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I've been keeping fish in fancy aquaria since I was 8 yrs old. I'm 45 now and have kept and raised all sorts of fish and inverts, fresh and marine! It's great to see a fellow old timer hobbyist keeping everything simple and consistent! ❤

@ianferguson4728

8 ай бұрын

I've been keeping fish since I was 6. I'm 62 now. Like me, you'll remember we never had problems back in the day. I'm convinced all the gimmicks and 5 million miles an hour filters haven't done us any favors. My entire store is now on sponge filters and the technology has been discarded. Much more success. Newbie hobbyists having better experience with simple equipment.

Just love that little twinkle in your eye when you talk about all these little Ram babies! 🥰

You never fail to inform and inspire me Father Fish. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.❤

FF, your love of the hobby is fully contagious. This video is a perfect example. Thank you!

I just ordered a pair of rams. Thank you so much for the information you share with us all! I’m a 100% disabled veteran who is homebound for the most part. Just got into aquariums plants and fish. It’s so rewarding and relaxing. I’ve learned so much from your videos. And hi from the mountains of N.C.! 👋

Father Fish is a national treasure. The best aquarium keeping advice you'll ever hear. The only advice you need.

I set up a 30 gallon heavily planted jungle tank with lots of Val and anubias, Amazon swords and tiger lotus, lots of crypts and dwarf chain sword been set up for 4 months with snails and seeded with micro life from my other aquariums then added 6 rams, 2 gold female, one electric blue female and 3 German blue ram males, a month ago they all paired off, but the smallest male died ): I have to find another male for the lonesome female, but when that happened the pairs switched up and today I woke up to my first batch of eggs laid by one of the gold rams and the biggest blue ram male:) very exciting I love this hobby

Thank you Father Fish for your lessons!

Thanks for such an informative video FF. I am new to the hobby and I've learned a lot already! you're such a blessing.

Baba Her zamanki gibi mükemmel bilgilerini ilgi ile izliyorum ..İyiki varsın .

I just picked up four German blue rams today. The fish store told me that they were two pairs. So hopefully we will find out soon.

Thank you for putting some quality information on this post! Countless KZreadrs make posts that never answer any questions and are full of adds for weird stuff.😂 I appreciate you! ✌️

Love Rams. Thanks always for your great wisdom

Fantastic video as always father fish. Love from Colorado

Thank you for sharing all those priceless info with us. God bless.

I enjoy your lecture fatherfish...learn a lot before getting my fish❤

This is a wonderful video thank you

Father Fish thank you for all that you do. You have changed how we changed the way we care for our aquariums. My middle students and I are learning everyday to learn how take care of our fish naturally. Thank you!!!!

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Fantastic video as always father fish. Love from colorado

Hey lou, looking forward to this 1,as I've never had any luck with em & love em, hope you're well.. I've been busy 👍

Amazing video ,very thorough

Thank you father fish!! I just bought two rams yesterday!!! Serendipity!!!

Thank you !!

Hi Father fish Thankyou so much for showing those beautiful fish. I think I'm going to it some.I watch you every day . 😊 Sincerely Gloria

Pleasant videos thank you

Gorgeous fish

Incredible guide, thanks Lou! How long do blue rams live? Happy Friday, Dan 🙏

thanks for so many advices. best wishes from argentina!

Yay! Here we go 😀

great video

Honestly i look forward to this stream

Thankyou sir. Wish my aquarium be beutifull like yours😊

Have not seen you prior without the beard 👍like the “new look”

Nice of you to just tell us clear information. Other aquarium KZreadrs leave out so many little details and I end up spending an hour waiting for my question to be answered and only see bologna from someone trying to make a buck on views and no helpful information or advice.

Hi Father Fish, thanks for this inspiring video. I am close to buy a pair of the "Fully Black Rams". I guess the procedure is the same?

Hi Father fish good day! I'm watching you from the Philippines.😊

Hello love this content your knowledge is incredible, and the timing of this video was perfect for my situation. Is it possible to have 5 zebra plecos 1.5 inch max 2, with a pair of German b ram in a 30g ?

I like them too i used to have the balloon ones 😊😊

Father fish you’ve inspired me to wanna do a natural fish tank. I’ve watched a lot of your videos and my 2 questions are 1: how much of the 2:1:1 formula do I need for a 40 gallon tank? 2: how many Neon Tetras can I start out with?

I am glad tht you are so excited with the beautiful fish spawning !, so exciting ! How much do you sell your beautiful German rams ?

Hii FF, you are video's very helpful for aquarium hobbyist... now i know the importance of natural aquarium plants. But what about malawi cichlid? How to setup Malawi cichlid aquarium, basically i like simple but beautiful work. plz make video on Malawi cichlid fish

I just purchased 4. Always wanted them. Now I guess I have to see them. I am seeing one definite female/red belly. I will check their black moons

My favourite fish of all time ❤ also the one that I had trouble the most with , they are really sensible especially to water temperature

@DashDrones

9 ай бұрын

Sensitive?

@papascrumpeeh

9 ай бұрын

@@DashDrones ah yes , my english ain't the best , that's the word :p

@DashDrones

9 ай бұрын

@@papascrumpeeh ah it's good man, obviously just a mistake. Happy weekend 👍

@papascrumpeeh

9 ай бұрын

@@DashDrones same to you! ^^

So much sagacity! The big net concept is one of the best pieces of advice. Actually, a game changer :) Is it true that German Blue Rams only live 2 years?

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

They are short lived, up to 4 years but they become very large and unhealthy.

سلام عليكم. اشكرك على تقاسم خبراتك لقد سعدت جدا بمعرفتك

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

إنه لمن دواعي سروري البالغ أن ألتقي بكم. لقد كونت العديد من الأصدقاء حول العالم من خلال هذه الهواية الرائعة. أطيب التمنيات لك. 'iinah lamin dawaei sururi albaligh 'an 'altaqi bikim. laqad kawanat aleadid min al'asdiqa' hawl alealam min khilal hadhih alhiwayat alraayieati. 'atyab altamaniyat lika.

Hi! Father Fish, make something about goldfish please. Great video!

Hi to all🙌🤗

Ramirezi, beautiful small cichlid... ❤

Hi Father fish, i have 1 male and 1 female gbr. The male is always chasing the female. But there is no spawn. The female constantly runs away from the male. How can i solve this problem?

Father fish, on the topic of apistogrammas, what species can live in 10 gallons?

I've been watching your videos since June and I'm more than excited to start my own 60L natural aquarium but I don't know which would be a good fish choice for me as a beginner. Any recomendations? Is it possible to have goldfish and not ending with no plants?? Those are the ones I love but I'm afraid they will dig all the roots 😢 Thank you so much for all the experience you share and most importantly How you share it, it's delightful listening to you!

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Cap the sand with gravel large enough the goldfish cannot move them.

As always, it's a great video, but I'd love to hear more about water parameters for ram breeding. My only personal success was using soft, acidic water - pH 6,2, KH less than 1, TDS 40. Could you elaborate on this? Thanks in advance.

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

Depends where the fish are from. Mine are all captive bred stock. Wild caught will require low Ph.

When you’re keeping an aquarium, and you’re putting leaves and stuff to build Micro Fana, should you run a filter? If so, what kind?

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Sponge filter is perfect.

Do you have videos of what to feed in the first day of free swim? Im having hard time raising ram they always die after 2 days pf free swim

@FatherFish

5 ай бұрын

Have you tried live fish food?

That is some hot water.

Thank you FF i love rams but everytime i had they die quikly. Whathing your videos im gona change to dirty tank and Will had rams. Greats from Portugal

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

rams require warm water, 28c min

@joaomota4399

3 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish thats the problem i always use 25o and after see your videos now i have 27. Thank you

Temperatures for blue rams should always be higher than it would be for regular tropicals because these tiny eartheater cichlids hail from shallow streams flowing in the Llanos (open grasslands) of Venezuela; constantly exposed to bright equatorial sun. Here in Singapore, where it is very hot the average indoor ambient temperatures fall between 29°C~31°C (84.2°F~87.8°F) and thus, aquarium water temperatures of 27.7°C~28°C (81.8°F~82.4°F). Thus, it is very easy to rear and breed blue rams, as well as discus fish, here in Singapore. Temperatures below 80°F are preferred by aquatic plants so, when planting up a tank for blue rams be sure to research a plant species to ascertain its hardiness in terms of tolerance for much higher temperature range. So, in short keep it really warm for the blue rams and they'll thrive well!

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Excellent advice.

@SarumanDeWhite

6 ай бұрын

SG here too. Can I keep German rams with tetras, rasboras, and white cloud minnows? Thx :)

@Z4U3398

6 ай бұрын

@@SarumanDeWhite Small world! Yes, you can & I highly recommend you to go shop at That Aquarium Changi - their fish selection is really huge they always carry like 5 tanks full of different strains of ram cichlids. Plus all of those other fishes you mentioned too. Awesome shop!

@SarumanDeWhite

6 ай бұрын

@@Z4U3398 Thanks a lot. Whoa Changi! But I shall have a look!

@Z4U3398

6 ай бұрын

@@SarumanDeWhite You're welcome. The shop is actually not at Changi but between Eunos MRT station & Kembangan MRT station, just before Still Road. It's called Changi Rd... it's not at Changi V! 🤣

My black knight male and regular ballon ram just surprised me with free swimming fry today but there’s a pair of dwarfs rainbow goby in along with forktail rainbow fish. The parents are protecting them but i really want to keep the parents with the fry if possible. The tank is a 29 gallon planted tank

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

The best plan is to siphon the fry into a smaller container with the same water. Feed BBS or from a resurrection jar. A sponge filter will help keep it clear.

I subscribed your KZread Channel. I will watch your videos in this channel later. Like.😊

Hello father fish i have a question would it be a good thing to keep my sand subtrate around 5 to 6 inches deep to promote anaerobic bacteria in my saltwater tank?

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

yes

@tyroneabnes87

9 ай бұрын

​​@@FatherFishthank you so much! I heard of the benefits of it promoting a reduction in nitrates aswell as being the best in promoting aerobic bacteria but I was just a little cautious about the hydrogen sulfide but I am prolly gonna throw in some sand sifting crabs to figure that out! Thanks again father fish!

Barring any breeding goals, would it work to have a larger tank with a group of rams and let them pair off themselves? This technique, I think, may be popular with Angelfish (perhaps b/c they're not easy to sex?). Thanks for this species spotlight - never considered bgRams as an option!

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

if the pairs are them, separated, yes. Any M and F will spawn if the female is producing mature eggs.

Hi father fish mine pair have laid bout 10 clutchs of eggs now but they get to the 2 day period an they eat them any help be much appreciated

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

The eggs mat not be fertile. OR remove the eggs after spawning is finished and hatch them in a clean jar, floating in the tank with an air stone. Once they hatch do not feed until they are free swimming. Move into a lager container with a sponge filter and feed microworm.

Hello! In your opinion, what should be the hardness of the water for growing ramirese. I measured the water in my aquarium with a TDS hardness of 290 to 330 ppm. Is this indicator good for growing Ramirez? Thank you! Is it possible to grow two types of ramires in one aquarium (Apistogramma Ramirezi „Electric Blue“ end German Blue Ram? Is there a possibility that pairs of different species will form and then their offspring will not be a pure breed?

@FatherFish

2 ай бұрын

They are all the same species, selectively bred for color. The water is not too hard for them. You can dilute with spring water but be sure to maintain the same formula.

@user-iu4id2rs7c

2 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish Thank you very much!

What are the odds I was just researching these guys today. I’m afraid from what I’ve read they like soft water and my shrimp like it hard. Can’t wait to here what FF has to say about them.

@papascrumpeeh

9 ай бұрын

Been keeping my rams in really hard water due to where I live without issue , the only big problem is in such water the eggs will absolutely not hatch , breeding requires really soft water.

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Add distilled water to bring Ph down to 7.0 The eggs will hatch.

I need a longer tank...

My newly planted tank about 2 or 3 weeks water went from amber to brown. A snail died in there. I didnt add leaves yet . What should i do?

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

add sand

@georgesavino4273

9 ай бұрын

There’s 2 inches of Sanden already

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

@@georgesavino4273 dirt is bleeding through. Add another inch

@Mr.-Tanks

9 ай бұрын

Do you have wood in the tank ?

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Hi Father Fish. I just started a new channel Content coming soon. I hope you are doing well my good friend. - JimmyP

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

Welcome back Jimmy!

@JimmyPUnhinged

8 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish You are a rock star now Father Fish. Thank you for remembering me.

Excuse me, father fish, what is the fish with the spots that appear in the video around 1:13 in the play time of the video?

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Cichlid Baby uaru, a fish from the same clime as discus and rams.

@gordonvanhook6818

9 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish thankyou

Do you have a website where you sell fish and plants?

@Desmond000007

9 ай бұрын

Look here father-fish-aquarium.myshopify.com/

I am in the process of preparing a first tank. In one of your videos you only push new plants one inch into the sand so that they find their way to the soil underneath at their own pace. What do the plants live on until that happens?

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

stored energy

@budte

9 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish Thank you.

Hey FF, I recently came home with a pair of Blue Rams. Today I noticed that they’ve spawned. I haven’t finished setting up the 30g I was planning on putting them in. Do you think some of the babies will survive if I leave the parents in there with them?

@FatherFish

5 ай бұрын

Not many

@GrumpyGillsFishing

5 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish darn, that’s okay though I suppose. I wasn’t ready for them to spawn yet anyway. I really need to finish setting up their tank first so my holding tank will be available again.

❤

Well I love these fish but i am afraid to Keep them because of the temperature.. please tell me! Is it Safe, in the long term, to Keep the plants in temperatures around 28-29 degrees celcius; i am afraid they are going to die from heat.

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

That is normal temp for tropicals

@fr.Loukas

3 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish i currently have raised the heat because of ick and i will see how it goes For example i have a loving plant named Hydrocotyle tripartita and i see the temperature affecting it, i think. Hopefully it won't!

Father Fish, would Honey Gouramis be compatible tank mates with German Blue Rams?

@FatherFish

6 ай бұрын

should be fine together

@SarumanDeWhite

6 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish Thanks Father Fish. From watching many of your videos, I get a sense that fish combinations are not so crucial as the substrate and plants - “fish are fish” haha I like this. Of course I won’t pair obviously incompatible fishes together, but just thought I’d ask :) Appreciate your time.

What are those spotted fish??? 👀

Please Father Fish make the same video about Discus!!

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

I will.

@facundobozza6601

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!!

Thanks for the video ❤ I love these fish also and have seen them quite comfortable at 87f to follow up on your point. Working on some beautiful variants of Blue Rams thanks for all the sound advice and check me out anytime 👍🏼

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you! Very impressive fish skills. LOVE your channel.

@gokidooke1345

8 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish your channel is amazing. I have learned so much and am honored by such mention by you.

Hallo

can you grow your beard out for Christmas please, thanks

😎🙏

😢 I got a pair of Rams the female died and the male became stressed and died 3 days later

@FatherFish

2 ай бұрын

So sorry

bring that beard back

Love these fish but mine was fine one day and died the next day.

Me too father fish but there seems to be gate keeping in the uk or parts an thats ontop of profiteering Finest Aquatics in widnes are at it we went from £14 A PAIR to males only for £14 or would you like a super cardinal TETRA for £4.50 😂😂 same goes for the panda gara males only an yet they are extremely hard to sex young so somebody is taking the time an alot of effort to control it Gate keeping has been called out in Australia too by kFS youtuber

So what do i do with those 300 fish? 🙈😂

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Excellent question. I am working on this.

I used to have a blue ram but my yo yo Loach Bit it to death

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

bad yoyo loach

interesting fish, but I am not a fan breeding fish which cant stay together in larger groups for long. For the private hobby its not that easy to get rid of all the offspring with fish species where people only want at best a pair ... unless you live in a dense urban area with a lot of potential costumers. Requires a lot of space / prepared tanks to keep the offspring around until all found a new home. Ofc one can always go the more natural way, just set up a larger tank from the start and dont separate after they hatch ... occasional some will make it, the rest becomes food. The problem of gettign rid of all the offspring from separate breeding seems to be often brushed aside with all the HowTo videos. Many people often just end up with too many fish and too little space to keep them around long enough without issues.

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

You are correct. You raise an important concern that goes unanswered. As a shopkeeper hobbyists came through my door with fish that had multiplied and become too large to keep. Sadly too often they were not salable due to stunting, poor genetic mixing, or deformed and damaged fins from being overstocked. This IS a serious issue and one worth exploring. Join me in the FF Shoal where we can discuss this and arrange some videos to deal with the issue. discord.gg/father-fish-shoal

Why seperating babies? I thought it Was better to keep parents and babies together so the babies have the instinct to Do it all again when they are old enough

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

These Parents will eat bables

@birgitschwaika4761

6 ай бұрын

Finally, I have free swimming babies ❤raised them without their Patents. Next time i leave the babies with their parents

I appreciate the information so much, for a while I got information from aquarium coop; until the sexual scandals. The things Cory did is disgusting. Those kids in Peru. The little sucky suck for a days work- no. So, it’s good to hear this information from someone with less baggage. Thank you- bettas. You rock ff❤

@evanscott7652

9 ай бұрын

Scandal with aquarium coop? What exactly are you talking about I haven’t heard about this and can’t find info online… I wouldn’t want to support his business if what you are saying is true

I literally just grabbed 3 german blue rams 2 females one male in my jungle tank which is now a full house for sure. 6 panda garra, 8 Cory's, 10 otos, and 1 male golden wonder killi, 3 guppys 2 female one male . 3 days in I've seen breeding behavior at 78 79 degrees just set to 80 but all 3 have been sticking together so far ❤️ oh 29 gallon jungle tank deep substrate

@DashDrones

9 ай бұрын

Isn't that really unfair on the second female??

@melwohl37

9 ай бұрын

@DashDrones so far all 3 have been happily sticking together once I notice one of the females being left out or bullied or unhappy I will move her I sit on my tanks like a mother hen. So far all 3 seem happy and healthy 😊 plus like I said in my earlier comment they live in a jungle tank with plenty to do. This is my first go with any kind of ram and to be truthful I'm not trying to breed them just yet but we shall see. Is it unfair you see huge numbers of them male and female in Bare tanks at the lfs? Or at breeders? Would be my question? I want the best for my fish as I'm sure we all do here on this channel. I didn't know you could only do 2 in a community tank ?

@DashDrones

9 ай бұрын

@@melwohl37 yeah, that's what this video is about. Max two in a community tank and must be one boy and one girl. Would love to see a video of your jungle tank, it sounds amazing

@melwohl37

9 ай бұрын

@DashDrones I'm glad he came out with this video I did tons of research before adding them to the tank as I do any fish so I may move the third female anyway no where in my research did it say only get a pair just not 2 males so I figured might be the same as with most fish more females than males 😅 wish I could leave photos here or I would show you.

@melwohl37

9 ай бұрын

​@DashDrones if you have a fb I would love to show you I'm not on discord yet that is 😅 I have a fb group fish keepers anonymous 😅❤