Comments on: German Blue Ram (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi)

By: Baghdad By The Bay: San Francisco » San Francisco Aquarium Society

Baghdad By The Bay: San Francisco » San Francisco Aquarium Society — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:42:38 +0000

[...] who have made contributions to the hobby by breeding new strains of fish, such as Dick Au and his German Blue Rams and Blue Angelfish. If you want to learn more about keeping fish properly and also be able to find [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:33:23 +0000

i was wondering if it is possible to keep a blue ram pair in a 30l tank? that is about an 8 gallon tank, at the moment i have the following…

- 2x corydoras
- 3x rummy nose tetra
- 1x bristle nose catfish

keen to get a pair of blue ram but not sure if tank is large enough, thanks

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:19:06 +0000

I love these Rams. I just got mine for my community tank a week ago. He is very fun to watch and has a personality of his own! He likes to swim around our castle saying “This is mine” then our red tailed shark comes out from the castle and the ram swims away like ” I wasn’t doing nothing”!
30 Gallon Tank
10 Neon Tetras
5 Lemon Tetras
1 German Blue Ram (But Going To Get Female soon!)
1 Red Tailed Shark (Likes to hide in his castle)
1 Clown Pleco ( Loves to share the castle with red tailed shark!)

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:53:58 +0000

here’s what I have-
1 Dwarf Gourami
1 Leopard Bushfish
1 Australian Rainbow
1 Female Blue Ram (i want a male too)
1 Blue Acei
2 Otocinclus
5 Ghost Shrimp
And everybody gets along

By: Lysh

Lysh — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:55:44 +0000

I’m no expert, but I’ve had a 30L tank for almost 3 months.

Here’s my combination

10 neon tetra (a few of these died,seems like they’ve the most vulnerable) [bottom but will come to top when feeding]
6 guppies (they’re a vibrant mixture of colours quite pretty really)[top]
4 tiger barbs ( I had a pair before, but one kept on bullying the other, so another pair was added. DON’T put them in if you’re going to add mystery snails! They will nip off all thir antennas) [mid]
2 German Blue Rams [mid]
2 Glass cat fish[bottom]
6 Rummy nose tetras (They lose colour unless you put a few in) [mid]
4 Mystery snails

Good luck with your fish!

By: jack

jack — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:29:02 +0000

i just got a 20 gal. (traditional) tank kit, and I ‘m new to the fish world. I have narrowed my selection of fish to the following: Are these good combinations for a community and or is this to many fish?

4-6 tetra (good hardy school, for these will be the first ones i put in the tank)
1 German Blue Ram
1 Dwarf Gourami
3-4 Rainbow (which species is the smallest?)
3-4 Corys or Otos (once tank is established)

is this also a good combo of top, mid, and bottom feeders?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:15:36 +0000

i have just got a ram and it is wonderful. he seems to like his tanks mates which are 1 chinese algae eater and 3 electric yellows. the colors they all make are fantastic. i am getting more electric yellows, but now contemplating having to get another ram.

By: Tash

Tash — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:46:04 +0000

My pair of rams I’ve only had a few weeks, but they are getting frisky! But I think they are confused. Everything I’ve read says nothing about rams using bubbles in their mating, but ours have been dutifully taking turns going to the bubble volcano and stealing bubbles to build a nest. Is this normal or have they been hanging out with their dwarf gourami tankmates too much?

By: Trin

Trin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:39:53 +0000

Oh my gosh – these small cichlids are just BEAUTIFUL! I agree with the top poster – everybody should experience the joy of keeping a pair of these fish! They are SO highly colored – and photos online don’t do them justice – as both the males and females have irridescent blue scales that are interspersed throughout their entire body. Just GORGEOUS!!

One note – it would be best to keep only one pair in any tank together – UNLESS your tank is super-huge (i.e. 55gal or larger) and heavily planted. We have just bought three – and we THOUGHT we had got two females and one male, but it turns out that we got two males and one female. The males are fighting over the female and also over their territory. They head-butt each other – which is where they get their names – “Rams”. This is perfectly normal behavior for males in a tank with males – but it may be undesirable for the inexperienced aquarist – or for someone who just wants a peaceful pair.

Sexing these fish is very difficult at first – but with a few pointers you can do it. Do NOT rely on the tall dorsal fin spines to tell the males – this is unreliable. Instead – look for the smaller fish that may have a SLIGHT pink/rose colored sheen on their underbelly – these are FEMALES. Also – the females mostly swim around with their dorsal fins NOT raised or fanned-out. Apart from that – just about the only way to sex the species is to watch their behavior in the tank together – the males will swim around posturing with all of their fins fanned out, and the females will be (a little) more subdued.

They are great for community tanks – in fact our Dwarf. Gourami swims right into them or lands on top of them during feeding and they don’t bat an eyelid.

Good luck!!

By: WILL

WILL — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:52:03 +0000

I love Rams. They are great fish that are beautiful. If you have a large enough tank, you should add a few discus. My breeding pair of rams love to hang out with my Discus.