German Blue Balloon Ram
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Attract your attention with its vivid iridescent blue body at the first sight, German Blue Ram (scientific name: Mikrogeophagus ramirezi), also called Electric Blue Ram or Butterfly Cichlids, is absolutely a colorful hit to your aquarium.
Mostly found in the river basins of Venezuela and Columbia, German Blue Ram is familiar with the environment of warm and slow-moving waters. This species requires strict water quality requirements and habitat desires. As such, it is usually not recommended to beginners or intermediate hobbyists.
German Blue Ram, unlike other Cichlids, is quite peaceful and totally safe to keep with larger species of shrimp, snails, live plants, and other non-aggressive fish. It is also fond of aquatic plants and decorations providing hiding places (e.g., rocks, driftwood), especially during breeding season. These items give German Blue Ram a hand in keeping their eggs from being revealed. Without them, German Blue Ram may show their aggression tendency toward other fish they consider potential threats to their eggs.
German Blue Ram thrives when kept in a group of at least three. In order to do so, your recommended tank size should be at least 10 gallons for one German Blue Ram, and around 30 gallons for the three of them.
What You Can Expect From This Fish:
- Vivid iridescent blue coloration
- Peaceful disposition
- Safe to keep with aquatic plants
RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS:
- Temperature: 74° - 82° F (23° - 28° C)
- pH: 6 – 7
- KH: 2 – 10 dKH
- GH: 6 – 14 dGH
- Minimum tank size: 10 gallons per one fish
CARE GUIDELINES:
- Diet: German Blue Ram is omnivore and not a picky eater. They can accept various types of food from brine shrimp, bloodworms to eventually fish flakes or pellets.
- Social behavior: Peaceful, schooling
- Origin: Venezuela, Columbia
- Average adult size: 1 - 2 inches (2.5 - 5 cm)
- Average purchase size: 0.75 - 1.5 inches (1.9 - 3.8 cm)
This is only apply to live fish order.
Live Arrival Guarantee:
We have a lot of experience with shipping live fish orders. In 2021, Our records showed that we only have a 0.5 % Dead on Arrival rate for all live fish orders, compared to the industry standard is at 1.5%. This means that out of 1000 live orders that we shipped to our customer only 5 orders would have fish that arrived dead.
At Splashy Fish, we ensure that our customers are happy and satisfied with their orders. We offer a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee on all of our animals that are shipped to the customer via USPS, UPS, and FedEx.
Splashy Fish has the right to void Live Arrival Guarantee protection if these circumstances include:
- The customer has chosen USPS First Class Mail as a shipped method.
- Shipping address to a PO Box
- The order was refused delivery by the customer.
- The order was held for pick up at USPS, UPS, FedEx offices no longer than 24 hours after the last update on the tracking number.
- Live Arrival Guarantee claim does not include all the requirements mentioned below
- Live Arrival Guarantee claim made after the arrival period is mentioned below.
- The Fish/Animal have to be in original packaging.
Live Arrival Guarantee Claim Period:
For Live Fish and other invertebrates: one and a half hours (1.5 hours) of posted delivery time or customer received time.
For Snails: 48 hours of posted delivery time or customer received time.
How to claim for Splashy Fish's Live Arrival Guarantee:
If there is an incident when your fish are delivered "dead on arrival,”
- Take 1 picture of the shipping box and the shipping label.
- For live fish and other invertebrates: Take 2 pictures of each of the fish bags that is dead on arrival (the pictures have to show the bag in its original condition, unopened with the original rubber band)
- Send us an email to DOA@splashyfishstore.com with the subject line: DOA and Your Order Number OR messaged us on our social media
- Body of the text: Your tracking number
- The claim must be sent within the claim period mentioned above.
After submitting all the information required above it will take us 1 to 3 business days to determine the cause of dead on arrival. If the claim was valid and approved by our team, There is two option for you to choose from:
- Complimentary one-time replacement of the fish you ordered (pending current inventory availability). Customers are responsible for the replacement shipping charge.
- Received the store credit for future purchase of the dead on arrival fish excluding the shipping cost.
If the Live Arrival Guarantee claim doesn't include all the requirements listed above, Splashy Fish has all the rights to reject your claim.
We ship all of the customer orders from our warehouse located in Springfield, VA. We pack and ship our orders depending on the orders with the exception of someday we cannot ship out live fish.
All Live Fish orders will be shipped out on Tuesday and Wednesday each week for overnight shipping by UPS.
Monday to Saturday: We will pack and ship out all orders that do not contain live fish.
Sunday: (Splashy Day) Today is the day we let our hard-working team members and our fish to destress and ready for the following week's shipment.
For more information regarding about shipping please visit us our Shipping Policy and Schedule