New strain of Blue Rams in LFS

Jim Anderson wrote:
I live in Minnesota, USA, and for as long as I can remember all the Blue
Rams (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) have been the 'German Blue Rams' from the
stock of German breeders that had bread a more colorfull (?) strain.
They are torpedo shaped, about 1/2 as high as they are long, with a flat
back and stomach.

Today at the local PetCo they have a tankfull of Blue Rams that were
much, much more rounded (Discus proportions), about one inch long and
about 7/8 inch high and very colorfull with tall fins and chubby
looking. These are not German Blue Rams.

Thinking of getting a pair for a new planted 30USGal, in the planning
stages.

Can anyone comment on these observations.

Just a warning to you: Don't buy any Ram at PetCo. I work there, so
I'm not just trying to bash the place. Wherever they get their fish
(It's probably a fishery out of Florida, but I think some of the fish
are Asian bred.) does not do a good job taking care of their stock. I
went through 3 pairs of Rams before I finally went to a smaller local
store and found some tank raised ones.

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dan