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300 Eggs, 300 Kids

            Spawning Ram Cichlids
The Ram Cichlid (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) is a very beautiful, small (5 - 7 cm), and peaceful freshwater fish, originates from the Llanos. The Llanos is the savannah grasslands of the central Orinoco drainage in lowland Venezuela and Columbia. M.ramirezi is also found in the upper part of the Orinoco delta. It is not an Amazonian fish. This beautiful South American species has many names. It is known as: Ram, Blue Ram, Balloon Ram, Butterfly Dwarf Cichlid, German Blue Ram, Gold German Ram, Golden Ram, Singapore Ram, Asian Ram, Ramirez's Dwarf Cichlid, Ramirez and Electric Blue Ram. The species is a member of the family Cichlidae.

Once sexually mature, the species forms monogamous pairs prior to spawning. 
The species is known to lay its small 0.9 - 1.5 mm, adhesive eggs on flattened stones or directly into small depressions dug in the gravel. 
Like many cichlids, M. ramirezi practices biparental brood care with both the male and the female playing roles in egg-tending and territorial defense. Typical clutch size for the species is 150-300 eggs, though larger clutches up to 500 have been reported. 
Parental M. ramirezi have been observed to fan water over their eggs which hatch in 40 hours at 29 ºC. The larvae are not free-swimming for 5 days after which they are escorted by the male or the female in dense school for foraging. 

Kuitschietende antennebaarsjes
Het antennebaarsje (Microgeophagus ramirezi) is een mooie, kleine (5 tot 7 cm), en vreedzame tropische zoetwatervis die ook als aquariumvis gehouden wordt. De soort is afkomstig uit de Llanos. De Llanos zijn waterrijke graslanden van het centrale laagland van de Orinoco in Venezuela en Columbia. M.ramirezi wordt ook gevonden in de bovenloop van de Orinoco-delta. De soort behoort tot de familie Cichlidae (cichliden). 

Eenmaal geslachtsrijp vormen antennebaarsjes monogame paartjes voor het kuitschieten. De soort is bekend om zijn kleine 0,9 tot 1,5 mm, zelfklevend eieren op afgeplatte stenen of gedeponeerd in speciaal gegraven kleine kuiltjes. Zoals bij veel cichliden verzorgen het mannetje en het vrouwtje samen het broedsel en later de jongen. Het mannetje verdedigt vooral het territorium, maar neemt ook regelmatig de rol van het vrouwtje over. Antennebaarsjes leggen per keer 150-300 eitjes, maar grotere legsels tot 500 eitjes zijn ook mogelijk. De eitjes komen afhenkelijk van de temperatuur van het water na 40 tot 50 uur uit. De larven (de kleine visjes) gaan na circa 5 dagen zwemmen onder bescherming van beide ouders.
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Taken in: Nederland / Gelderland / Arnhem (show map)

Taken on: November 3, 2009

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