my blue rams now

[fish_r]

just thought some of u might be interested in seeing some pics of my blue rams now there at full size, there just standard rams, not Germans but still happy with how theyv'e turned out :)
i also have 4 prs of Germans in another tank, will put some pics up of them when i can as they look better still :wink:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2330.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2329.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2325.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2313.jpg

[Erk]

They look very nice Rob! :D great photo skills too!


just thought some of u might be interested in seeing some pics of my blue rams now there at full size

How big would you say they are? In inches? haha :lol: :wink:

Keep up the great work! I will be interested to see the pairs too, when you have time!

[silkieboy]

nice pic Fish_R the blue irridescent is really nice.

Just curious what are the differences between and normal blue ram and a german?

[fish_r]

thx guys
it took lots of pics to finally get them good ones lol...
the largest males are about 3" Eric, it's a bit hard to get pics of the females as there a bit skittish.

my Germans are a lot more colourful silkie they also have more pronounced black dots and the Iridecent blue
goes closer to the gills...

[fish_r]

here's some pics i got of the Germans, there a fair bit smaller than the standard ones and will colour up a bit more as they get older, but they look better than the standard ones @ the same size...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/German1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/German4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/German3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/German2.jpg

[Erk]

Very nice Rob! Great pictures too! Do you notice your males having a nice red color to their faces as well as the the top fin on them? I can see the red on the top fin (Not sure..is that the dorsal? Hahaha) Mine seem to have some nice red to their face and the top fin

My female isnt gonna make it too much longer...soon enough I will be down to just the one male :(

Great work! Keep it up :D
Eric

[scott bowler]

they are looking good Rob well done mate you have this fish keeping down pat .All your fish are looking awesome these day

[fish_r]

i havn't noticed the red face Eric ? they do have a bit of a red tinge i think...
my Germans have a lot more red on the fins than the standard ones do though, which i really like :)

whats wrong with ur female Eric ?

thx for the kind words Scott :wink:
i'm constantly learning though "especially from here" just think id'e never kept a fish till i joined this site. this site and a cpl of others have been invaluable to me :)

[Erk]

I should try to snap a pic of my male when I get home today....the whole front of his face looks red! i really like it....maybe its just the fish...I dunno

The female was constantly getting chased around the tank by the male and then one day developed a big white clump of stuff over her eye

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13264

I dont think she is gonna make it much longer, she has a lot of black to her face, and the thing over her eye hasnt gone away...she still eats tho

[fish_r]

would love to see a recent pic of ur rams Eric, i'm not too good with diseases though so can help with that one, if it's fungal though iv'e had good success with "Myxazin"

[ILLUSN]

Erk, sounds like eye fungus try protozin by waterlife, you might need 2 or even 3 treatmnents. i believe in the us you have acess to other "paint on" fungal meds that work even better

[Erk]

Thanks guys.....I will try to snap a pic of the male today and post it for you. I will look for the octozin, but I dont think she is gonna be saved....she has been pretty rough for a lil while now

I will see what I can find

Thanks again

[Erk]

Lost the female sometime last night.....got her body out when the lights came on today :(

I will try to get some pics of my remaining male ram

Thanks for your help tho guys
Eric

[Erk]

Here are two pics....not very good quality, and with all my issues, you have to ignore the algae! haha

They are the same, but one is "auto-corrected" and one isnt, and they are both like that, so there is a total of four pics

Thanks

[Erk]

Last one...sorry the order got wacky on me :lol:

[Erk]

I would say in person they look like the "corrected" ones....but man, they really look like crappy quality compared to yours! haha :shock: :lol:

Oh well...I will try again sometime

[fish_r]

that is a quality fish Eric, very nice :) wish ours in Aus were like that...
i can make mine look better with a bit of a touch up, but it's not a true reflection of my fish...

[Erk]

Wow rob :shock: .....how do you upload your pics like that? your quality shots look so nice....guess the tripod is the way to go....i didnt mean anything bad as far as the touching up goes....your fish look very nice.
:D

my pics are so small looking

Thanks for the compliment about my guy....he is the only one left :(

[fish_r]

Hey Eric
my pics are usually 800x600 and usually around 150k
if there over 128k i use photobucket.com to upload em too them just copy the [IMG] link to here. u dont want to go much over 800x600 though or it will stretch the page on here nad it can be a pain to scroll across all the time.

i know u didnt mean anything bad, i was just showing what a bit of touching up can do :) i been watching and reading lots of photoshop tutorials lately lol...

P.S. i didnt use the tripod for them pics...

[scott bowler]

hey guys they are awesome fish Erk they fish you have has a lot of red or pink in it that looks very nice.WE dont have them out here like that well i havent seen them .and Rob like i said before mate your fish are getting better and better good work guys

[Erk]

Thanks guys...I will play around with the upload with my next pics...I will try to get more of the rams, and see what I can do to get them up here a lil nicer

Im glad you guys like him....I do like his red on his face

[Erk]

PS....excellent quality shots, especially without the tripod! Good for you rob! They look like nice fish

[fish_r]

ended up taking all the standard rams out of the big tank and putting the Germans in there. here's a cpl of updated pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2707.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2705.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2704.jpg