bolivianbaby

Great name! These guys are fun to watch grow up! Every week, it seems like they show new color.

Can't wait to see the pics-nudge, nudge

ABCDemily

I'll have photos up mega soon, when I get home. He's so small, the pristellas are bigger than him! I'm worred about him not feeding as they are sneeky and super fast, they snatched all the food whilst he hid in the corner Any ideas on feeding the little guy?

bolivianbaby

I feed floating food to my rainbows and platys and kinda "throw" the cichlid food so it sinks. Mine has learned to watch me to know where it's going to fall. He'll also munch on the algae wafers that I feed my cories. Since he's so small, whatever you feed him, make sure it's crunched up.

He'll learn your feeding methods and where to go so he gets food. Just "throw" his food into the corner so it falls and he'll eat.

Keep us posted on his progress! After he gets used to you, his personality will really come out! I think you'll be pleased with him.

harpua2002

You may not get him to eat today, since he'll still be stressed from the move. It's not a big deal. Most fish IME take several days, or sometimes more, to settle down and start eating. Once he figures out you're throwing food in there, he'll eat voraciously I'm sure.

ABCDemily

Well when I fed the tank before I went out, eeryone snjapped up their food, he seemed a little apprehensive, and then once it'd all gone realised that there was actually food there and started rooting round for some. He's an awsome little boy, he's yellow right npw, with black sripes, and the black spot in his middle, with the flash on my camera it shows up his blue back end. He's just so little lol!

And thanks for the tips on how to feed him. I think 'll feed flakes to the Pristellas and Guppy, and use some Micro Pellets that sink fast near him. Hopefully it'll click that they are food!

ABCDemily

Meet Tarabuco! He's really coloured up since yesterday, and he's feeding well and zooming all over the tank, he's also schooling with the pristellas!

The first picture is the one from today, the second is from when I got him home His favourite corner is where some rocks and shells make a little hidy place, as well as near the other front corner.

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bolivianbaby

He's beautiful! He looks almost like a gold ram. Congratulations!

Please keep us updated with pictures and as his personality comes out more and more

harpua2002

Oh, lol... I thought you meant you were getting a Bolivian ram! Nice GBR you've got there.

ABCDemily

:O! I thought I had a Bolivian Ram! He cam from the Bolvian Ram tank! Oh dear. There was only one Ram tank, and they were all labled Bolivians! I'll inform them that they have two different kinds in there.

Is there anything else I need to know additional to the Bolivian info? Apart from the fact that they are notoriously hard to look after He does seem very happy right now though.

Thanks for the heads up lol!

harpua2002

GBRs prefer higher temps than Bolivians. 80-83F is good for them. Not much else to note, really; the care requirements are the same. You'll keep up on water changes so I don't have to advise there.

On a side note, I don't think quality GBR stock is hard to care for. The problem is finding quality stock to begin with. You mentioned yours is very small, and I can see from the pic that it isn't nearly as colorful as an adult GBR. This is a good sign IMO. Poor quality stock often appears colorful as juveniles because of the use of color-enhancing hormones, which as I understand it weaken the fish and shorten its lifespan.

ABCDemily

He's only an inch big right now bless him! Generally, as it's a chain pet shop, they have to have high quality stock otherwise nobody'll shop there really, and all the fish I've ever gotten from there have lived out their full potential.
I'm glad his colour looks good. I mainly bought him so small so I could watch him grow up, so it's nice to know he hasn't been messed around with (hopefully)

Thanks for pointing out my rather bad faux pas! I'll probably up my w/c's in that tank as it is, as witht he four juvie guppies it's a wee bit over the limit, but they're off to a friend of my boyfriends family on the 10th of August!

ABCDemily

Here he is again

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ABCDemily

Okay, I had the airpump off whilst the French were in my room, it sounds like a tractor. I turned it on, no bubbles through the airwand. Switched it off. Return to room.

WATER ALL OVER THE FLOOR!

WATER ALL OVER THE ELECTRIC SOCKETS!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Lucy

Oh No!! There's little adapter you can buy and attached to the hose that won't allow the water to back up into he pump. I'm sorry, I can't remember what it's called.....besides being a little late.

Love your ram. They're such gorgeous little fish and full of personality.
Mine didn't last long but I hope to try again.

ABCDemily

Thanks, I'll look out for them, I think they're called check valves or non-return valves or something. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll have a hunt around for one.

The little ram has been doing, okay, shall we say. He's been getting terrible stress lines and I feel so bad for not being able to do anything. At least he's eating and swimming

Lucy

And what happened to your drip line?

ABCDemily

You don't want to see my electrics. I have two sockets in my bedroom. These power three tanks. I have two three way sockets, with extensions running off all of them. But an electrician did it for me LOL! Basically all my electrics are under a drawer, where I keep my air pump. So alllll the water ended up under there, leaking out underneath.

I have an extension off extension on all of my tank...with the 15 gallons electrics wired into two plugs for the four appliences. Shameful, I know.