Bolivian Ram Journal

[nabokovfan87]

On 12/4/2022 at 12:10 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

My LFS sells black worms. Maybe I will give them a try!

The shrimp might like em too! Very cool you're able to get those 🙂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Spying on Snoopy from across the room

 

[The endler guy]

On 12/11/2022 at 5:15 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Spying on Snoopy from across the room

 

I always wonder what my fish are doing when I’m not in my room, because when I am they are always acting like I’m about to feed them

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 12/11/2022 at 5:46 PM, Aiden Carter said:

I always wonder what my fish are doing when I’m not in my room, because when I am they are always acting like I’m about to feed them

Yeah when I’m closer to the tank he just stays in front and tries to get my attention, it seems.

[The endler guy]

On 12/11/2022 at 5:52 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Yeah when I’m closer to the tank he just stays in front and tries to get my attention, it seems.

Makes sense they learn when this large thing gets close to the invisible wall food appears 

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 12/12/2022 at 1:31 AM, Aiden Carter said:

Makes sense they learn when this large thing gets close to the invisible wall food appears 

And those large white eyes appear…best stop nibbling your flat mates tail fin and pretend that you’re a little angel!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy found a semi-secret stash of worms.

 

Edited December 22, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

When I was posting on the plant forum it was brought to my attention that the Snoopy photobomb strikes again !

 

His red trim is lookin nice today. 

[Guppysnail]

Snoo-oo-oo-py 🎶 🥰

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy gets a candy cane (snail food)

 

Edited December 28, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[TheSwissAquarist]

Did you make that yourself? Looks fun! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 12/28/2022 at 3:07 PM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Did you make that yourself? Looks fun! 

I did.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

One of these snails is not like the others…

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy got Repashy. He sort of does a little happy dance, wiggling back & forth, when he gets one of his favorites. 
 

[JJenna]

On 1/4/2023 at 7:49 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Snoopy got Repashy

What type of Repashy...I'm leaning toward Rams for my centerpiece fish

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 1/4/2023 at 8:41 AM, JJenna said:

What type of Repashy...I'm leaning toward Rams for my centerpiece fish

Community Plus.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy made an appearance in today’s snail video.

 

[knee]

Hello. I’ve kept and bred Bolivians before and I think snoopy is a female. I’m not an expert but I’ve been 99.9% accurate over the ones I’ve bought and kept. I’ve also kept females with longer and pointy fins. I learned to go by the face and shape of the body. It’s really difficult to tell when they’re young but once you get the hang of it you’ll be able to see the differences quicker. Once they reach sexual maturity you can really tell the difference. 
 

Here’s my current pair for reference and also a picture of just the male. You can see that Snoopy’s face shape is much closer to my female. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 1/6/2023 at 1:53 PM, knee said:

Hello. I’ve kept and bred Bolivians before and I think snoopy is a female. I’m not an expert but I’ve been 99.9% accurate over the ones I’ve bought and kept. I’ve also kept females with longer and pointy fins. I learned to go by the face and shape of the body. It’s really difficult to tell when they’re young but once you get the hang of it you’ll be able to see the differences quicker. Once they reach sexual maturity you can really tell the difference. 
 

Here’s my current pair for reference and also a picture of just the male. You can see that Snoopy’s face shape is much closer to my female. 

I thought it was a girl at first (see beginning of journal) but then I thought not because of the pointy fins and the prominent spike. I don’t know! Lol

How do you get such vibrant colors? What diet do you feed?

[knee]

On 1/6/2023 at 11:08 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I thought it was a girl at first (see beginning of journal) but then I thought not because of the pointy fins and the prominent spike. I don’t know! Lol

How do you get such vibrant colors? What diet do you feed?

I'd say she's 99.9% female and if I'm correct, you have a really nice looking one. I've kept females that looked like actual males except for the face shape. My female doesn't have trailers and I've been looking everywhere for a nicer looking one 

 

My staple is Northfin krill, north fin community, north fin bug pellets and hikari vibra bites mixed in together and fed to them and my other fish twice a day. I feed them frozen food twice a week, sometimes three. I switch between spirulina enhanced brine shrimp, mysis shrimp and bloodworms. 

I also give them frozen daphnia every other day but that's mostly for the nano fish in the tank with them.

Edited January 6, 2023 by knee

[TheSwissAquarist]

Name change to Snoopa?

[The endler guy]

Snoopy kind of looks like a male (going off the vent, I could be wrong)

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 1/9/2023 at 8:51 AM, Aiden Carter said:

Snoopy kind of looks like a male (going off the vent, I could be wrong)

I went off of this guideline when I identified the sex.

 

[nabokovfan87]

Easiest way for me to tell is the dorsal rays on the fin.  Secondly is the pectoral fins (females, like corydoras are rounded) and there is head shape, but it can be difficult to tell. 

Males have the first few rays that are raised, for bolivians that's almost always a given characteristic.  The tail rays are usually indicative as well, but that isn't really a certainty on some batches.   I'd have to see some more shots of snoopy with the fin stretched out, but I think for everything I've seen it's a boy.

Not that it matters either way.... Snoopy is dope. He/She knows it.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 1/9/2023 at 7:12 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Easiest way for me to tell is the dorsal rays on the fin.  Secondly is the pectoral fins (females, like corydoras are rounded) and there is head shape, but it can be difficult to tell. 

Males have the first few rays that are raised, for bolivians that's almost always a given characteristic.  The tail rays are usually indicative as well, but that isn't really a certainty on some batches.   I'd have to see some more shots of snoopy with the fin stretched out, but I think for everything I've seen it's a boy.

Not that it matters either way.... Snoopy is dope. He/She knows it.

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