dano569

does anyone have ram cichlids?i was wondering if anyone has them what ph do they have them in?

Gunnie

I believe Butterfly has some in a ph of 7.6. Which rams are you talking about, the blue or bolivian rams? Butterfly has the blue.

Isabella

Rams are so beautiful !!! I wish I could have some rams !!! Definitely getting them in the future (when I have a "huge" tank) !!!

dano569

i decided not to get the rams and got some different gouramis instead.they had some blue rams and some golds but i was concerned about the ph in my tank being to high and they were tiny so i was worried my pictus cats would eat them.i had to get rid of my south american cichlids and was gonna get some rams to replace them,but decided to get gouramis instead.

Butterfly

Yes the Rams are very beautiful and will acclimate to just about any pH but in order for tehir eggs to hatch the water has to be a bit soft.
Carol

dano569

i ended up starting a gourami tank instead and put my rainbow cichlids in there also.

Jason

Yey you got pictus cats. They are one of the most beautiful catfish!

dano569

* * yeah one of them is mean if he doesn't settle down soon i'm gonna have to take him to the pet store. he's aggressive toward my dojos and starts fights with the other pictus.

Jason

Did you get them from the same place or at the same time or did you get them after one established a territory

dano569

i bought 2 and one died and then i got the other about a month later.the second one i bought was older than the one that lived.

Jason

Its weird sometimes fish will happily play together but othertimes like people they don't get along. Some fish don't like it when you add another of the same species after it has already established itself there.

When the meaner one attackers the other do you hear the noise they make its a kind of honk.

dano569

no,i haven't heard that.

Jason

The fish can't be hurting the other then too much

vin

Most species of catfish "croak". That's from the air bladder they have that they can inflate or empty to keep them bouyant....

newbie101

wierd i didn't know fish could make noise...

dano569

i ended up with 2 rams in MY GOURAMI TANK. :P :

vin

You want to hear a "croaker", catch a Sea Robin......They croak like bullfrogs.

Jason

I like the look of Rams and am I right in saying they do pretty well in community tanks.

The is a fish here called the Trumpeter and it also croaks pretty loud