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April 4th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Male and female?
I just got two GBR's at my LFS  I wanted to get one male and one female. I'm not too sire if they are both male in female, so I was wondering if anyone could back up. Here are two pics of them. It's only their third day so they are stil a little low on color:
This is the best I could do...sorry for the bad quality. | 
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April 4th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Looks to me like you've got a male and female.
1st picture:
Female: Round belly, pink colour on belly, smaller and stockier appearence, short second dorsal ray.
2nd picture:
Male: Belly more flat than rounded, no colour on belly, mole elongated appearence, long second dorsal ray. | |
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April 4th, 2009
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| ok thanks. Any tips on how i can make them most comfortable and possibly get them to pair. I don't want to force them 'to pair but if there were certain conditions needed, then I would be willing to create them. | |
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April 4th, 2009
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| My rams paired up for me with a pH of around 7.5 even though i believe they like it even lower than this, down to around 6.5 ph. they also like soft water | |
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April 4th, 2009
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| ok. I have a large and small piece of driftwood. So my PH is low and I'm pretty sure that my water is soft. I'll just wait and see. | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| today, day 5, female seems fine and eating...
However, the male is worrying me. He is dull in color, he's not mooving much, just resting on the bottom of the tank. I also noticed that his eye is losing it's red color. There's only a little red. he won't eat either.
It may be because i just turned the tank lights on, but there was light in the room already and the other fish are acting normally. what should I do? | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| Its normal for the colours to be dull when you turn the light on even if there was light in the room before. If i were you i would check your water parameters and then just see if anything is chasing him/ scaring him at all.
Good luck with the little guy | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| I will do some testing now. The water is a little cloudy, not sure why, but im sure the perameters are fine...I'll double check. There arn't any fish in there that would chase him... | |
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April 6th, 2009
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April 6th, 2009
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| Hmm, i cant see what could have made him go like this, does he still look ok (body still in shape, no marks, spots or grazes). | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| I dont see any marks and his body seems fine,it just started today.
He moved to under some driftwood, but he is still just sitting at the bottom. I dont think it water quality related because the other ram is swimming around merrily doing her own thing... I haveto leave for the day soon, so i won't be able to check up until later today. | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| We'll have to wait and see what hes like when you get back, best of luck | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| He is just laying there, panting. His eye lost all color and is now dialated and black. I don't think he will makeit.
I heard that blue rams were sensitive and unpredictably this way for the first week. I think it's just him because everyone else in the tank is fine. | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| i'm sorry he isn't doing well  GBRs are really sensitive to water conditions, which is unfortunate because they're such gorgeous fish | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| He passed away last night... I think he just didn't like the tank. The other one looks as happy as she can be. I may try to get another male in a week or so, to make sure my tank is fine... | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| sorry to hear about your little man, you couldnt have done anything as you didnt know what was wrong | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| i'm so sorry you lost him | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| Hopefully my next one will make it...I will do my best to make sure he does | |
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