucks a peice. espicially the way they looked. the colour in them just keeps getting better and i can see them picking around on the substrate trying to find a place to breed. i still want apistos lol. the "canadian markup is a scam. there is no way to justify the extra expenses that we endure up here. i mean the canadian dollar is only like 10 cents off the american dollar if that so i dont see why it is more expensive. oh well lol.

 

[WaterPond]

take a trip down to sarnia. A new LFS just opened up and the guy breeds show quality cichlids and dwarf cichlids. There were some nice cocatoo apistos(wild caught) got 49.99 a peice but i asked if he could order in some other ones that wern't so expensive. He said he could, they would be 9.99 a peice. Really nice fish. I could always buy some and ship them to you once he gets some. they looked like these:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...jpeg&no=3&tt=12&oid=8cd5b625b87b6f78&ei=UTF-8

 

[gheitman]

I've purchased some fish off of AquaBid.com and been very satisfied with the quality and service. Of course YMMV.

 

[mr funktastic]

lol aquabid is useless for me. practically none of the sellers will send to canada and the fish would be grossly overpriced after shipping. i may just get u to ship me a pair of those guys. very sweet looking.

 

[crazyred]

Well, I have my Ram pair breeding like crazy so I hope you have the same luck with your pair! They look AWESOME!

 

[mr funktastic]

thanks red!! i really hope they make a spawn. i want something other than guppies to breed in my tank.

 

[kostasonia]

Good luck with breeding. I hope one day I find a male and try too.