Rainbowric Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Maybe why all the shrimp were out feeding yesterday was the rams on the other side of the tank in my dinning had a little conflict going on! The 2 Electric Blue boys are really confused, one week the German girl needs the attention and the next week the Gold girl demands it. One of the EBRs is a little more dominate and when there are no eggs to be concerned with he will color down and keep a low profile in the tank. The other EBR is always colored up. He has two girls to bug for eggs in a planted tank so they don't get beaten up to bad from him. However when one of the females is ready to drop eggs, both males get a little excited! In this photo the EBRs are moving in on the Gold as you can see why with her big belly. The GBR female is quite upset that the boys are not paying any more attention to her and comes in and trys to chase the Gold Ram off. In this photo the boys are at it and the GBR is happy that they are focusing there attention at each other and swims off. The less dominant EBR eventually swims off, with no females to spar for around. and the more dominant one is still looking around for the girls.... Happy the wife has been so busy at work lately so as not to see this, or she would be bugging me to breed rams again. Hope you enjoyed this little confrontation and pictures. Have a nice day! Ric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Wow... Beautiful group. Edited November 30, 2012 by jeremoose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 +1..... Miss having a group of these guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelFins Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Rams have very nice "little" personalities. It is fun to watch them. Some are brave enough to beat up an adult angelfish when they protect their eggs. Beautiful photos Ric! Our rams spawned last week and we have free swimmers now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cgy_Betta_Guy Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Awesome and sure makes me want to pick up some for myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowric Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) Our rams spawned last week and we have free swimmers now. Oh the joys of hundreds of little baby rams for Christmas !!!! We had close to 3 hundred in this bunch! Like little bee hives hanging in the tank Yes indeed they can be agressive and tough! The Gold ram above has the GBR on the run and the two EBR's showing perfect manners! Congradulations Jarmila on your spawn. Warmest regards, Ric Edited December 3, 2012 by Rainbowric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gBOYsc2 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 So awesome. I hope to experience this one day myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelFins Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Congratulations on your spawn Ric, your guys did a better job than ours. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowric Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Well last week it was the Gold female that spawned. Now this week the GBR is spawning on the other side of the tank with the other EBR! Female laying eggs .... and the male EBR is fertilizing.... These EBR's are getting nicer each day .... now with two dominant males in the tank. A little sparring and bunting but nothing to bad yet between them. GBR's boy ..... Gold's boy .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautylovetruth Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Beautiful rams! I can't wait for that "parenting" experience as well. Your EBRs are gorgeous. It looks like you're going to have some very good looking spawn there. Keep us updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orden Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Gorgeous rams. photos are encourageing me to find some Ebrs now aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Our rams spawned last week and we have free swimmers now. What do you have them housed in and why? Kinda looks like a container within a container like a ram double boiler. What is the red rag in there with them? What does it do? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cullymoto Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 i believe it to be an air tube that you are mistaking for a 2nd container, the red chip is a piece of stone. Rams lay eggs on horizontal flat surfaces. these are my guesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I think you are correct! I thought the red stone was fabric or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowric Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 You are both correct! There is a tank within a tank and an airline coming in with an airstone on it. The larger surrounding tank has a heater in it and it is used as a heat bath. The smaller one that the red slate is in might be 1 gallon, difficult to put a heater in. Indeed they do like to lay eggs on a flat surface especially slate! Ric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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