Seattle_Aquarist
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I have a confession. I have tried multiple times over the last six years to keep German Blue Rams (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi / GBR) failing miserably each time. However, at our last monthly auction there were six juvenile GBR’s (about the size of a dime) raised by GSAS members that were absolutely stunning, healthy, and very active.
So I took a chance, bid on them, and won! Now I didn’t have a tank set up for them so what to do? I put them in my 20 gallon with a reverse trio of Apistogramma nijsseni, about 25 juvie Melanotaenia boesemani ‘Lake Aytinjo’, a dozen albino Corydoras sterbai, Otocinclus and SAE. To be truthful I did not think the GBR juvies could hold there own with the much bigger and faster tankmates. Well I was wrong, here we are two weeks later and all six are still doing fine! They eat flake, frozen bloodworms, freeze-dried Tubifex worms, and live white worms all with gusto.
I have a confession. I have tried multiple times over the last six years to keep German Blue Rams (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi / GBR) failing miserably each time. However, at our last monthly auction there were six juvenile GBR’s (about the size of a dime) raised by GSAS members that were absolutely stunning, healthy, and very active.
So I took a chance, bid on them, and won! Now I didn’t have a tank set up for them so what to do? I put them in my 20 gallon with a reverse trio of Apistogramma nijsseni, about 25 juvie Melanotaenia boesemani ‘Lake Aytinjo’, a dozen albino Corydoras sterbai, Otocinclus and SAE. To be truthful I did not think the GBR juvies could hold there own with the much bigger and faster tankmates. Well I was wrong, here we are two weeks later and all six are still doing fine! They eat flake, frozen bloodworms, freeze-dried Tubifex worms, and live white worms all with gusto.
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