German blue ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
Also called ram, blue ram, gbr.
Needs real warmth, 27 degrees and up, and clean water.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 5 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 75 L, at least 60 cm long
- Temperature
- 26 to 30 °C
- pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Hardness
- 1 to 10 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- moderate
- Lives
- about 3 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether german blue ram fit the tank you have.