I was sitting in my favorite chair last night and was admiring my 20 gallon tank. I saw from a distance tons of white moving dots. We have a pond in the back yard that is not set up, but has 2 inches of water in it and tons of insect larva. We have been feeding the larva to my fish and they love them! My first thought was that we put something in the tank from the pond that was causing problems. So, I flew over to the tank and there surrounding my Bolivian rams were about 75 free swimming babies. I can't believe how sweet the parents are with their babies! It is so much fun to watch. I had no idea they had eggs, let alone babies.

Very cool. Congrats on a very nice clutch of babies. Unexpected fry is always a good thing. Any pics to share yet??

No pics for now. My camera is not working properly. I have a picture of the daddy though. I think I have posted him here before.

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Congrats! Yours are some of the nicest I have seen in pictures, and to have them spawn is really cool.

Awesome!

It's a great experience to have baby fish. Is this the first time any of your fish have spawned?

Congrats.

Congrats on the babies!!!!! Can't wait to see them in person!

Way to go unexpected fry is a very nice suprise Also i wanna see some pics when you get the camera sorted

We did have some guppies that spawned. My cherry shrimp and my mystery snails breed like crazy! This is the first time the rams have spawned though. I am leaving Sunday morning for vacation. I will send pics when I get back.