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Here 6years later, and Jason is still giving great info!

Thank you, this video is just what I needed. I was planning to pick up this fish later today but wanted to do just a little more research to make sure they would be compatible with my setup and community. This video was very in depth in a short amount of time.

This type of Ram looks great. I like those very much. And amazing footage you've got there! Very informing, new sub here ;)

I am going through your channel and keep finding great videos and information I have been interested in keeping Bolivian Rams

They are awesome fish got one in my community tank with gups female betta some tetras, great looking fish mate

I just saw Bolivian Rams at my LFS and planning on getting few. I'm so glad I found your video, it's been very informative. Great video 👌

I just got my first pair, I’m so excited!

Thanks so much for the very informative video. Lots of good tips. I just got a pair at my club auction and have never tried Bolivian Rams so I really appreciate the info!

Came here from your recent rams vs. apistos video. Considering adding some Bolivian rams to my 40 gallon community in the future.

That was perfect for my morning inspiration. Moving my pair into a ten. As a breeder with a large business, it's been to hard having any mixed species tanks. Needed a refresher to get them into the new tank this morning. Later today I'll be dividing my Peacocks and Mbunas into separate 30 gal breeder setups. Great quality video. Thanks for the morning cup of Cichlids 😎😂☕🐠🐡🐟

They are one of my favourite fish at the moment. My pair have just spawned for the first time in a community tank. I was not even thinking of breeding them, but as I like them so much, I have now transferred them to a smaller tank with only a male Beta and a pregnant platy. I have also just bought a few electric blue Rams, which I am looking forward to see grow up in the community tank.

My favorite fish. Lots of personality. I have a homicidal Angel fish, and even it thinks the Bolivian Ram is cool. I have one in a 39g with a large Angel, Bristle nose, bunch of Assassin Snails and a team of Zebra Danios. The Danios were a problem at first because those savages would not let anything sink to the bottom. So I mixed up the food so that it would sink at different speeds. That way while the Danios were busy at the top, other foods would make it to the bottom. Great video!

I’ve had loads of tropical and marine tanks. The Bolivian ram is still my favourite of all fish. Easily the most interesting to watch if you have a good sized group.

Great fish, and so much easier to keep than ramirezi. According to Horst and Staeck, they were found in a PH of 7.6 in Bolivia, so obviously they are very adaptable in water conditions. Thanks for sharing

Great informative video thanks for sharing 👍😉

Thank you for making this video

Nice vibrant colors. I find Epsom salt to be a good remedy for the pop-eye one . After trying to hold several Bolivians in a 40 gallon tank, I have realized that the rams on the bottom of the hierarchy tend not to handle the stress of dominancy over time. They'll start to waste away from the bottom up of the pecking order, by becoming emaciated and eventually dying.

I love my 2 year old Bolivian ram so much! I have him (not sure what sex) with two black skirted tetras and they are great together! He is always up at the glass to see me! Best fish I’ve ever owned

The snail was riding a snail 😂

The rams are beautiful fish. I hope you have great success with them breeding. I'm still wanting the peacock gudgeon. Tho.😉 💚🐠💚

I just got 2.👍🏻I have 4 German Blue Rams with my Angel Fish, all are doing well.

This clinches it, this will be my centerpiece fish for my 65 gallon community tank. I mostly keep small tetras like embers and neons, along with green fire tetras and 5 cochus blue tetras, so a large fish is out since it could eat moat of them. My water is fairly soft and my ph is about 6.8. My tank is seasoned, has great filtration and fully planted from side to side and even has a good amount of water lettuce on top. Against my black background and black sand, and all the plants, it should look amazing.

Great vid dude👍it’s quite a handsome fish

Awesome vid, helped with my next fish decision! Ty!

Hi Jason, my rams are in the process of protecting their eggs after I got home from work, and now Im panic watching. This video helped out a lot, thank you

Watched recently, got a new 55 that i plan on stocking with these rams

Thanks for the great video. We are setting up a 55 gallon tank. Plan on using sand, amazon swords, anubis, drift wood, heater set around 76, canister and hang on the back filters. Also have some fake plants for the time being until other ones grow out. Looking into what other plants I could get away with. Might also build some hideouts using broken up ceramic or slate tile. The question I have is stocking. I feel I have a grasp on what I'd like to do but would love input. Here's what I am thinking. 2-4 Bolivian rams, 4-6 panda cory and 12-15 cardinal tetra.

I have mine with firemouth cichlids no problems at all

Thanks Jason.

Just put 4 of these little guys in my community tank and I swear they're more peaceful than some of the male mollies I've owned.

My rams laid eggs a couple days ago. Took me by surprise! I'm not sure if they're eating the eggs or if they're moving the wrigglers.

Can I have one of these in a 29 gallon tank that already has 8 zebra danios? I plan to add some corys later as well.

I’m going to get a few of those Rams for my Discus tank.

I like them

Thanks, I enjoy your channel very much.

I think I found an exception. I bought a full grown female Bolivian Ram and she has been peaceful and not bothering the other fish, guppies, mollies, otocinclus and honey gouramis. I then bought three juvenile Bolivian Rams and she immeidately started chasing all of them around continually throughout the day. I took out the four gouramis and separated her out to another 20 gallon high and she was fine. Then the three juveniles started to single one of theirs out so i took them out and put them in with the the full grown one because the bullied one would not come out to eat at all. Any suggestions? I think the black mollies having too many fry might be part of the cause but I am going to give them to my local fish store with the fry soon. I'm hoping this will help.

your rams are beautiful

Thank you for the video! Very informative! I have 3 Golden, 2 Electric and 3 Blue German Rams... not sure of the sex, but they keep picking at each other... I also have 2 angel fish (125 gallon ). I have plenty of plants and drift wood... any ideas to stop them from arguing?

Care guide 1:water 100x more basic then fish prefer 2:water hardness 10 times too hard 3:keep water cool Goes to show most of these fish have been bred in hatcheries all in the same water no matter what the preference for the fish. The important thing is always a stable environment!

Just picked one up for a center piece fish in a 20 long!

nice

I have mine (I only have one) in a 10 gallon tank and he (not sure the sex) seems to be doing just fine. I've only had him since Oct. 22nd. He has rocks in his tank and some (fake) plants, and plenty of hiding places. I am having a hard time getting him to eat, though... I've had an Oscar before that got to be about 7" and many other kinds of fish, but I've never had a cichlid (besides the Oscar) before this one. My boyfriend and I are gonna upgrade him to a 29 gallon after I move next month

I think I might as well try them out in my 20 gallon

I had agression problems with my Bolivian Rams, they actually chased away my kuhlii loaches and other fish from their areas. I moved them to another tank and was adviced to feed small amount of food three times per day (I previously only fed once) and that seems to have calmed them down.

I setup a 40 gallon breeder tank for a pair of Bolivian rams. I put a piece of spider wood, amazon sword and anubias plants, rocks and a rock cave as well as a clay pot in the tank. I have two rams that have differences such as size color and length of fins but Im not sure if they are a pair. They follow each other everywhere in the tank and spar a little but I’m not sure if this means anything since this is my first time keeping this fish. Should I give them more time to see if it turns out I have a pair or do you think I should get another two to up the odds of having two pair off?

I have a 55 gallon with 4 angels, can i add some bolivians to my tank?

Hey I love the channel! It's very informative. I currently have a planted 40 breeder with a bolivian ram and I was wondering if it's possible to add a male apisto to the mix? And for the bolivian rams and apistogramma, should they be kept singly, in pairs, or in groups of their own species? I've looked a lot online to answer this question and opinions seem very mixed with some people saying they're social and need a pair/group and others saying you'll have aggression issues with a pair/group

I bought a bolivian ram a while ago from petsmart and it just stood there all day barley moved never ate and my gold and german rams were perfectly fine in my 60 and I wouldve bought more bolivians but they only had the 1 then it died 2 weeks later I get the last one yet again and it's doing the same thing it just sits there all day hardly moves and I've never seen him eat and all my other fish are fine I have no idea what's wrong my parameters and temps are normal

🤟💛😎 just here doing research

I always wonder if those sponge filters actually keep the water that clean and polished, or is it that a lot of water changes are being done.

I am having trouble sexing my two bolivian rams, are you able to help if I posted nice clear photos of them?

Do you think a single ram would be okay with a group of peacock gudgeons in a 40 planted tank?

Hi how's it going I've got 4 Bolivian rams and I've got a pair that have been trying to breed in my 3 foot tank I've already got a divider in the middle of the tank and I'm just wondering is that the best thing to do or should I take the divider out

What brand of frozen bloodworms do you use? I've tried omega one and hikari and am not sure which one I should stick with.

I'm thinking of adding either 2 or 4 of these to my 50 gal community tank. Is it important to get pairs of male and female, or doesn't that matter?

i have 2 bolivian rams the 2 are a proven pair they are housed in a 38 gallon bow front aquarium mine laid eggs

Just got a young set of Bolivian rams super tiny barely bigger then my thumb nail. Any more tips for beginners I got them blood worms, live plants, a decoration they can go in and out of hide in and under, heater keeps my tank at 78°-82°, have a air pump going at a nice not too heavy current, have a filter going is there anything I am missing?

Just a question, do you need to have a pair or can you have just a single one in a community tank?

I have a planted community tank and just added 2 more Bolivian Rams today; I already had two. I love all Rams.

Yep, should have got a 20Long and 4-5 Bolivian Rams. I got 1 first to try in my 20 high, seemed great so I got 1 more cpl days later...well that didn't go well...the what appears to be male Ram (point on under belly by anal fin) continuously charged the smaller Ram, that appears to be female (no point on the under belly by anal fin) not allowing it to reach substrate or plants. So I put the smaller Ram in with 6 Black Neons, in a 10 gallon temp. To my surprise they actually did well🙂, and were schooling together. Couple days ago, the larger Ram still in 20 High began charging EVERYTHING in tank lol. So I did a switcheroo and put the calmer Ram and Black neons in the 20 High, and temporarily put the larger Ram in the 10 gallon with 2 Tiger Barbs (they began fin nipping the black neons). Obviously just a temp solution until next tank upgrade, but the small Ram still schools with the Black Neons, lol it's really neat to watch. Thanks again for the species highlight 👍

Hey Im planning on doing a tank soon would it be to much if I put 2 peacock gudgeons 3 Cory’s and 4 rams for a 36 gallon or do I only put the 4 rams in only?

Big fan of your channel. I just picked up five Bolivian Rams. What vegetables do they like? Do they need to be prepared in a specific manner? Thank you for your help

So I finally took the plunge and got two Rams today, they're two Balloon Golden Rams. However not sure about tank mates, not many videos mentioning this. They are in a 20 long, thinking about one Bristlenose Pleco and maybe 2 guppies.

I am planning a 30 gallon tank. How can you make sure to get a proper pair? I might put them in with some von rio tetras and pygmy corydoras.

can bolivian rams go in with my blue acara and angel fish in a 75? (2 blue acara 4 angels)

Does anyone know if it would be ok to have 1 Bolivian ram 8 cardinal tetras and a BN pleco in a 29G? I have live plants in the tank as well.

Hi, what exactly do you use as spawning site if they dont spawn on sand ? Thanks.

How many should go in a 40 g I wanna put some Cory’s in there too maybe a bristlenose

Can one of these guys go in a 10 Gallon with porkchop rasboras Neon tetras and some Cory's? If not do you have a any good center price fish for a 10 gallon. I tied a betta but he ate a raspora and 2 neons.

I do not have 20g tank but I have a 10 ga tank and I have to Ram and a Bolivian Ram and I have had them in the tank for a long time but now the Bolivian Ram keep changing the other two a rond and I have a lot of plants in the tank I don't want to get ride of the Bolivian Ram and I didn't have room for a 20g tank in my place so what should I do keep the Bolivian Ram from pick on the blue Ram's

Do Bolivian rams pair up when they are still quite small/young?

Question: Could you keep a single German blue ram male or Bolivian with calm betta in a 20 long? Also with Ember tetras?

Im planning on buying a pair and a question what do you feed the babies I wanna raise them up.

My BR is named Snowball and I love him with all my heart. He is the best fish I have ever had. I also have him in with a GBR and a golden but he is still the best simply because of his puppy dog personality. I want him to have the very best in life, is there anything I can do that would make his life more fun and enjoyable other than giving him the best environment?

I have a pair of blue rams in a 35 gallon with Dwarf Puffers, Khuli Loaches, Borneo Hillstream Loaches, and Amano Shrimp. They are desperate to breed, is there anything I can do to make their eggs more secure in such a mixed tank. The only other tank I have free is a fully cycled but tiny quarantine tank of 15 litres. Only a few tadpole snails in there at the moment.

Should I buy some sinking pellets, or will these guys be able to get to submerged flakes before a school of 15 rasboras do?

I have just bought a single Bolivian Ram for my 20 gallon community tank - have had it for about a week - I don’t think it’s an adult yet - it doesn’t have anywhere near the same kind of colours as yours - mine has some red on the end of its fins and that’s about it. Anything I can do to bring out its colours? Or will that just come in time?

Would a 24-inch tank with those built in filtration back walls be suitable for a pair of these fish? The tank itself is 20 gallons, but with the built in filter, it's only 17 gallons.

Would 2 bolivian rams, 1 bristlenose and 3 cories and 2 guppies do well in a 20 long?

I have mine with angelfish and no problems yet

How do u maintain ur low ph? My ph is really high so is my water hardness. I have some plants and driftwood but my ph won't budge.😔

Couple questions. Could I keep German rams with small kribensis in a 40 breeder or 55 gallon? Do you recommend purchasing RO water for the rams? (If I were to have the rams in their own tank) Happy mother's day to the Mrs! Have a great day guys and thank you so much for your helpful videos. ❤

I have a 55 gallon tank and looking at stocking options (will be planted with drift wood and rocks, can create a couple 'caves'.) I will be using a small smooth gravel substrate. I currently have a school of corys and a few guppies that I will move over. I intend to add a small school of neons, add about 2-3 more corys, one clown pleco, and then I was looking at these. I'm not familiar with breeding and don't really want to, but I would like to have him have a companion (I read they do fine alone though.) My question is: Would a mated pair of these be ok in a community tank like this? Or if they bred would they be too aggressive for things like the corys, which could poke around near them? Thank you

i want to keep one male with corys and a bosemani couple in a 20 gal tank will it be ok ?

How often do you feed them? Would I feed them just as often as any other fish, or would I feed them ever few hours as I've heard?

Can they live as a 1 of in a community tank?

We are going try to breed GBRS would you recommend putting almond leaves in there? We don’t mind the color from the tannins. We also have hard water. I haven’t seen anyone put these leaves in with GBRS it the Bolivian rams. I know GBRS are hard to keep. We have those drift wood sticks and will be putting live plants in there too.

Unfortunately never seen these fish in a store and cant get live fish delivered to my country so unlikely to be able to get a pair. They are gorgeous though.

So I decided we want to add some of these Bolivian Rams to our current tank, I see you said yours do fine with the gravel so I was excited to see that as that’s what we have for our substrate too. I have been so undecided because I don’t want to tear up our tank to add sand so we can have these 😳 I was about to go there though. Do they have any issues? Would it hurt to do some partial sand in our tank? (We have a 75 gallon long currently holding a bristlenose plecostomus, 3 mollies, 2 guppies and 1 harlequin rasbora-- we lost some fishies from Ich awhile ago and the tank is back to being stable and cleared so anything I don’t have to do to disturb them too much is a plus).

I purchased 2 of these fish a couple of weeks ago. they have their own 20 long tank, 82 degrees steady. Water perimeters within a good range of what they like as well as I can provide it with my water. I do not chase ph. I have yet to actually see them eat. I have tried frozen brine, I have to remove it from the tank the next day. I have tried small cichlid sinking pellets, have to remove them the next day. I have tried flakes, blood worms (once). I never see these fish eat. What am I doing wrong? What else is there to try. Live baby brine is not available to me, nor do I have the means to grow them myself. Any suggestions?

I'm super late to the video but I was curious as to how I should keep the ram or Rams, I have 12 silver tip tetras and 8 sterbai Cory's and I wanna have a centerpiece fish so I looked towards the Bolivian Ram. I was wondering if I should keep just one ram because of aggression towards the cories should the pair breed. So in the case of that community should I just keep one or two or three?

Dont know if you’ll still answer any comments but where did you get that little tunnel, i’d love one just like it. Or what can i search to find it

Can they be kept singly?

Hi... I know this is late but right now I’m really debating on Bolivian Rams Apistogramma or peacock Gudgeon which one do you think would do the best in a 32 gallon tank and why? If you want to see my tank look at my last video I hope you respond 😅

Can 6 plattys 5 panda Cory’s plus 1electric blue ram fit in a 35 gallon.Great video

neat

What would be your max recommendation for a 29 gallon with some cories? i have 4 currently,

I have two of these guys in a ten gallon with guppies and they always flare up at each other what should I do

Question: i have 40gallon breeder. Could i keep a pair of bolivian rams with a single angelfish for a community tank like setup? I wanted to add cherry barbs and corys and plecos too.