keyhole or bolovian ram with female betta

by **kizno1** on Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:19 pm

do you think i could add a single bolovian ram or keyhole with female bettas. ive seen mixed reports on keeping them together and was just wondering if anyone had any experiance keeping the 2 toghether.

by **mrpippoodle** on Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:12 pm

i would go for the bolivian only knowing that when sarah tried the keyhole we had to remove it within an hour due to agression issues from both the betta and the keyhole .
We have a pair of bolivian rams living in the 300 litre juwel tank with the group of female bettas very happily and been in there since October last year .
They were in there before the bettas though if that makes any difference

Chris

by **kizno1** on Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:18 pm

thanks i was going to take the females out rearange the tank and add them all in together. so ill get a ram then or i might get a male apistogramma viejita duno ill wait and see what my lfs can order in
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by **kizno1** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:43 pm

has anyone ever heard bolivian ram being called dutch rams? because i went to my lfs and they had what they said where bolivian ram but they looked to bright so i think they were german blue rams but they said they do get duller rams in but they are called dutch rams.

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:15 pm

Hi
This is what i understand about the Ram family -

Mikrogeophagus altispinosus = Bolivian Ram

Mikrogeophagus ramirezi = Butterfly Cichlid, German Ram, Blue Ram, German Blue Ram, Dutch Ram

So in effect, Mikrogeophagus ramirezi refers to everything except Bolivians.

by **kizno1** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:26 pm

well the oce there selling a bolivians im sure are german blue rams ill get them to order in the dutch rams and see if there the bolivians because he said there alot duller so they might jsut of mixed them up.

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:10 pm

I think Bolivians are slightly duller yeh.

by **kizno1** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:12 pm

ill just have to wait and see what they are when they come i
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by **kizno1** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:45 pm

i think i might go for a banjo or whiptail catfish insted now

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:46 pm

What about those Golden Pygmy spiny catfish i saw yesterday? The name is in my 40g thread.

by **kizno1** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:52 pm

there nice but i think ill go with the banjo or whiptails i like the look of them more.
do you know if your lfs sells upside down catfish?

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:45 pm

A couple of ours do yeh:)

I think TriMar had them in.

by **kizno1** on Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:34 pm

i got a few fish today i went to this other lfs a little futher away that i got recommended i got 2 upisdedown catfish a 2" albino male bn and a banjo catfish and i might got back in a few week for a

synodontis petricola they where 3" and only £3.99

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