Thank you so much for your support. 😁

You're very welcome. The fish did most of the work. . . :-)

How I appreciate the time you put into your videos some of them like this one I don't appreciate very much because I feel like you put some fish in with other fish that just don't belong together and if people do the research they will not to put them together. I feel you've done it for video purposes only and that's just not cool like I said again I appreciate the time and effort you put into some of your videos but some are more than others on this like this one it's not cool I'm sorry just watching it, it seems it was done on purpose I'm sure you have people watching your videos just for that purpose as well. I'm still subscribed I'm still watched but some of them I'm just, I can't do it I won't do it and I will comment if I don't like them I'm not trying to be an ass Because I know how nature works and know how it's supposed to go But we don't have to force it either. Just my opinion and I know it doesn't mean much but thanks for listening

Have you thought about having t-shirts made up? If you do I’m absolutely in on that or a patreon donation.

Thank you and I hope that I have done the GBRs justice with my film. At some point, I will get a patreon account and some merchandise. Thanks again for your support. :-D

She looks like she could have the black gene, but I don't think so. Breed my own GBR'S but this guy's are still beautiful 😊

You're welcome! With each new video, I walk away with a greater respect and understanding for the world around me. Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a comment.

Thank you!

You all prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know a tool to get back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me

@Finn Alberto instablaster ;)

@Gus Lionel i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and im in the hacking process atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

@Gus Lionel It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thank you so much you really help me out!

Wow, thank you! 😁

Wow, thanks!

Yes, tell everyone that you know! It's one of the best fish videos ever!

Glad you liked it!

I'm working on it . . . :-)

You're very welcome. I love making them.

I'm working on it !! :-)

Gosh yes

Thank you very much! Your words of encouragement really help to push me forward with my work. Have a spectacular day :-D

Thank you for watching the video, and taking the time to leave a comment. This documentary too nearly a year to make !!!

Ahhhh . . . :-)

Wow, thank you! The fish did most of the work. :-)

Thanks for the sub ! The fish keep me chill . . .

Thank you so much for subscribing to my channel, and taking the time to leave comments. Welcome back to a wonderful hobby. :-D

Thanks fort sharing your experience with me, and for subscribing. I appreciate the love . . . Best of luck with the GBRs. :-)

Thank you for the list of complimentary adjectives! And by the way, you forgot spell-binding ! But seriously, I appreciate the kind words. Thank you. :-)

No problem. I checked out the details of your video gear and was astonished to find that this video was shot on a product that costs less than £400. Amazing!

Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a nice comment.

Thank you :-)

You're welcome !

Only death can release me from my obsession with fish. :-)

Thank you, and welcome to The Dave!

Thank you.

Thank you. :-)

No problem!

Thank you. I only hope that I did these beautiful little fish justice.

Thank you, my next film is on the Bristlenose Pleco. :-)

You're very welcome, and thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment. it was a fun video to make.

Thank you. That's how I roll . . .

Thank you. 5 stars is a great compliment.

Thanks 👍

Thank you! It was a fun video to put together.

Thank you, and welcome to The Dave !

You're so welcome!

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a fun video to put together.

You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for the compliment and your subscription. :-)

Thanks for the kind words. :-)

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you, and you're very welcome. I love making these videos. . .

You're welcome, and thank you so much for leaving a comment! They're such great fish, and it was a fun film to make. I have a lot more footage, so you can expect another video on these beauties in the near future. . .

@@TheDave333 Thanks, I'll surely be waiting for that!

You're welcome! It was a lot of fun to make. It took a year to film and put together, and began at nearly 2 hours in length. So, oddly enough, this is the short version ! :-)

Thanks 👍 I love making them. :-)

Thank you !

Thank you for the kind words. It's a labor of love.

Thanks a lot 😊

Glad you enjoy it!

Wow, thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for your subscription. Feel free to watch it as many times as you like!!! It's like a Monty Python movie, each time you watch it, there will be something new to see. :-)

Thank you! I do love my German Blue Rams ! Look for more videos on this species in the near future. Peacock Gudgeons are also on the list ! :-)

Thank you. There's more . . . :-)

Thank you for watching the video, and taking the time to leave comment. All very good advice / information. What's causing the high nitrites in your rainwater ? The collecting equipment or pollution in the rain ?

I live in west Wales where there is little or no air pollution. I have a concrete-tiled roof and a polypropylene water butt. I'm assuming that the nitrogen in the atmosphere dissolves in the rain and falls as nitrous acid, showing up as nitrite ion when I test the water. I decant the water into containers and leave it to stand for a few weeks. There is a tiny amount of sediment in the bottom of these and presumably some nitrifiers, as the NO2 disappears leaving 0-10 mg.L of nitrate.

Hmmm, interesting thank you for replying. I always let it rain for 10-15 minutes before I begin collecting rainwater to help reduce contamination from dust / dirt that collects on the roof. I wonder if putting a sponge filter in the water butt would be helpful ?

​@@TheDave333 I'm sure you're right, though an air stone, or anything that gently circulates the water, would improve gaseous exchange and improve oxygen levels. Chuck in some lava rock or alfagrog and the water butt can probably oxidise nitrite almost as quickly as it arrives. I'm not sure if you're aware, but recent studies using DNA libraries, have shown that the micro-organisms responsible for most of the oxidation of N in our tanks are archaea rather than bacteria. This new understanding supercedes the previous theory (accepted as gospel for decades) concerning nitrosomnas and nitrobacter bacteria. There are also comammox bacteria at work. The single most potent limiting factor is always oxygen. Happily archaea are not negatively impacted by low pH, though with low conductivity water pH becomes somewhat meaningless anyway. The point is that archaea survive in some of the harshest environments on earth, making water butts an easy ride, so give them oxygen and they'll do the job. Some folks on the UKAPS forums keep daphnia cultures in their rainwater collectors, not for fish feeding but to indicate that the collected water is fish safe. I thought that was pretty smart, so I thought I'd pass it on :)

Thank you so much for sharing this information. . . It certainly makes sense that the more "primitive" of the prokaryotes would be the one to carry out such an important function for all life on the planet. It also makes sense that oxygen would be the critical limiting factor. Adding an airstone is brilliant ! Simple beautiful. Thank you. :-)

Thank you, I appreciate your kind words.

You're very welcome, it was a fun video to put together.

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Hi ! Thanks for watching the video, and congratulations on the wrigglers!!! How often you have to change the water will depend on a lot of different things like the tank size, number of fish, how heavily you feed, etc. . . In a 10 gallon tank with a pair of Rams, I change one gallon of water everyday. I try to be as stealthy as I can, so I don't disturb the parents and the babies. I put the freshwater back in using airline tubing, and gravity. I put the airline tubing in the top of the sponge filter outflow, so that everything is nice and gradual. If the new water is retuned very slowly it doesn't even have to be the same exact temperature. You can use an airline control valve to adjust how quickly the water is put back into the tank. You can change larger quantities of water, less frequently if you like, but the key is to return the freshwater slowly, so there's no rapid change in temp., pH. etc. . . . Either way the key is to not panic the parents, and to not make large changes to the water chemistry. Slow and steady, minimal stress. Don't feed the babies until they're free-swimming, but keep feeding the parents. As long as you don't have a lot of algae growing, I would keep the lighting schedule the same, and if it's on an automatic timer, it's even better. Best of luck, and let me know how it all works out. :-)

@@TheDave333 Thank you so much!! I will follow accordingly appreciate the amazing information! They started free swimming this morning so I'm preparing some powdered liquid water and egg yolk! Thank you!

Be very careful not to overfeed. Especially with the egg yolk! They need very, very, little. Many people pollute the water by overfeeding egg yolk. Best of luck. It might be a good idea to think about buying a microworm culture too. Great food easy to grow. . . :-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLxmq7yl18C3Ymw.html

@@TheDave333 I think I made a terrible mistake of overfeeding the tank :( I can't gauge how much to feed and squirted a good amount of food into the tank. I'm waking up to find less and less fry everyday. I only used it twice and have since tried to feed them powder repashy and am waiting for Hikari first bites and my starter micro worms to come in! In terms of amount of food, how do you determine how much is enough per feeding? Thank you for the video link! EDIT: Update, my pair ate the remaining fry for some reason :( It looked like they were moving them around, but I noticed the female did not release the fry after a while. I don't see any fry anymore in the tank.

@neverLamp Sorry to hear about the babies. It's really hard to gauge how much to feed, especially with prepared foods. One approach is to feed them way less than you think they'll eat, and then use a magnifying glass to look at their bellies to see if they're full. That can be difficult to see. And this is where live foods come in handy, because they can live in the water for quite a while before dying and decomposing. So, the fish have a long time to find them and eat them all. The good news is they'll lay eggs again soon!!! In the mean time, be sure that your water parameters are in check. Things will go better next time . . . :-)

Glad it was helpful! Thank you. :-)

Glad you enjoyed it!

That's is a ripe old age for a GBR! NIce work. :-)

Luckily, he was able to successfully breed shortly before he passed away so his genes of longevity are passed on!

Great video! I’ve enjoyed it 3x now.

Awesome ! Thank you. :-)

Empathy! That's a great quality . . . :-)

Thank you! I appreciate the sub. :-)

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)

Someday I will

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It's true, nocturnal animals can disturb them at night, so it's probably best to use diurnal tank mates.

Glad you enjoyed it! More great stuff coming soon !

Thank you!

yes, and it can also be helpful to include other live food items like black worms and white worms.

Yes, it is very possible that she was eating the fry and the father drove her away to protect them. She may be young and still learning how to parent.

@@TheDave333 Ok thanks.

Thanks.

Thank you. Wait till you see what I do next !

Yes, they can interbreed because they are all the same species.

Please see the description section below the video for the camera make and model. I also used various macro lenses that are not listed in the description.

@@TheDave333 Thanks. Outstanding footage! Planet earth should hire you :)

You're very welcome. The fish did most of the work. :-)

Please tell my wife . . . :-)

Unfortunately, I only sell them locally, and the place where I originally bought mine has stopped breeding them. I have not bought any in a long time, so I have no seller recommendations. I would join a Facebook group or two that focuses on German Blue Rams. . . They might be able to help recommend someone reliable to you. Best of luck.

Glad it was helpful! I have more. :-)

Glad it helped!

I know right. . . I'd like to have more . . . I guess people will find me eventually.

@The Dave I hope it gets better soon so u can do this full-time job.

Thank you so much! It's getting better all the time. . . 😁

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Thank you. I work very hard to make sure that they're accurate, informative, and of the very best quality. :-D

You're welcome. It was fun !

You're very welcome. Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching .

Thank you and you're welcome ! Have a spectacular day !!!

You're welcome. Glad to have a new fan of The Dave !

Wow, thank you! Have a beautiful day!

You're very welcome.

Thank you for the kind words. . . I have more ! :-)