Ok, I am attempting to get a pair of gold rams. I have 5 of them in a 55g gallon while I wait for them to mature and form pairs. They have been in there for a little over 2 weeks.
I believe I have 3 males and 2 females from looking at their fins.
Once I have a pair or two hopefully, my plan was to move the first pair to a 20long that I am going to plant heavily. If I get 2 pairs I will put the second into either a 30Long or a 29 which I have several.
Now the problem I am having is that 1 male is extremely aggressive even in the 55 gallon. The other 4 fish seem to have formed into 2 pairs that each have a small territory and each pair stays in their spot and does not fight amongst each other.
The aggressive male claims over half the tank and I think he is stressing out the other fish bad.
Now should I move my pairs out to their final tanks which are cycled but not planted yet. Or should I just move the aggressive male out and give the other four some time to chill out before they get moved. I am worried about moving the pairs cause I dont want to lose any of them and I think that the move on top of the stress that they are under might be too much.
What do you guys think is best to move?
thanks in advance
I believe I have 3 males and 2 females from looking at their fins.
Once I have a pair or two hopefully, my plan was to move the first pair to a 20long that I am going to plant heavily. If I get 2 pairs I will put the second into either a 30Long or a 29 which I have several.
Now the problem I am having is that 1 male is extremely aggressive even in the 55 gallon. The other 4 fish seem to have formed into 2 pairs that each have a small territory and each pair stays in their spot and does not fight amongst each other.
The aggressive male claims over half the tank and I think he is stressing out the other fish bad.
Now should I move my pairs out to their final tanks which are cycled but not planted yet. Or should I just move the aggressive male out and give the other four some time to chill out before they get moved. I am worried about moving the pairs cause I dont want to lose any of them and I think that the move on top of the stress that they are under might be too much.
What do you guys think is best to move?
thanks in advance