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    injury or deformity?

    thanks for your replys. that's what i thought but i wanted to get more opinions.
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    injury or deformity?

    one of my a. borelli females has a crooked mouth. i couldn't tell with the naked eye but it shows up in photos. she's in a 29G with another female and two males, 5 juvenile bristlenose plecos, and a handful of endler livebearers. i haven't noticed any fighting, just chasing occassionally...
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    a. borelli?

    thanks kenl. i believe i have 3m & 3f, or 4m & 2f, residing in a 29G with ~12 juvenile bristlenose plecos and a handful of endlers.
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    a. borelli?

    thanks badguy. any tips on how to sex them?
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    a. borelli?

    i was given 6 young fish by a member of the local aquarist society who bred them himself. he said they were a. borellis. i've no experience with them. do these look like young boreillis? thanks.
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    Bolivian Pairing

    thx. they are the first egglayers i was able to successfully raise. :) it's the surest way i know. the female's ovipositer will be fatter than the male's organ, which tends to be pointy. i've read a lot that the dorsal fin on males has elongated tips and the females do not. however, my...
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    Bolivian Pairing

    they will pair up if they're compatible and only when they're ready. problem is they're operating on their own schedule, not yours. :wink: even if you have males and females, they may never pair up. i've found a more reliable way to sex adults is to examine their genitalia, just in front...
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    will bolivian rams eat crushed pond snails?

    i have a lot of pond snails in my bolivian ram fry tank. they are multiplying exponentially because of all the feedings i've been giving the fry. would they make a nice meat pie for the adult bolivians and bristlenose plecos in my community tank if i mash a bunch of them together? has...
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    Survival rate with Ram fry

    kinda late in responding to your post lyretail, but better late than never i guess. how about doing smaller water changes of say 15%-25% instead of 50%, but more frequently, say every other day? perhaps the fry are sensitive to major water changes but would tolerate smaller water changes...
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    freeswimming fry video - are you sick of me yet?

    my bolivian ram fry like to swim laps around the tank so i caught them as they came by. they are still very tiny. that's a toothbrush in the vid. hope you enjoy! Click here to watch ToothbrushFry for those who've been following the threads i've been posting here, i decided to remove...
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    fry free swimming - ok to remove parents?

    thx for your replys. you make some good points i hadn't considered tom. parents are still protecting and herding the fry. i will leave them in at least another week. thx again. :)
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    fry free swimming - ok to remove parents?

    as you may (or may not) know, i've got bolivian ram fry in a 12G tank with their parents. the fry have been free swimming for 2 days now. they've been eating filter gunk, bbs, and crushed powdered flake food. i'd like to move the parents to another tank to lower the bioload in the fry...
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    water changes and fry

    i just did a 25% water change and added some java moss even though the fry are not yet freeswimming. they hatched 3 1/2 days ago and are still being guarded by the parents when they're not being moved from pit to pit. they appear to be healthy and vigorous but should they be freeswimming by...
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    water changes and fry

    water changes and fry (video added) a lot of folks say water changes should be increased when fry are present. some even advocate daily water changes. would this still apply if water params are in the ideal range? my 12G tank with 72-hour old bolivian ram fry has 7.0 ph, 0...
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    bolivian ram fry

    thx for your response woody. the fry hatched less than 36 hrs ago and are not yet freeswimming so i guess i have some time before i'll have to feed them. so far so good. parents still guarding fry and i just checked to make sure the water params are still good: 7.0ph, zero...
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