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November 15th, 2009
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| Food for Bolivian Rams
What type of fish food should I be feeding Bolivian Rams? | 
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I feed mine high-quality tropical flake (Kensfish), cichlid flake (Kensfish), brine shrimp and bloodworms. They brine shrimp and the bloodworms are a bi-weekly treat. I also add some spiriluna flakes to the feeding twice a week. | 
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November 15th, 2009
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| Mine will eat flakes, blood worms, brine shrimp, and occasionally fight the pleco for some nips at the algae wafers. | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| I tried feeding them tetra colored tropical flakes, blood worms, and shrimp pellets but they didn't go for any of it. My loach and DG ate it all. Maybe they are still getting used to the tank seeing how I only got them yesterday. | |
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November 15th, 2009
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Originally Posted by DRock914  I tried feeding them tetra colored tropical flakes, blood worms, and shrimp pellets but they didn't go for any of it. My loach and dg ate it all. Maybe they are still getting used to the tank seeing how I only got them yesterday. | They probably are still getting used to their new environment. They're not as delicate as blue rams, but definitely just as moody  Mine have driven me nuts trying to get them set up in the same tank without aggression. that cichlid personality is part of them. | |
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November 15th, 2009
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Originally Posted by bolivianbaby They probably are still getting used to their new environment. They're not as delicate as blue rams, but definitely just as moody Mine have driven me nuts trying to get them set up in the same tank without aggression. that cichlid personality is part of them. | Every now and then they will ram each other but it never leads to more then the initial hit. They spend all day schooling and are never apart. Every now and then they also school with my dg. | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| That's so cool! It sounds like you have a compatible pair, regardless of their sex, they get along and that's awesome! | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| For now yes. Hopefully they stay that way because they are still young. | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| With mine, the drama started immediately and they came from the same store, same tank. I just have a VERY moody female. Honestly, I think she needs Mydol  | |
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November 16th, 2009
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Originally Posted by bolivianbaby With mine, the drama started immediately and they came from the same store, same tank. I just have a VERY moody female. Honestly, I think she needs Mydol | Haha, I found hikari sinking carnivore pellets in the closet. Do you think the rams would go for these? | |
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November 16th, 2009
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| They should. They are carnivores or ominovores by nature, at least the research I've done says they are.
Last edited by bolivianbaby; November 16th, 2009 at 03:04 PM.
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November 20th, 2009
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| It's been just about a week since I picked up the Rams and every day I try to feed them and they do not react to the food. I've tried various flakes, small cichlid pellets, and blood worms. Whenever the food drops by them they do not budge, I think they are brain dead. Is there anything I can do to get them to eat? | |
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November 20th, 2009
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| Soak their food in garlic juice. It increases their appetite and boosts their immune system. | |
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November 20th, 2009
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| How big are they?
If they are over 2" or so I would suggest not feeding them anything for 2 days, then try feeding again. Amazing what not offering them anything will do. When you do this I would also suggest using the food you plan on using as a staple. You dont want them finally eating something like say bloodworms, then turning up their nose to anything else you try and feed. get them used to a staple then you can mix in other foods once they start eating regularly.
Brian | |
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November 20th, 2009
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Originally Posted by btate617 How big are they?
If they are over 2" or so I would suggest not feeding them anything for 2 days, then try feeding again. Amazing what not offering them anything will do. When you do this I would also suggest using the food you plan on using as a staple. You dont want them finally eating something like say bloodworms, then turning up their nose to anything else you try and feed. get them used to a staple then you can mix in other foods once they start eating regularly.
Brian | They are just about 2". I plan on feeding them wardly cichlid crumbles. I have other fish in the tank too that I don't want to stop feeding. What If I just stop throwing in their food? | |
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November 24th, 2009
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Originally Posted by DRock914 They are just about 2". I plan on feeding them wardly cichlid crumbles. I have other fish in the tank too that I don't want to stop feeding. What If I just stop throwing in their food? | How are you rams doing, are they eating yet? | |
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November 24th, 2009
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Originally Posted by redlessi How are you rams doing, are they eating yet? | Not that I have seen. Do they eat vegetation? I do have a few live plants in the tank. They still have no reaction to food, it'll hit them in the head and they don't budge. They do not look unhealthy though. | |
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November 24th, 2009
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| Yes, they'll munch on live plants. They may be scrounging around when the lights are off, too. Once they get used to you though, they'll be begging for you to watch them like little puppy dogs  | |
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