Out of the Marine Hobby into freshwater looking for rams

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Well here's my advice on blue Rams.

First there are two choices, a local hobbyist/breeder or imported ones from Asia.

The imported ones will likely have been treated with various medicines/steroids and will probably die in your tank. Besides antibiotics some of these breeders use steriods to prematurely bring out the colors in their fish.

If you want healthy Rams get some bred locally.

I have no idea where in Alberta to get Rams. In Vancouver, Richmond actually, there is a store called Fin-omenal pets that had them last time I visited. I know it was a local breeder because I was there when he brought in his Rams once. If you are serious about wanting Rams phone the ladies at Fin-omenal (look up their website, do a google search) and maybe they can ship you some.

FYI earlier this year I was looking at getting Rams, after a lot of thought I concluded that they were a delicate and sensitive species that might not survive for me. One aspect of this hobby is it takes a lot of self-control to say "No, I won't get that fish, I don't have the time/room/experience to take care of it properly".