BV = Fortune Teller

Apr 3, 2007
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Well I didn't really think it would happen this fast. The pair of German Blue Rams I got on Tuesday of this week have already spawned! After messing about with my camera and finding out that I can use the macro function and the video function, I got a decentish video of them in their corner. You can kinda see the eggs towards the end of the clip, they look like little grey dots right now. I'm having trouble getting the video to upload, but I'll post it as soon as I can! Till then, a picture of the eggs!




 

Apr 3, 2007
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Yes sometime today! I noticed yesterday that they were picking at a spot at the back of the tank, kinda like they were clearing it out. Today I noticed the female's egg tube hanging out, then later I noticed both of them hiding out at the back of the tank. Upon a closer look, I noticed the eggs. Then I noticed them kind of dancing around each other and the female would lay low to the ground and then the male would pass behind her. I don't know if I feel really good about myself. I feel more good about my LFS, they really are fantastic people there.

Since the rams are in a community tank, I'm not so sure on fry survival, even if the eggs hatch. Heck I don't even have anything to feel the little wigglers if they do hatch. I wasn't expecting a spawn so soon.
 

Big Vine

Elite Fish
Feb 7, 2006
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Lol...awesome news!
No 'fortune-telling' involved though, my friend---I just knew it was classic pairing behavior from what you described in an earlier thread. But I'll still take the credit for it if you want me to. ;)

Congrats on the spawn!
Now it's just a waiting game...and I mean that, literally. You really wanna spend as little time as possible messing around with them---especially during their first spawn together. Taking the pics/video was fine for now, but I'd try to hold off a bit on disturbing them for the next little while.

Leave the eggs in there and let the parents tend to them. By all means check on them from time to time---just don't do what I do and snap off hundreds of pics with the flash on right in their faces (as I did with my convicts, lol). :cool:

Hopefully you won't see any white, fungusy eggs (a few is not out of the ordinary though, so don't panic if you see some---the parents should take care of removing them from the batch). Ideally, over the course of a week or so, you should start seeing signs of fry development (if the eggs are fertile, of course) and transformation into 'wigglers' (little tails with yolk-sacs attached to them). Once you get to that stage, it'll take a few more days to get free-swimming fry...

...but let's just take it one step at a time here and not count our eggs before they hatch---literally. :p

Hopefully I didn't ruin the surprise or spoil the fun for you. I'm sure you already knew most of this stuff anyway---just some things to keep in mind for when you find yourself obsessively running to the tank and checking on them every waking moment of the day...:cool:

Good luck, and keep us posted!
BV :D
 

Helena21

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Oct 7, 2005
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WOW! the same thing happened to me...mine spawned in the 3days that i had them and they were TINY!

Good luck! what pH is your water? do you know if its soft or hard?
as its there first spawn, the eggs may not make it...but ya never know!
 

jessey

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Dec 25, 2006
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congrats! very exciting, i hope all goes well (can't wait to hear some developments - though as BV pointed out, it's waiting time!!).

i love the name of the thread, btw :D