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Dean seems like a great guy. I like the way he says 'I think" or "What I do". Odds are Dean knows more about rams than just about anyone else yet he doesn't come off as a know it all. Dean doesn't tell you how you "have" to do it. Another great Co-Op video with lots of great helpful information. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

This guy is the man, love his passion and dedication and willingness to help and share.

This is the fish I will start up again after 30+ year. Cory you made me start with fish again. Ty

German Blue Rams are the First aquarium fish I saw that "Popped" in a LFS tank with wood and Java Moss. I'll never forget how amazing they looked :)

I live in the U.K. and have looked at so many videos of Co Op and Deans fish room which are so informative and enjoyable as well.Learnt so much about rams in this video and are one of my favourite fish.Thank you again.

Deans video on breeding German Blue Rams: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM6en9SftNWYZGQ.html

I use my raindrops water for all my tanks. Usually lets it go for about 5 minutes, and begin to collect rain water with big bucket. In my area, the water very soft, no more than 50 ppm. Rain poured from ceramic tile - pvc and free fall to my bucket. Ordinary suburb area, far from busy street and no industry building

The man, the myth, the legend! Aaayyeeeee! I am loving the Dean videos!

Dean, your videos have really got me interested in rams. I hunted around local stores and they said they didn't sell them because they die in our water. I saw some in Pets at Home knowing the internet reputation. Anyway I bought half a dozen and 3 months later I have fry with the dad proudly marching them round the tank. It's a very dirty tank with lots of algae and mulm. GH is over 180, ph 7.5. The adults are healthy looking but small.

Undergravel filters in the background!!!! Niiiice. They are the best for clear water.

I love dean and Cory. They are the master of the fish world

Great "species spotlight" featuring one of the most knowledgeable fishkeepers out there. Love the great camerawork and editing; also the first good footage of the mysterious "Black Ram". Love this channel.

OMG, i got the first fish in my 55g on Thursday, Electric blue Ram Pair :) im in the UK so majority of fish are from breeders in lfs. ty for this upload guys, Deans a master so his imformation is always top notch :)

This is 2 years Im glad I watch it. I got super lucky and local lady breeds electric blues and she just brought in a round of fry. My guy isn't a baby, but he is not full grown. He had the best body condition out of them all, and I also lucked out on his clue coloring too. Thankfully she too let's her rams have a cooling off time before they come into the store. So my new guy is doing much then most would. I do need bump his heat a bit. 79 is really pushing it

Rams + Dean + Aquarium Co-Op = 🙏

Always a good time when Dean's on the channel

Thanks Dean your the man! I love these fish they are absolutely beautiful. One thing I have noticed is they do much better in an established tank as opposed to a newer set up. If your thinking about adding a pair of rams id wait until the aquarium is well established

Hey Dean and Cory I'm new to the hobby but really am enjoying. Love the channel and of the useful knowledge. Hoping to breed a pair of German Blues in the future but had to start me a community tank

I've never had luck with them in Sarasota Florida tap water, but now I have an RO/DI unit...! So now, according to others in the area, I should have success with them...! Keeping them alive for over a week will be the first win... Only time will tell... Thanks again for more free brain learnins...! Keep up your awesomeness and go enjoy some nature today...!

I love these fish, they catch my eye every time I see them! Thanks for the wonderful video, I feel a little bit more like keeping rams might be possible for me. :D

Great information. IMO I just found the secondary camera a little distracting as it was used far too often.

I love them! Very peaceful in my tank, they just mind their own business!

I was thinking of getting these after one of your videos for 20 gal ideas. Thanks!

Dean your awsome at filltering vast amounts of experience into a easy to follow set of instructions thank you

always love your vids, dean. so informative and it's just like a sitdown with a buddy/mentor. :) and i'm glad to hear you advocate for rams... a lot of people are like BOOOOOO boooo BOOOOOOO hisss. saying they just die and stuff.

From my experience, if the tap water is too hard, say over 8, almond leaves doesn't work well and neither does using peat. I think buying an RO/DI filter for soft water fish is by far the best option.

I can't get enough of Dean's fish room

We are upsizing a 20 gallon community to a 55 gallon next week and making it a massive live bearer/yo-yo loach community. The 20 gallon will be free space, and I think we are going to try and breed some German blues for profit. It’s $100 for a trio, pray we can keep stable water levels

Love these species spotlights! Way to go Dean!

I just got myself a pair of german blue rams for my 10 gallon (its just them) They are still 3-6 months old I cannot tell if I have 2 females or a male and a female. They are active and getting along perfectly and are coming to me when I come to the tank.

Thanks. Been waiting for this one!

Water softener should add any sodium to your water, the salt is only used to “clean” the resin that absorb the harder metals, and runs a back wash to rinse the resin and drains in your sump area.

Such a book of knowledge that Dean. Maybe some day, I'll be lucky enough to call his german blue rams my own. Thank you for video. Loved all the shots of the fish Jimmy.

Dean is a national treasure

Dean's the man, would love to meet him Cory and Jimmy bit difficult living in uk, maybe one day

Just bought a German blue after having watched this! His name is Sid Fishous ;) best aquarium channel on KZfaq hands down!

Great information coming from the man, the myth, the legend himself! Haha Dean's the man! 😂 Great video Co-op team! 👍

I've been able to keep my GBR for about a year now and I'm usually running around like 76-79 temperature wise.

Yay! More Dean!!

Fresh drift woods will also help low pH and certain stones will naturally lower in safe ways. The safest way is natural and slow so the fish can adapt

I love my rams so much they are my favorite so i enjoyed this video! You should make a video on how to breed them 😁

I played this video at least 10 times, thank you for the advice 🍻

GBRs are awesome. Thank you Mr. Dean for sharing your expertise on these fish.

Thanks to AC for publishing!

Super cool and important info from the man who knows best! Thanks for sharing 🤗🤩

I just brought 3 gbr on Friday. 1 male and 2 females. Such a pretty fish, had a pair about 10 years ago and I don't know why I waited so long to get them agian

I'm currently growing out a large brood of GBR in a clear tote, for a few months now, because the parents did a great job raising them in their 10g but they were too large to remain there. They're all healthy and eat like crazy a blend of live and dry foods. I've kept them at 80F and have wrapped the tote with bubble wrap just to insulate a bit. It has a HOB filter. I feed on and off during the day an average of 3 times. They are too large for microworms. I feed live baby brine shrimp daily. I so love rams and you are right Dean, they are one of the most beautifully colored fish next to salties. It's their personality that is great too. They love to interact with you and are very curious about everything in their environment. They hover and circle inspecting every cranny of the fully planted tanks. I did separate the pair to breed in a 10g as they herded all the community fish into a corner when they bred in a larger tank. They were stressed and never raised anything there. Even in the 10g they never raised a brood until I left the light out on the tank and wrapped 3 sides in black paper. I left a pothos vine in there but removed all other plants. I kept leaves all over the place and an assortment of snails (who they terrorized if near the fry). Questions: What is the best size to bring to my LFS? How many should I bring? (not a super busy store) I've shown them the video of my rams and they're interested in them and will give me store credit. How much $ credit should I expect to get per fish here in New Jersey? I will probably just trade for some more fish that I need here (who really NEEDS fish? I DO>>> I DO!) They have Gold rams! I really love any videos you all put out and have learned to very much! Maybe I'll get a chance to visit some day.

Im lucky my local breeder has adapted them to 78f very well, every german blue ram I've seen from them are very active and healthy i have one in my 20 long with rummynose tetras, scarlet temple, bacopa caroliniana and a red amazon sword so I would definitely look for a local breeder if you just want them for a display.

What’s that black ram? I’ve never even seen a picture of those, they look awesome!

OG Dean in the house 💪 My idol ❤️ Loved the LR Bretz stream.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! So informative, perfect pace! What a set up you have going on there, wow! I’m going to find the other video that you mentioned now. Have a lovely day.

I have a golden headed electric blue ram, 8 rummy noses and some corys in a heavily planted 12g and he seems to be doing ok. It's funny, in the tank he almost gets picked on by the rummy nose and is quite shy but if i reach my tweezers or fingers in he will go for me and his bitten me before, they're more territorial than aggressive so giving them a cave or log works great. One thing to note though is that they are not shrimp safe, nor it seems, are they snail safe, my ram would go for my assassin snail when it was out in the open. Still they are a beautiful little fish with lots of personality, a real 'alpha fish' of a community aquarium. Great vid.

Totally agree with locally bred. Whether it’s rams, plecos or anything, they are used to your water and your success rate will be higher

I have 5 and they're beautiful and chase each other all day. Its one bigger one and I guess that's a male and the boss. I keep my tank at 80

Thanks for the tips Dean. Greatly appreciated.

(Remove large snails to protect potential eggs?) I moved some very big Inca Mystery snails in, when I set up my planted tank and now I have a pair of Rams added. I set up the pots and saucers and wondered if they should be moved out. (I seem to be a "master" snail breeder whether I like it or not and have donated about sixty to a local aquarium to keep them from mobbing the Cat food)

dean says water temperature for german blue rams should be 82 - 86 F but its natural habitat ie. Orinoco River Basin stays between 64 and 69 F

I learned a lot from your videos with Dean.

Just wanted to share my experience with my blue rams and see what some people on here have to say about it. I had a 120g lightly planted tank. The stocking was 2 neon blue rams 15 rummy nose tetras as well as a pair of neon blue gourami. the scape contained many caves (6+ as well as scattered long shoots of jungle val to break LOS in the tank) The stocking in the tank was about the same for 6 weeks while the 10 discus I got were in qt. The discus where from 2" to about 3.5". When the discus were introduced they did their discus thing hanging in the back behind rocks and the larger piece of driftwood that made up the centerpiece. Everyone was fine during feeding time. One night (late like 2 in the morning) I walked by the tank to notice the discus quickly moving in the back corner of the tank It being pitch black I knew it wasn't me spooking them so I watched for about 10 minutes trying to figure out what they were doing. I finally turned the light on and to my surprise, the pack of discus had cornered the two rams and pecked them to death. I know this is not normal discus behavior but from what I have read not the first time this has happened either. I just was wondering anyone's comment on what had happened or how I could have avoided this? I have since rehomed all fish except discus and converted the tank to a bare bottom.

Excellent information mate, thanks. Greets from Australia ;)

I've 5 German rams in tank with tetras and Cory cats for 6 months and they're beautiful. I keep water at 79- 80

I think that dark coloring makes them look cool. Don’t even need to be completely black.

really beautiful fish, with an awesome personality.

2:58 Holy cow, love that dark strain/morph/-insert correct terminology here-

Superb review! I have been looking forward to this for ages! Thanks Dean!

Thank you Dean!

Dean is the man

Master dean🖖🏼🐟

More Dean, awesome!

I wanted to get three different types of rams I wanted electric blue balloon ram, gold balloon ram and German rams do you guys think this will work? I never had rams before since I’m new to the aquarium world

Dean is so cool!

One important thing is hornwort can help to keep water fresh

this is probably the 4th time ive watched this

Spectacular video! I enjoy the multiple camera angles. I am so excited to keep and hopefully spawn some rams! 🧡

I just got one and after the first one I want more!

Love the aquarium shelves.... any tips on where you got them or how you made them?

Well done Dean!

I love rams! I have hard water tho. Cant wait to get Ro unit to try and remedy the hard water.

Great video!! I truly ador my Rams but worry about tank mates handling the heat. I would love to add Ember Tetras or Neon Tetras. Maybe a follow-up video someday?

Always great content in videos and really helpful! Learned a lot from you and looking more things to learn in the hobby! Also looking forward for you to ship items internationally! Looking forward to buy some stuff specially the easy green fert! 👍

Epic content as usual!!!

I have a couple with ap cactoiudes or somthing like that... they doing perfect!

Very artistic camera angles!

Nice vid, after my own heart; "''they do better in soft water and lower pH.'". Yup!

I liked the length to this longer than most spotlight vid!

hi! My blue ram male chases the female all day, she tries to hide from him. She s stressed. Should i buy second female? (aprox 3 month)

Thank you for that

Great info Dean. TY. I wish you shipped fish!

Really informative. Thanks. The constant changing of camera angles was off-putting though.

dean makes learning fun!

Adding Pairing information might also help.. for example, does it matter how many are in a single tank, some fish you should keep in odd numbers for example because they become aggressive.

Would love to find a LFS that gets their rams from Dean. They are so pretty and healthy looking. Thank you Cory and Dean for a very informative video. My son is into the German Blue Rams and I like the little guys too. I would love to find the black rams.

Hi! I was watching a video stating rams from big name stores are from Asian markets who keep their water highly medicated and injected with hormones, so that when you get them they die off quickly. Is this fact?

This is probably a stupid question but do I need an air pump for them? Or can I get by with a filter and heater??

I like the new aquarium coop Hank Hill avatar.

I just lost another german blue ram. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. They are rare to find in my area. So when I found one and with good color for the price. I jumped on it. My bolivian rams are doing fine. The only downside to them is they are nowhere as colorful. Haven't lost one this year yet. Knock on wood. But something about German blue rams. They aren't very hearty and near impossible to keep alive.

Thanks for the vid

Lots of good info here.

Gonna try a filterless but heated storage tub with a pair of gbrams and every few days water change .