barry_s

Know this is a post is a few years later but I was breeding angels commercially about 25 years ago & I ended up with a trio as well.  Two males that both fertilized the eggs the female laid.  Kind of interesting.

Those look like all males. Female are not near so colorful.  I tried finding females once a long while back. It can be hard to find stores that sell them.  Quite often if the tank is full of colorful fish it is all males. I am thinking your top photo is a powder blue male, your next photo is a normal regular colored male.  The last one is a flame.  

I bred Rams a few years back but I used R.O. water.  I agree with biodives' post.  It can be fairly easy to keep Rams with a normal pH but I have read in a number of places breeding is another matter.  Yet, at the same time perhaps your pair just needs to learn how to raise their fry.  False starts are not always a bad thing.  

Some Walmarts have big bag of shells in their Arts & Crafts sections.  There is a wide variety of sizes in a bag for twelve dollars.  I have found the dollar store shells in my area to be a little on the small side.  But in the Walmart bag I found lots big enough for my shellies & then some that were even big enough for my N. calvus which are a lot bigger than shellies. 

Some Walmarts have shells in the Arts & Crafts section.  A big bag for under $12.  They are a lot bigger shells than the dollar stores.  I actually was able to split my stuff up & come up with some shells that were big enough for my adult N. calvus & had some for my multies.  Was a really good deal I figure. 

I am from Red Deer.  Into dwarf cichlids specifically apistogrammas & looking to hear from others in that sort of thing.