Female Bolivian Ram
This is likely a camouflage behavior that helps to protect them from predators.
Female bolivian ram. Being smaller than the male the female lacks these features. I need help figuring out if my glofish are male or female. They normally choose a flat rock or a depression in the substrate to lay their eggs.
A large female bolivian ram will spawn hundreds of rather small eggs. Sexing the bolivian ram cichlid. Bolivian rams are a small species of aquarium fish with oval shaped bodies that measure on average around 3 inches long.
Its behavior is meant more to scare the other fish not no attack or hurt. The female is usually the primary guardian of the spawn. Mikrogeophagus altispinosus is a small good looking and peaceful cichlid.
The other ram has a rounder analfin a round smooth forehead and a fuller body which are generally traits of females. Small streams and the edge of large creeks in bolivia and brazil. It is relatively straightforward to differentiate male from female bolivian ram cichlids.
Young bolivian rams bought from stores will typically be 1 to 2 inches long. One interesting behavior you might observe isone of the parents spitting sand onto the eggs. However at times the male might join in.
Sexing edit edit source first 3 5 spiny rays of male s dorsal fin are elongated and his tail is slightly lyre shaped. They will both swim over the same area and then the male will start to guard. I got a female bolivian ram for my male and every time the.
If that is the breeding tube i see in the second pic of the female it looks more masculine from that angle. Tank compatibility edit edit. Adult males tend to grow larger and are slimmer than females possess a slightly more pointed dorsal fin and have extended filaments on their tail fin as well as being more intensely coloured than the females.
Males of the species tend to be larger measuring up to 6 inches long while females can be as small as 2 inches long. Bolivian rams are egg layers. Keeping bolivian ram is quite easy it is a proper choice for community tanks.
The species is part of the family cichlidae and subfamily geophaginae. The fish is a bit more aggressive than its relative ram cichlid though if comparing it with cichlid species in general it s not aggressive at all. It is a popular aquarium fish traded under the common names bolivian butterfly bolivian ram bolivian ram cichlid and ruby crown cichlid.
I have 2 male 1 female bolivian rams and 1 male german blue ram in the same. Bolivian rams live among the leaves and tangled tree roots. Bolivian ram cichlid lat.
