Yep! A first time for me! 8g Evolve8 tank. 71F. Direct light!
Let's see if the first time parents are good ones!
Correction on the temp. It was 74-76F. The pump in the filter compartment keeps that water temperature higher than the room temp.
Good luck, I hope they do good.
Good luck with them. What kind of rams are they?
Good luck
Quote from: b125killer on November 06, 2013, 06:02:10 AM
Good luck with them. What kind of rams are they?
German Blues.
Thanks all.
I've had my 3rd spawn of these rams. The last time the eggs lasted 2 days and this time it's going on 3, but there are fewer on the rock and 1/3 of them are white. I'm assuming they are fungused. I've done nothing special to treat them; completely leaving it to the parents. I'm thinking on the next spawn I may pull the rock with the eggs and separate to a hatching vessel and treat with meth blue.
Another possibility is that one of the parents may be infertile. Can anyone tell me a way to determine that?
Before, I haven't been that concerned whether the spawn made it or not. I'm just leaving the tank at the ambient 70-72F room temp. But now I'd like to step up the game a bit, so I'll be raising the water temp to 82F or so; still in the Evolve8 aquarium.
Rams do better in higher temps. 82 should be just right for them.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 26, 2014, 01:42:48 PM
Rams do better in higher temps. 82 should be just right for them.
They are spawning every 3-3.5 weeks. Liz, do you mean the parents or the eggs when you say ''better''?
I am no expert on GBRs. The adults so perfectly at Discus temps. For breeding I wouldn't lower the tank temp to less than 79 for breeding.. I could be wrong.
Thanks.
You might need to adjust your water parameters a bit too. Often, even though the adults will spawn, if the water is too hard or too soft the eggs fail to develop.
Dennis
I think they're like Discus. There is no such thing as water too soft. Hardness could well be a factor. What is your kH? What is your TDS?
Liz is right. They need soft water to spawn in. With temps around 82. Most GBRs won't parent raise, I think the Bolivian rams do better at parent raising.