Got a pair of HYBRID RAMS

[manifresh006]

What is the difference between the HYBRID RAM & GOLD RAM
Or any other ram??

[PhishPhreek]

Re: Got a pair of HYBRID RAMS

color

[Mzungu]

Re: Got a pair of HYBRID RAMS

What is a hybrid ram a hybrid of?

[eklikewhoa]

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Wouldn't Hybrid Rams be those goofey looking balloons or something?

[Hanson77]

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I didn't  know that they would breed with anything else.  Unless you are talking about a Bolivian and a German breeding or something.  Elaborate I guess is the word that comes to mind here....LOL.

[Mzungu]

Re: Got a pair of HYBRID RAMS

 

I was thinking maybe a cross between a gold ram and a blue ram...??  

[Hanson77]

Re: Got a pair of HYBRID RAMS

Yeah....I'm drawing a blank here too....LOL.

[manifresh006]

Re: Got a pair of HYBRID RAMS

They look like gold rams but smaller   well maybe cause they're still to small but other than that nothing PRICE because gold rams look just like these do.....

[fishlady]

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can you take a pic of them?.....i really love rams and would like to see this hybrid you speak of??.....

[eklikewhoa]

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Probably a better question....where did you get them from?

Some places with just make up a name for fish they don't have a name for.

[manifresh006]

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Not really sure but think it's
Pet World

It's in Baytown down Garth road.

And yes I will try to post some pics as soon as possible.

[jklntx]

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fishlady...if you get chance get over to Fish Gallery...they brought in a load of fish they rescued from their Dallas store that suffered a fire recently.

One is a large 3"+ male German Ram. Big Guy looks stressed..colors are muted Not sure what water they kept him in up in Dallas, but they dropped him in a cichlid tank with its typical Houston hardness and high PH. Not sure if him looking stressed is the water or tankmates or both, but he's bigger than I ever saw and if I was willing to part with $25.00 would see more of him.

[Zulaab]

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I am thinking here in a month or two to hopefully build my second planted tank..  My roomates son got the first one in the house (a 20g) and once his is up and running and I can start taking plants from his and get a second going (cash flow during the summer is limited, because of the higher bills) I am wanting to start a Ram tank myself.  I have seen at Fish Land some nice Bolivian Rams but I also wanted to get some German rams.  Each time I see them I see these very short long finned versions which for me look "dwarfed"   Does Fish Ranch have the more "normal" looking Rams or am I looking at juveniles which will elongate once grown out ?  I was thinking about getting 4 German's and 4 Bolivians, hoping to get a breeding pair out of each kind or would I be better off just getting 6 or 8 of one kind for a 29g ?

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Got a pair of HYBRID RAMS

I would go with one kind in that tank.

Another nice sp. that would be somewhat similar to Rams are Apistogramma which IMO are way nicer then Rams and there are a lot more to choose from. Also from my experience easier to breed.

[jklntx]

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Zulaab.

I picked up a Bolivian Ram from FishLand....they keep them in hard water so their colors are very muted...brought mine home acclimated him to my SA dwarf community tank (Apistos, rams, Angels, tetras and corys) and did it color up beautifully.

I bought her to hopefully hook up with a male who was being beat up by a pair of breeding Bolivians and move them together to another tank.

Both Apistos and Rams breed in RO, almond leaves, driftwood and peat treated water....just in a community they dont get bigger than wigglers before they get picked off. But then I tried breeding and its too much work...keeping the water soft is work enough.... so I dont care  :)