petunia100
Aquarium Advice Activist
I have a 55 gallon that currently has
1 dwarf blue gourami
2 buenos aries tetras
3 lemon tetras
5 pristnella tetras
6 neon tetras (am wanting to increase this to about nine)
3 german blue rams (2 male 1 female)
3 julii cories
4 panda cories
3 pygmy cories
I was wanting to eventually find a new home for the gourami and buenos aries tetras. And once I did I was wanting to get at least 2 more female blue rams.
I was wanting to add a pair or two of apistos, but my lfs said that he had not had good experiences mixing apistos and rams, that the apistos bullied the rams but the biggest tank he had was a 29 gallon. Has anyone here hand problems or successes mixing apistos and rams? If so is there a particular apisto that I should look for or avoid? I don't know how many pairs I could put in a 55 gallon maybe 2 pairs of rams is too much already? The tank is fairly heavily planted with lots of hiding places.
Also I have seen what is called "golden rams" at the lfs, is this just a color variation? Will they pair with my blue rams? The female and one of the males have paired up and keep chasing the other male away from their little hideaway.
I'm not terribly interested in breeding and I think my tetras would eat pretty much any eggs, but I would like to spread the stress on the females out so I am looking to get more pretty soon.
The tank has been set up for six months and has had no major problems.
Thanks for your help!
1 dwarf blue gourami
2 buenos aries tetras
3 lemon tetras
5 pristnella tetras
6 neon tetras (am wanting to increase this to about nine)
3 german blue rams (2 male 1 female)
3 julii cories
4 panda cories
3 pygmy cories
I was wanting to eventually find a new home for the gourami and buenos aries tetras. And once I did I was wanting to get at least 2 more female blue rams.
I was wanting to add a pair or two of apistos, but my lfs said that he had not had good experiences mixing apistos and rams, that the apistos bullied the rams but the biggest tank he had was a 29 gallon. Has anyone here hand problems or successes mixing apistos and rams? If so is there a particular apisto that I should look for or avoid? I don't know how many pairs I could put in a 55 gallon maybe 2 pairs of rams is too much already? The tank is fairly heavily planted with lots of hiding places.
Also I have seen what is called "golden rams" at the lfs, is this just a color variation? Will they pair with my blue rams? The female and one of the males have paired up and keep chasing the other male away from their little hideaway.
I'm not terribly interested in breeding and I think my tetras would eat pretty much any eggs, but I would like to spread the stress on the females out so I am looking to get more pretty soon.
The tank has been set up for six months and has had no major problems.
Thanks for your help!