German Blue Ram

German Blue Ram - Microgeophagus ramirezi By: jbeining75
pecies name: Microgeophagus ramirezi
Common name: German Blue Ram, Blue Ram, Ramirezi dwarf cichlid, Asian Ram, and dwarf ram.

I have kept some gold and german blue rams for a long time, and I have had only one problem, they got ich. They did survive through it though.

Common Name(s): Blue Ram, Balloon Ram, Butterfly Cichlid, German Blue Ram, German Ram, Gold German Ram, Golden Ram, Singapore Ram
Family: Cichlidae
Species Type: South American Cichlids ...

German Blue Rams?
In most of the United States the name German Blue Ram has become the standard label to apply to any of the farm raised Rams that are commonly available. Typically, these fish are stouter and more robust than wild fish.

German Blue Ram
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My male ram with long fins. He's a daddy two times over.

The German Blue Ram is prized for its winning personality despite its fierce appearance. With its spiked dorsal fin, low-slung pectoral fins, and mottled deep blue splotches of color, Papilochromis ramirezi appears to be an aquarium bulldog.

The "German Blue Ram" has become one of the more popular dwarf cichlids found at your local fish stores today.

(although this was not originally the species name given, and has been confused with the German Blue Ram before the Bolivian ram was introduced to the hobby, specific articles on the web has proved difficult.

They are kept with German blue rams so I'm sure I've lost many. Really haven't done anything special to get this result. Amazing clean-up crew!!! From: Jenny Mallett
Date:10/27/2004
Kept these for the last year, pH of 8, nitrate 40ppm.

To add to this line of comments, I've found that my German Blue Rams gave me some interesting behavior for dwarf Cichlids.

The fish include: 10 harlequin rasboras, 2 SAE's, 5 otocinclus, 6 corydoras, 4 german blue rams, a few killi fish, and 6 cardina japonica shrimp. I don't gravel vac too often.

The Tiger Barbs would kill off the shrimp, and puffers are best kept in brackish water setups if not full marine conditions. I would say you can add 2 German Blue Ram Cichlids or 2 Bolivian Ram Cichlids, they should do ok with the barbs.

The ram cichlid, Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, is a dwarf species of freshwater cichlid native to the Orinoco River basin, in the llanos of Venezuela and Colombia in South America. Other names in English include blue ram, German blue ram, ...

See also: Fish, Blue Ram, Blue, Ramirezi, Cichlid