German blue rams spawned

[chris_todd]

Christy, that German Blue ram pair we bought at Scales a few months back have spawned in my nano! Both a blessing and an annoyance, really, I was going to transfer them to my 20 long today, so I could break down that tank, and get started on the hardscape for the scaping competition, now I don't want to touch the tank, so the eggs can hatch and I can raise the fry! ROFL

[ddavila06]

awesome, i want some babies

[Cristy Keister]

Yes, congratulations, nonetheless! You may want to move the parents, anyway. I hear that they regularly eat their own eggs.

[chris_todd]

As several people on the CCA forum pointed out, many cichlids are poor parents their first time around, and rams are notorius egg/fry eaters. The eggs were all gone the morning after my original post.

At least now I can move the rams to my 20 long, where they will likely be happier as they will have the tank all to themselves (well, and a couple dozen RCS). Perhaps they'll spawn again...