What is your favorite Rams or Kribs?

[silver dollars]

Hello, i wanted to find out what is more popular Rams or Kribs, so that is why i started this thread. I hope that a lot of you have looked at my other thread "Breeding Options", and if you are interested at looking at my thread, just search for Breeding, then go to the 2nd page and look for one that is started by Silver Dollars. So i hope that i can find out what is more popular Rams or Kribs. In my opinion, Rams are my favorite because of how there colors are so bright and how they are so easy to breed. My Golden Rams have already bred about 9-10 times already and i have had them for about a month. So please read my threads.*celebrate

 

[Mushroomman]

After keeping both... kribs by far, but rams are nice.

 

[silver dollars]

I have Rams and had kribs, but i still liked the rams better, but that is just me. For who ever lookes at this thread, please tell your friends who have a profile on this website along with my other thread listed above.

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

I actually like Bolivian Rams and Rock Kribs equally but if I had to choose I would say Rams, they are smaller!

 

[silver dollars]

I have never had Bolivion Rams or Rock Kribs. So i can't say anything about those 2.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I like the looks of German blue rams better, but i can't seem to keep them.

 

[silver dollars]

I've never seen one of those

 

[ram man]

rams all the way!

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

Hence your name ram man

 

[silver dollars]

could someone post a picture of what a rock krib looks like?

 

[Limi310]

http://www.gcca.net/fom/Paralabidochromis_sp_Rock-kribensis.htm

Hmmmm...I like both, but I would have to say Krib for me.

 

[silver dollars]

thanks for the picture

 

[silver dollars]

MY GOLDEN RAMS DIED:'(

 

[silver dollars]

I am now liking Kribs more than Rams cause my kribs seem to never get sick any more, but my rams are always "sick"*SICK*

 

[Pure]

Rams are touchy about water quality, if you can't keep them alive and have tried getting them from different sources..chances are you are not keeping up on water changes, not changing enough water, not doing a good enough gravel vac, or not keeping your filter clean enough.

Basically anything that can cause nitrates above 10-15 can be the source of your problem. IME for rams to live happy and healthy the nitrates need to be under the posted levels. Plants will help but not completely. Mine always get sick if I go more than 2 weeks without a water change, with low nitrates because of plants. And by that I mean by day 15 I'm seeing problems with some of them.

I often advise people wanting to get into discus to try rams first. "If you can't keep rams alive then discus isn't a good option for you."

Of course crappy stock (inbred to much) can toss this theory out the window. This is why I said "try getting them from different sources"

 

[silver dollars]

I do water changes every weekend, clean the filter for 10 min, and vacume the gravel for 10 min. also, so what is going on??

 

[ScubaSteve]

I like Rams better....

 

[silver dollars]

I like Rams better....

LOL we can all tell by your picture

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Could very well be the so many other fish stressing them to death. At least 3 of those species in your sig hold and defend territories. And the silver dollors are so active and always trying to "play" with other fish.

 

[silver dollars]

Yeah my silver dollars every night when i turn off there light, i hear them swimming around and splashing. I have been keeping a close eye on my fish to see if they are bullying on my "smaller more weaker" fish.