Bucio Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Iv finally gotten a paid of GBR to not eat their eggs and protect their fry. But today i get home from work and i watch them... and i dont see the fry. Then i see a few and the dad rushed to pick em up. But I assumed he was just moving them. But he was chomping away and then grabbed another one!? Are they never gonna give me fry !? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Most fish will eat there fry the first few times they breed, they will learn to be good parents (well, most do.) All though if you want maximum survival rate pull the eggs. If you need some tips on breeding rams @Fish Folk can help youu out more then i. Heres a thread that may help as well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Bucio said: Iv finally gotten a paid of GBR to not eat their eggs and protect their fry. But today i get home from work and i watch them... and i dont see the fry. Then i see a few and the dad rushed to pick em up. But I assumed he was just moving them. But he was chomping away and then grabbed another one!? Are they never gonna give me fry !? Aw man . . . sorry to hear that. We've never been able to get out Rams to raise their own fry successfully. Honestly . . . it's a sort of pipe dream we have of getting to watch that. Ours either eat their eggs, or eat their fry. After dozens and dozens of failures, we've just resolved that if we want fry, we'll have to do it ourselves. Rams are easily startled. So, one thing to do is make sure that they're in a very low traffic area. When lights go on and off, it spooks them and they crash their fry. Some breeders turn timers off and leave lights on all day and night for awhile -- works with angelfish. Some breeders put coverings around all sides of the tank Rams breed in to keep them from getting startled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram man Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I've been breeding rams for about 3 years now and have learned that it usually takes 1-2 spawns for them to not eat the eggs or fry. I've also learned that they usually only take care of their fry for about 2 weeks. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 My German blue rams spawned for the 3rd time today, remove the eggs or keep them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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