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Secrets Of The German Blue Ram (What You Need To Succeed)
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- čas přidán 24. 11. 2019
- An In-depth Look At How To Care For German Blue Ram Cichlids. Featuring Important Advice On How To Set Up Their Tank, What To Feed Them, How To Breed Them, Raising The Fry, Feeding The Fry, And Keeping Them Alive. All Supported By Stunning Video Of Nearly Every Detail Of Their Life. Also Included, Extreme Closeup Footage Of A Pair Laying Their Eggs. After Spawning, You'll See The Eggs Develop And Hatch Into Wrigglers. Finally, You'll Get To See These Beautiful Fish Raise Their Fry. A Must See Film For Any Serious Fish Keeper. Educational, Entertaining, and Inspiring.
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Thank you so much for your support. 😁
Long but worth every minute. By far the best GBR video on youtube, and by a long way. I imagine there was a lot of time & effort put into the amazing videography and editing, and it really shows. So thank you.
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
I swear to all things holy I’ve been watching for a new video from you.
I also swear this video could not have come at a better time. I just got 2 pairs of GBRs. One female is black.
You are my favorite CZcams channel. Your work by far surpasses all other channels. This video is going to be of a huge help to me and my new fish. Previous videos of yours have helped me learn quite a bit. The mystery snails video, kribs, you’ve helped my fish room a ton.
I appreciate your work. Thank you so much for the time and effort. It takes an incredible amount of work to do what you do and I once again thank you.
I’ll be watching this video multiple times.
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 😊
My god, what an incredible expert you are. Your voice, tone and speed is actually National Discovery worthy. Thanks for helping us out. I hope to find a local Ram breeder asap instead of a shop 🤞. I subscribe, you deserve all the credit!
Wow, thank you! 😁
You put so much time and effort into sharing your knowledge and passion about these beautiful fish and I am very grateful for it! Thank you!!
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.
1 hour of GERMAN BLUE RAM documentary omg hahaha LIKED!
What a wonderful little documentary!
Thank you!
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Thank you so much you really help me out!
Very impressive presentation.
Beautiful documentary 🍻
My heart almost jumped out when the pleco landed on the eggs. Hahaha
Thank you for watching the video, and taking the time to leave a comment. This documentary too nearly a year to make !!!
First rate content.
If every aquarium species had a video like this, the fish-keeping hobby would be transformed.
I'm working on it . . . :-)
the effort you put in your hobby sir, is worth a lot of views. I'm so glad i found you on youtube !! I'm a hobby breeder myself, but man this kind of uploads are extremely special and informative. Nothing on youtube is compairable with what you do, so i hope i can enjoy a lot of future uploads from you.
Thank you very much! Your words of encouragement really help to push me forward with my work. Have a spectacular day :-D
The best video on CZcams , no crazy annoying music just good information
Glad you liked it!
Best content ever, just like a very professional documentary. Thank you very much.
You're very welcome. I love making them.
Wish you can do this kind of documentary for all kinds of aquarium fish hahaha
I'm working on it !! :-)
Gosh yes
You have done a spectacular service for the "aquarium world" here with your splendid fish documentary! Single handedly, you may have elevated this Blue Ram species to "pop star" status!
Wow, thank you! The fish did most of the work. :-)
Hes back!!! We missed you
Ahhhh . . . :-)
definitely the best German Blue Ram video out there, well done Sir 🙏🏻
Wow, thanks!
Great job as always
I'm not sure that I have enough adjectives in my vocabulary to adequately describe this video, but I'll try. How about - stunning, exemplary, superb, excellent and breathtaking? OK, you get the idea. I don't know what video equipment Dave uses to capture such close-ups but the detail has to be seen to be believed. I have bred German Blue Rams so I must say a big 'thank you' to Dave for this first-class video presentation.
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!
Wow.....this is far and away the best video I have seen regarding the care and breeding of any tropical fish. Rams have always had a special place in my heart. I love everything about them, their beauty, their disposition, their stances. At 74, I am just getting back into keeping tropical fish. I just set up a 37 gallon tank, and I am awaiting plants and some hardscape. In the meantime I am cycling it with some floating plants, bacteria, liquid fert. and water changes. I hope to get some rams within a month or so and can hardly wait. Thank you so much for sharing your valuable information. I subbed and will do some binge-watching for a while. Take care.
Thank you so much for subscribing to my channel, and taking the time to leave comments. Welcome back to a wonderful hobby. :-D
This is like a full length documentary dedicated to rams! 🎉
Yes, tell everyone that you know! It's one of the best fish videos ever!
Thank you Marty. Will do as advised. So happy it's going to be much easier and quicker than I anticipated.
FINALLY
love ur vids
Best video on german blue rams I’ve ever seen, I’d actually say this is a documentary, calling it a video wouldn’t make it justice. My 4 month old pair just started breeding, they’ve laid eggs in the community tank and I had to remove the leaf with the eggs, 20-30 tiny babies hatched, lots of the eggs were white maybe because of improper fertilisation or maybe because of fungus, I’ve added an air stone to the small container for air circulation but still didn’t help much. Next time I’ll give them a tank to breed and raise their fry, the process is amazing and wonderful to watch.
Thank you for the effort of making these videos, new subscriber here!
Thanks fort sharing your experience with me, and for subscribing.
I appreciate the love . . . Best of luck with the GBRs. :-)
Thank you for the video, enjoyed it a lot.
Superb work The Dave.
Thank you !
Holy crap i thought you stopped!! Thank you for returning, i love ur content
Only death can release me from my obsession with fish. :-)
Your videos are absolutely stunning. This is incredible.
Thank you, and welcome to The Dave!
Wonderful video, Dave! Excellent in every regard. Bravo.
Thank you! It was a fun video to put together.
Nice !. One of the best videos on German Blue Rams.
Thanks 👍
BTW...this is by far the best, most comprehensive video about this topic, and I think I've watched them all! Thank you for taking the time. Your camera work is stellar!
Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a nice comment.
Amazing video , with outstanding detail. My hat goes off to you
Thank you. I only hope that I did these beautiful little fish justice.
Really brilliant production. Thank you
You're welcome !
Fantastic video Dave, what a wonderfully soothing voice you have. Anyway top marks thoroughly enjoyed... thankyou Steve
You're very welcome, and thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment. it was a fun video to make.
Thanks for your effort spend to make this documentary. Its outstanding. The best video on CZcams about the mighty blue rams
Thank you :-)
Quality content🔥.. loved it🤩
Thank you, and welcome to The Dave !
Wow... thank you for taking the time to produce this... amazing video...
Thank you, my next film is on the Bristlenose Pleco. :-)
Fascinating! Beautiful and informative.
Thank you!
I watched it at playback speed: 1.5x because of the length and slow talking but ended up watching it again in regular speed because...Wow! Great footage! Very informative. This video is one of a kind on youtube, not a lot of good GBR vids out there. Thank you for this!
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 ! :-)
What a awesome course!! Thanks The Dave
No problem!
Awesome video! Thank you very much for making such an informative and well presented video!
You're welcome. It was fun !
The best video on GBRs breeding I’ve ever seen. Thank you!
You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I love this video! And the voice is so chill and calming. Subbed!
Thanks for the sub ! The fish keep me chill . . .
Without doubt the best 'how to' fish video I have ever seen. The photography is excellent. I have seen productions from National Geographic which do not come up to this standard.
Thank you for the kind words. It's a labor of love.
Wow, incredible work! this is one document of my dreams! Thank you so much
Thank you. Wait till you see what I do next !
Super informative and well made video. Interesting and relevant. Thank you to The Dave.
You're very welcome. Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching .
This is the BEST breeding video I've ever seen!!!!! I can't wait to hit the SUBSCRIBE button!!!!
Thank you for the compliment and your subscription. :-)
this is so helpful, thank you.
You're so welcome!
great upload and very informative thank you for taking the time and effort to do this.thumbs up.
You're welcome. It was fun, and hopefully it will help others to succeed !
Thank you for another great graphic knowledge! The voice added is perfect😉
Great job!
Thank you!
this is a documentary. period. 5⭐ After a very long time saw such a complete video.
Thank you. 5 stars is a great compliment.
This was quality content! Bravo !!!
Thank you. That's how I roll . . .
Great video awesome information. You have some amazing Rams. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching. :-D
This was a wonderful documentary! I LOVED IT
Thank you. :-)
A very intelligent video, I learned a lot about baby fish. Good filming, a nice calm even voice tone that makes it easier to understand.
Thanks for the kind words. :-)
I really appreciate your knowledge and effort to create this video on GBRs. Your commentary is really nice to listen to, very detailed and informative. Thanks for sharing!
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!
Excellent how-to guide. One of the best I have seen.
Thank you.
Excellent Video Dave. Thanks for making this and helping us learn. Your work is outstanding. Cheers Mate.
Thanks 👍 I love making them. :-)
Very nice and informative... :)
Thanks a lot 😊
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent video!!! Thanks for putting so much effort into making this informative and beautiful video!
Glad you enjoyed it! It was a fun video to put together.
Love the detail. Well done and thank you.
You're welcome.
I used to breed blue rams years ago and agree that choice of quality stock is paramount to breeding success. The stock available today has been 'interfered with' too much, leading to weak strains which are prone to disease and poor parenting skills. I use rainwater in my tanks but have to store it for weeks before I can use it due to nitrite in the water - always a good policy to test it prior to adding it to your aquarium. I never got rams to live beyond 26-27 months.
Thanks for posting a very instructive video. The photography was superb.
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. :-)
This Saturday 11/30/19 , I will be setting up a “species only” new tank 29 gallons, for my electric blue pair. So far they have spawned twice. But the tank they are currently in is a community tank. There is no way they can protect their eggs where they are. So by the next morning all the eggs are gone. :(. So the new tank is going in just for them. :). I know that nothing goes fast with proper aquarium keeping. .
Insanely great video! Thank you so much 💓
You are so welcome! I have more. :-D
Literally the most informative fish video i have seen. Keep up the good work, subbed.
Thank you! I appreciate the sub. :-)
I have kept fish for over 30 years and read about them extensively, BUT there is so much to learn from this video. I'll definitely be back to watch this one again!
Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this fantastic documentary. Subscribing!
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. :-)
Hey Dave! Thank you for this great video, I've watched it more than 5 times already in its entirety and am always learning something new! I finally managed to have my pair spawn and now have little fry wrigglers! I have a question regarding water changes for the fry, how often and how much do you recommend I do it once the fry are free swimming? And do I have to feed them before they start free swimming? Do you recommend I do anything to the light I have for the plants or keep the scheduled lighting as it was before? Thank you so much for the amazing resource as a hobbyist!
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. . . :-)
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@@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 . . . :-)
Thank you for this video! One of the VERY BEST ones on the subject!
Wow, thank you!
Amazing videos as always. Highly informative and entertaining. I love them thanks for all the work you put into them!
Thank you, and you're very welcome. I love making these videos. . .
I had a male GBR that recently passed away this February at a ripe old age of 2 years and 11 months old.
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. :-)
THIS is science
love science and nature
The best and most beautiful video I have seen so far
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words.
Wonderful video. Enjoyed your narration as well.
Thanks for watching the video. Moving the old water to a new tank, does very little to help with the nitrogen cycle. It's a myth! The bacteria that processes the waste do not live in the water column. They live on the surface of the filter media, and to a lesser extent on objects in the tank, such as rocks and driftwood.
Here's my advice. Don't bother using the old water to help start a new cycle. It's a myth, and it helps very little. If you have 2 seasoned sponge filters in the old tank, just use one in the new tank, and you don't need to cycle it. Still check all levels to be sure.
Removing one of the 2 sponge filters from the old tank should not be a problem, as long as you stop feeding for a couple days, and buy a new one to replace the old one that you removed.
Each of my tanks has 2 large sponge filters. 2x as large as they need to be, so when I set up a new tank, I just use an old sponge filter in the new tank and I'm ready to go. As a precaution, I then add the new livestock slowly so that I don't overwhelm the filter. I also don't feed the new tank for 2-3 days when I first set it up.
I really hope this helps and that I've answered you questions. . .
can you make a video on Apistograma care and breeding.
Someday I will
Waiting
Can i use decapsulated brine shrimps instead of live baby brine shirmps to condition the fish
because it is more in protein
yes, and it can also be helpful to include other live food items like black worms and white worms.
Very informative!! Thank you so much for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow a lot of great info and details fish care and development. Thanks for the video.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)
A biologist who made a video about them said that otocinclus are a much better choice than plecos, as they don’t eat the eggs at all . While bristle nose plecos may , my pair has spawned tonight , the male seems in charge of the eggs , the female seems a bit shocked and the male chases her away .
It's true, nocturnal animals can disturb them at night, so it's probably best to use diurnal tank mates.
I was actually hoping not to see the fry eaten by the green plant , there are still some of us left.
Empathy! That's a great quality . . . :-)
Excellent ! Beautifully designed and produced, enjoyed every moment of this film. Thanks.
You're very welcome, it was a fun video to put together.
Enjoying every moment, thank you!
Glad you enjoy it!
Will different types of rams(gold, electric, blue) breed with each other?
Yes, they can interbreed because they are all the same species.
I was breeding these rams and i noticed that the male started to attack the female the baby fish had already been born and were free swimming. I also noticed that female was in a corner hiding and then one of the baby fry got near her and she ate it. The male was the only parent still protecting the fry could it be possible that she started eating them and the male got defensive. (I have taken them both out the aquarium at this point since the fry are 9 days old and free swimming just as a precaution.)
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.
This is an amazing video I love all the details you have put in to it very informative thank you so much
Glad it was helpful! I have more. :-)
Awesome information provided 👍🏽 Need more Videos like this on Breeding Rams. Thanks for sharing and look forward to another one 🙏🏽
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 ! :-)
What kind of camera/ lens did you use to film this?
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 :)
Do you ever sell high quality Rams for breeding, or could you recommend a reliable seller?
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.
Wow , so professional
Thisvideo is GOLD!
Thank you. There's more . . . :-)
Only 120k views? The CZcams algorythm is really crap.
i dont understand how the f*** you have so little subs
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. . . 😁
By far the best video I've found so far!! Very helpful! Thank you!
You're very welcome.
Fantasticly detailed video mate!
Thank you. Life is in the details. . .
Excellent!
Such an awesome effort. Easy to digest the information. thanks so much for the video, learned alot.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just beautiful. Thank you, so much!
You are so welcome!
Amazing video ! Thank you !!!!
You're welcome !
Hell of a Job you did with those fishes. Congratulations!!
Thanks.
Mind-blowing informative documentary.
Thanks Dave
You're very welcome. The fish did most of the work. :-)
The beautiful footage alone would be fun to watch. You really went the distance with the wonderfully detailed information. Thank you so much for the artistic lesson!
😯😃😎
You're very welcome. I love what I do. 📽🐠🌿