Centerpiece fish for my 20 gallon

[plantedtanks1052]

I just got this bolivian ram in my 20 gallon aquarium as a centerpiece fish.

[Fish Folk]

I've yet to try breeding Bolivians. They sure can develop once colors if well cared for. They really resemble mini geophagus -- much more than GBRs. I especially like the way that they display pink on their fin edges. I suspect that a diet reasonably high in carotenoids is helpful (e.g. brine shrimp, krill, vibra bites, Xtreme krill flakes, Bug bites color enhancing flakes, etc.)

 

[nabokovfan87]

On 4/24/2022 at 8:10 PM, plantedtanks1052 said:

I just got this bolivian ram in my 20 gallon aquarium as a centerpiece fish.

Is this your first time keeping them?  Very exciting!

 

 

On 4/25/2022 at 10:16 PM, Fish Folk said:

I suspect that a diet reasonably high in carotenoids is helpful (e.g. brine shrimp, krill, vibra bites, Xtreme krill flakes, Bug bites color enhancing flakes, etc.)

They like to graze, definitely need some spirulina in there. So Xtreme flake blend might be a good fit.  They like to sift around in the substrate, so I'd tend to lean towards something like the nano pellets or a singing pellet (hikari vibra bites, bug bites, etc. works too).

[plantedtanks1052]

@nabokovfan87 yes it is. I had a triple red apistogramma for 6 years before it past a week and half ago. I wanted another dwarf cichlid.