love rams ,hmmm hard water

[quaders]

Im so tempted to buy some rams ( not golden or electric blue) but I live in a hard water area so is this a no go situation or are any of you guys having success with them in hard water

 

[Danny Walton]

Hi mate,
Im the same LOVE rams and bred them but find them VERY hard to keep due to my water
Both German blue rams and Electric blue rams do NOT do well, Im lucky to get them live past 2 weeks
How ever Bolivian rams ive found to be more hardy and lived fine in my tanks very well, Try these??
Otherwise try and locate a breeder who has managed to breed and raise them in harder water, you might have better luck then

 

[quaders]

Hi Danny,
Thanks mate. I have kept Bolivian rams in the past but their just not the same. Rams are like Discus I guess, frustrating!
My LFS say that theirs are kept in normal tap water , maybe I should give them ago ,at the moment I have rummy nose tets and cardinals which have been in the tank for some time now and they seem fine.

 

[Danny Walton]

Hi mate,
Yeah just give them a whirl, maybe just buy 1 or 2 at first and then improve your collection if you have better luck keeping them.
Ive personally tried alot of different methods to improve my keeping of them but nothing has worked yet

 

[quaders]

yeah mate , I think your right ,I will let you know how it goes

 

[Danny Walton]

Yeah please do!
I hope you have better success than me mate......Good luck!

 

[Bellaaquatics]

I am breeders here in Indonesia..

I am currently breeding german blue rams on hard water, TDS 660..

Maybe I'll post some pics on this few days..

As long the water is free from polluted agent, I think it will be fine..

Remember, the most important things is aclimatisation

 

[quaders]

Thanks for the info would love to see some pics, interesting that your managing to breed them in hard water,maybe theres hope for me yet!

 

[Ravenswing]

We have had Bolivians for nearly four years, same wild cought, some captive bred and both have had wigglers (till tetras find them...). Tap water EC 450-530uS (tank has been 850uS sometimes, nowadays with RO 300-350uS), GH 3-5, KH 2-4, so I personally cant call them sensitive. Originally we had 9, but have lost two because of Camallanus infection, luckily the rest made it fine. One didint grow well and was culled later. Thou, we have never tried to grow fry in separated tank so no idea how succesful or not that would be in our nasty water.

 

[Bellaaquatics]

Thats my ramirezi @660 micro siemens TDS..

If you know some importers thats looking for it, I currently exporting this fish

 

[Daneland]

Resuscitating an old topic. My tank's TDS is 450 and pH is 7.6-7.8
Can I keep rams ???