They look great mate, well done!!
Hey guys figured I would post pics of the rams I just listed on Aquabid .
Pretty proud of how they look and the progress I am making improving and creating rams !
My Long Fin BEX [Black /EBR cross]
My dark not Pitch Black Rams
The latest of my Pitch Black Rams
I hope this is what I am supposed to use this page for !
I hope you all had a great first weekend of Summer !
They look great mate, well done!!
I like your crosses in the first pic best. That dude in the middle of the tank...I wish you could turn one like that one into your own strain.
Mama Bear
Thanks Dan !
Liz my crosses are my favorites and most popular !
It is hard to breed rams for a new trait since breeding back to parents presents lots of troubles.
The crosses seem to turn out very similar batch after batch even when from different pairs .
So I am hoping to be able to regularly offer some nice and healthy long fins besides gold very soon .
Every long fin I have all go back to the LF my buddy Tom in Hawaii sent me for Christmas ..
He is still smiling for sending me the gift !
Nice looking rams Tom,
Thanks Larry .
Good to hear from you !
Most of my breeding is sibling to sibling .
Genetics says that does not lock down characteristics as well as spawning back to a parent .
So far the breeding goes real well IMO so I have no complaints .
Success is made in small steps not leaps so I am pleased with how things move along .
The rams have hooked me so I am in it for the long run and can be more patient then most people .
My plans take years so small setbacks always seem like part of the show .
As long as some progress is made every year I am more then happy.
The long fins didn't get here till last fall/winter and I bred them to each other so having decent crosses already is really pretty quick IMO .
I know most people don't think 6-9 months is timely but rams grow size wise much slower then many fish even though they may start breeding at 4 months .
To have pairs from my own breeding at 4-6 months is perfect to me !
Got it.
Mama Bear
Got a male tending a large group of fry from the last GBR/EBR pairs you sent me. What was it-- maybe a month ago you sent them to me?
Funny thing is is that 2 pairs spawned at once- within hours of each other and one of the males tended both groups of eggs! Just for a lark I put them both in tank with the male of one group-- not expecting him to take both. But, he did.
I think these fish are my favorite of the Rams Ive got from you.
Here is a video:
https://vimeo.com/433169445
Nice looking Rams!
Waiting on my Pitch black Rams from you
You will love them. My pair is taking care of a swarm of kids ATM.
Mama Bear