THOUSANDS of RARE Ram Cichlids! How to Breed Rams Cichlids Easily!

Timestamps:
0:00 Coming up
0:23 What’s happening?
2:00 Ram grow out tanks
5:51 Ram spawns in tubs
7:40 Ram breeding tanks
9:54 Fry system overview
10:50 Ram breeding workflow overview
12:11 Cleaning the breeding tanks & moving fry into the fry box
12:46 Day 2 in the fry box update
15:00 Day 2 afternoon update
17:39 Day 3 update

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[Wedcreature]

Wait…i just picked up a pair of german blue rams that were darker than normal….and got them for 6$ each…must’ve gotten a killer deal

[peterwinstonaldredge]

Nick, don't beat yourself up. Sounds like you're still learning. You've got a lot going on! Kudos to you for taking on such an endeavor to begin with. As long as you continue to learn and grow you will eventually be successful! I love Rams, they have so much personality. I am not currently keeping fish but, someday I would really like to get back into the hobby. Best as always!

[zainawanx]

What a day! I was literally rewatching some of the old videos and this popped up. 😩

[kathlenetiegs]

I love black knight rams. Great video to show the breeding up and downs, its a lot of work. You amaze me, all those tanks, breeding, selling, and doing videos on top of it. Have you thought about using a sponge filter from the main tank to link the output into the fry tank instead of using a pump

[icanseeyouallfromuphere]

I used to breed Bristlenose and Endlers, fed thousands into the aquarium shops where I lived then, I had two main tanks, bedroom and lounge and a four tier shelf with 18x18x15 tanks to keep them individual so I knew which fry where which, I'd advise that for fry, for a filter I used one external rated to a 400l tank and a pipe system so each ran down to the next from the top down to the filter if I remember correctly, I had a pretty bad breakdown and lost it all, had bad people around me !

[glenngilbert]

I love your dedication - really refreshing

[harrisontropicals]

Hey nick loving the Rams! I was wanting to ask if you would like to be a guest on my Livestream. I would love to discuss breeding Bettas, Rams and Egg scatteres and Angels. Even if you are not keen keep up the amazing work!

[parkerlamonica]

Finally caught one of your videos early, keep up the good work mate, i love your videos.

[marksfishfrenzy]

Great info, will use some of your techniques with my new ram breeding project.

[icanseeyouallfromuphere]

Proper system you've got going there, impressive stuff 💯

[derekswales]

Hey man I love your channel. I have kept fish for awhile and recently started to get out of the hobby. However your videos of your room have relit a spark. Thank you!!

[mikerosenzweig]

Excellent and educational. Your dedication and willingness to share helps everyone learn and hopefully appreciate what it takes to get quality healthy fish to our aquariums at home.

[Lazarusthefishboy]

Congrats on all the successful breeding! Much more success to come and can't wait to see the new projects and fish room over the year! Keep up the fantastic work and an awesome video for the first video of 2022 haha! 👍

[noelmuaddib]

Great video, much appreciated.
Many thanks from across the pond in Oregon.

[steveplescia]

Nick - Happy New Year! Inspired by your awesome "keeping it real" content, I recently bought 4 juvenile GBRs from a local shop, doing my best to select what appeared to be 2 males and 2 females. As luck would have it, they paired off almost immediately upon relocating them into their new tank and one pair laid eggs on a piece of slate within the first week. Given the fact that I was not expecting this to happen so quickly, I was not prepared to remove the eggs and hatch/rear them in a separate tank. Since that time, I have separated the pairs, placing a pair in individual tanks. Each pair has successfully laid eggs every 10 to 14 days with no success of rearing the young on their own (the best they have done is reach the "wriggler" stage and once I saw a few fry free swimming before they were eaten by the parents). Deciding that I needed to remove the eggs and rear them on my own, I have since set-up a separate 10 gallon hatching/rearing tank which contains 2 breeding boxes. Yesterday, one of the pairs laid more eggs and I am planning to placing the flat rock on which they laid into one of the breeder boxes in the separate hatching/rearing tank. But before I do, I have a couple of questions for you:
1. When preparing the tank with Methylene Blue to prevent unfertilized/dead eggs from developing fungus and spoiling the batch, should I follow the instructions on the bottle and dose the tank at the prescribed amount of 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons? Or is that too much?
2. Once the eggs hatch, should I remove the Methylene Blue from the water via a significant water change and/or the use of activated carbon?
3. I am planning of initially feeding the fry a combination of egg yolk and Hikari First Bites, before switching over to live and frozen BBS. Is there anything else that you would recommend for some of the first feedings that is easy and readily available? (Note: I have Repashy Community Plus, but wasn't sure if that would work well in a diluted mix.)
4. Is it "normal" for GBRs to lay eggs every 10 days or is that rather quick?
Thanks for your consideration and keep up with the great work!
- Steve

[BMH-Aquatics]

I really want to try give breeding rams a try, they are such beautiful fish with wicked little personalities. GREAT VID!

[fishyregz]

Literally watch all of your videos
Really enjoy them
Keep the vids coming 😊

[SlickNick]

Great! I love your system and how you showed us all the different stages! I think you need some wireless headphones!!

[t]

Great video as always and super informative. Keep up the good work and continued success to you.

[fishtropiccanada]

It’s literally been 4 minutes since this video dropped !!!! The video is over 20 minutes !!! Watch the video and show some support !!! When people say I am first lol 😂 ya the first to not watch the video 😂