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I've been keeping fish in fancy aquaria since I was 8 yrs old. I'm 45 now and have kept and raised all sorts of fish and inverts, fresh and marine! It's great to see a fellow old timer hobbyist keeping everything simple and consistent! ❤
I've been keeping fish since I was 6. I'm 62 now. Like me, you'll remember we never had problems back in the day. I'm convinced all the gimmicks and 5 million miles an hour filters haven't done us any favors. My entire store is now on sponge filters and the technology has been discarded. Much more success. Newbie hobbyists having better experience with simple equipment.
I just ordered a pair of rams. Thank you so much for the information you share with us all! I’m a 100% disabled veteran who is homebound for the most part. Just got into aquariums plants and fish. It’s so rewarding and relaxing. I’ve learned so much from your videos. And hi from the mountains of N.C.! 👋
Father Fish thank you for all that you do. You have changed how we changed the way we care for our aquariums. My middle students and I are learning everyday to learn how take care of our fish naturally. Thank you!!!!
Thank you for putting some quality information on this post! Countless RU-vidrs make posts that never answer any questions and are full of adds for weird stuff.😂 I appreciate you! ✌️
Nice of you to just tell us clear information. Other aquarium RU-vidrs leave out so many little details and I end up spending an hour waiting for my question to be answered and only see bologna from someone trying to make a buck on views and no helpful information or advice.
I set up a 30 gallon heavily planted jungle tank with lots of Val and anubias, Amazon swords and tiger lotus, lots of crypts and dwarf chain sword been set up for 4 months with snails and seeded with micro life from my other aquariums then added 6 rams, 2 gold female, one electric blue female and 3 German blue ram males, a month ago they all paired off, but the smallest male died ): I have to find another male for the lonesome female, but when that happened the pairs switched up and today I woke up to my first batch of eggs laid by one of the gold rams and the biggest blue ram male:) very exciting I love this hobby
Father fish you’ve inspired me to wanna do a natural fish tank. I’ve watched a lot of your videos and my 2 questions are 1: how much of the 2:1:1 formula do I need for a 40 gallon tank? 2: how many Neon Tetras can I start out with?
Hii FF, you are video's very helpful for aquarium hobbyist... now i know the importance of natural aquarium plants. But what about malawi cichlid? How to setup Malawi cichlid aquarium, basically i like simple but beautiful work. plz make video on Malawi cichlid fish
Thank you FF i love rams but everytime i had they die quikly. Whathing your videos im gona change to dirty tank and Will had rams. Greats from Portugal
إنه لمن دواعي سروري البالغ أن ألتقي بكم. لقد كونت العديد من الأصدقاء حول العالم من خلال هذه الهواية الرائعة. أطيب التمنيات لك. 'iinah lamin dawaei sururi albaligh 'an 'altaqi bikim. laqad kawanat aleadid min al'asdiqa' hawl alealam min khilal hadhih alhiwayat alraayieati. 'atyab altamaniyat lika.
So much sagacity! The big net concept is one of the best pieces of advice. Actually, a game changer :) Is it true that German Blue Rams only live 2 years?
What are the odds I was just researching these guys today. I’m afraid from what I’ve read they like soft water and my shrimp like it hard. Can’t wait to here what FF has to say about them.
Been keeping my rams in really hard water due to where I live without issue , the only big problem is in such water the eggs will absolutely not hatch , breeding requires really soft water.
I've been watching your videos since June and I'm more than excited to start my own 60L natural aquarium but I don't know which would be a good fish choice for me as a beginner. Any recomendations? Is it possible to have goldfish and not ending with no plants?? Those are the ones I love but I'm afraid they will dig all the roots 😢 Thank you so much for all the experience you share and most importantly How you share it, it's delightful listening to you!
Temperatures for blue rams should always be higher than it would be for regular tropicals because these tiny eartheater cichlids hail from shallow streams flowing in the Llanos (open grasslands) of Venezuela; constantly exposed to bright equatorial sun. Here in Singapore, where it is very hot the average indoor ambient temperatures fall between 29°C~31°C (84.2°F~87.8°F) and thus, aquarium water temperatures of 27.7°C~28°C (81.8°F~82.4°F). Thus, it is very easy to rear and breed blue rams, as well as discus fish, here in Singapore. Temperatures below 80°F are preferred by aquatic plants so, when planting up a tank for blue rams be sure to research a plant species to ascertain its hardiness in terms of tolerance for much higher temperature range. So, in short keep it really warm for the blue rams and they'll thrive well!
@@SarumanDeWhite Small world! Yes, you can & I highly recommend you to go shop at That Aquarium Changi - their fish selection is really huge they always carry like 5 tanks full of different strains of ram cichlids. Plus all of those other fishes you mentioned too. Awesome shop!
@@SarumanDeWhite You're welcome. The shop is actually not at Changi but between Eunos MRT station & Kembangan MRT station, just before Still Road. It's called Changi Rd... it's not at Changi V! 🤣
Hi Father fish, i have 1 male and 1 female gbr. The male is always chasing the female. But there is no spawn. The female constantly runs away from the male. How can i solve this problem?
Hello love this content your knowledge is incredible, and the timing of this video was perfect for my situation. Is it possible to have 5 zebra plecos 1.5 inch max 2, with a pair of German b ram in a 30g ?
As always, it's a great video, but I'd love to hear more about water parameters for ram breeding. My only personal success was using soft, acidic water - pH 6,2, KH less than 1, TDS 40. Could you elaborate on this? Thanks in advance.
My black knight male and regular ballon ram just surprised me with free swimming fry today but there’s a pair of dwarfs rainbow goby in along with forktail rainbow fish. The parents are protecting them but i really want to keep the parents with the fry if possible. The tank is a 29 gallon planted tank
The best plan is to siphon the fry into a smaller container with the same water. Feed BBS or from a resurrection jar. A sponge filter will help keep it clear.
Barring any breeding goals, would it work to have a larger tank with a group of rams and let them pair off themselves? This technique, I think, may be popular with Angelfish (perhaps b/c they're not easy to sex?). Thanks for this species spotlight - never considered bgRams as an option!
The eggs mat not be fertile. OR remove the eggs after spawning is finished and hatch them in a clean jar, floating in the tank with an air stone. Once they hatch do not feed until they are free swimming. Move into a lager container with a sponge filter and feed microworm.
I am in the process of preparing a first tank. In one of your videos you only push new plants one inch into the sand so that they find their way to the soil underneath at their own pace. What do the plants live on until that happens?
Hello! In your opinion, what should be the hardness of the water for growing ramirese. I measured the water in my aquarium with a TDS hardness of 290 to 330 ppm. Is this indicator good for growing Ramirez? Thank you! Is it possible to grow two types of ramires in one aquarium (Apistogramma Ramirezi „Electric Blue“ end German Blue Ram? Is there a possibility that pairs of different species will form and then their offspring will not be a pure breed?
They are all the same species, selectively bred for color. The water is not too hard for them. You can dilute with spring water but be sure to maintain the same formula.
Hello father fish i have a question would it be a good thing to keep my sand subtrate around 5 to 6 inches deep to promote anaerobic bacteria in my saltwater tank?
@@FatherFishthank you so much! I heard of the benefits of it promoting a reduction in nitrates aswell as being the best in promoting aerobic bacteria but I was just a little cautious about the hydrogen sulfide but I am prolly gonna throw in some sand sifting crabs to figure that out! Thanks again father fish!
Well I love these fish but i am afraid to Keep them because of the temperature.. please tell me! Is it Safe, in the long term, to Keep the plants in temperatures around 28-29 degrees celcius; i am afraid they are going to die from heat.
@@FatherFish i currently have raised the heat because of ick and i will see how it goes For example i have a loving plant named Hydrocotyle tripartita and i see the temperature affecting it, i think. Hopefully it won't!
@@FatherFish Thanks Father Fish. From watching many of your videos, I get a sense that fish combinations are not so crucial as the substrate and plants - “fish are fish” haha I like this. Of course I won’t pair obviously incompatible fishes together, but just thought I’d ask :) Appreciate your time.
Thanks for the video ❤ I love these fish also and have seen them quite comfortable at 87f to follow up on your point. Working on some beautiful variants of Blue Rams thanks for all the sound advice and check me out anytime 👍🏼
Hey FF, I recently came home with a pair of Blue Rams. Today I noticed that they’ve spawned. I haven’t finished setting up the 30g I was planning on putting them in. Do you think some of the babies will survive if I leave the parents in there with them?
@@FatherFish darn, that’s okay though I suppose. I wasn’t ready for them to spawn yet anyway. I really need to finish setting up their tank first so my holding tank will be available again.
interesting fish, but I am not a fan breeding fish which cant stay together in larger groups for long. For the private hobby its not that easy to get rid of all the offspring with fish species where people only want at best a pair ... unless you live in a dense urban area with a lot of potential costumers. Requires a lot of space / prepared tanks to keep the offspring around until all found a new home. Ofc one can always go the more natural way, just set up a larger tank from the start and dont separate after they hatch ... occasional some will make it, the rest becomes food. The problem of gettign rid of all the offspring from separate breeding seems to be often brushed aside with all the HowTo videos. Many people often just end up with too many fish and too little space to keep them around long enough without issues.
You are correct. You raise an important concern that goes unanswered. As a shopkeeper hobbyists came through my door with fish that had multiplied and become too large to keep. Sadly too often they were not salable due to stunting, poor genetic mixing, or deformed and damaged fins from being overstocked. This IS a serious issue and one worth exploring. Join me in the FF Shoal where we can discuss this and arrange some videos to deal with the issue. discord.gg/father-fish-shoal
Me too father fish but there seems to be gate keeping in the uk or parts an thats ontop of profiteering Finest Aquatics in widnes are at it we went from £14 A PAIR to males only for £14 or would you like a super cardinal TETRA for £4.50 😂😂 same goes for the panda gara males only an yet they are extremely hard to sex young so somebody is taking the time an alot of effort to control it Gate keeping has been called out in Australia too by kFS youtuber
Why seperating babies? I thought it Was better to keep parents and babies together so the babies have the instinct to Do it all again when they are old enough
I appreciate the information so much, for a while I got information from aquarium coop; until the sexual scandals. The things Cory did is disgusting. Those kids in Peru. The little sucky suck for a days work- no. So, it’s good to hear this information from someone with less baggage. Thank you- bettas. You rock ff❤
Scandal with aquarium coop? What exactly are you talking about I haven’t heard about this and can’t find info online… I wouldn’t want to support his business if what you are saying is true
I literally just grabbed 3 german blue rams 2 females one male in my jungle tank which is now a full house for sure. 6 panda garra, 8 Cory's, 10 otos, and 1 male golden wonder killi, 3 guppys 2 female one male . 3 days in I've seen breeding behavior at 78 79 degrees just set to 80 but all 3 have been sticking together so far ❤️ oh 29 gallon jungle tank deep substrate
@DashDrones so far all 3 have been happily sticking together once I notice one of the females being left out or bullied or unhappy I will move her I sit on my tanks like a mother hen. So far all 3 seem happy and healthy 😊 plus like I said in my earlier comment they live in a jungle tank with plenty to do. This is my first go with any kind of ram and to be truthful I'm not trying to breed them just yet but we shall see. Is it unfair you see huge numbers of them male and female in Bare tanks at the lfs? Or at breeders? Would be my question? I want the best for my fish as I'm sure we all do here on this channel. I didn't know you could only do 2 in a community tank ?
@@melwohl37 yeah, that's what this video is about. Max two in a community tank and must be one boy and one girl. Would love to see a video of your jungle tank, it sounds amazing
@DashDrones I'm glad he came out with this video I did tons of research before adding them to the tank as I do any fish so I may move the third female anyway no where in my research did it say only get a pair just not 2 males so I figured might be the same as with most fish more females than males 😅 wish I could leave photos here or I would show you.
