Bolivian Ram (Microgeophagus altispinosa)

James1986

A lot of personality, Does great with larger more aggressive fish. One of the toughest fish I've ever kept, Harder to breed than the smaller blue rams

Delgriffth

This is my absolute favorite freshwater fish. they'll stay on bottom half of tank. if you have the room purchase 4-6 of them, instead of trying to pair them up. ive had no problem breeding them that way. theyre a bit prone to camallanus worms as theyre constantly feeding from the substrate. otherwise theyre extremely hardy fish. very comical in groups. they associate the owner with food which makes them quite social.

JCoxRocks

I have 4-5 of these guys in my 125g planted tank with my German Blues and Golden Rams. They arent as impressive to me as the other rams, but they still scoot around near the bottom picking up anything my other greedy fish might have missed. In that respect, they are a pretty good cleanup crew. They arent quite as colorful as the German Blue, and about twice as big. I'd consider them to be the "poor man's" German Blue. If you have your choice, I'd recommend a German Blue over the Bolivians, but they are still an enteraining little fish if your options are limited.

kamikazi

Awesome fish, fairly hardy. IME they have a much better chance at survival than German Blue Rams. Will get aggressive (chasing and nipping) with tank mates during breeding and meal times. Peaceful, personable fish the majority of time. Pretty hard to sex juveniles and less dominant males can often appear to be females.

Planted-Community

Great Fish always thought they were the blue rams ugly brother but saw some recently and they were beauties and preity big great fish!! with personality great with sand or very fine gravel (1,2mm) as they love to sift it in a Non Destructive way

Miles

Got one of these from my friend, he had been feeding it flakes his whole life, once I got him I switched him to brine shrimp and bloodworms and his color went crazy, was totally drab before but now he's very colorful, moral of this story: Don't feed your fish crap!

JerSaint

One of my favorite fish! Very personable and a great addition to a planted tank!