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In my experience with all the rams I have had they will pick on each other before anyone else.

Well a 40 breeder has a big footprint so you have more substrate to hold bacteria. You can stock a breeder tank with more than you can your standard tank due to that. Also I have a fluval 306 canister filter rated to 80 gals so I have double the filtration on it.

The key to rams are to have two and they will leave everything else along. They will keep busy with each other. Also rams like to stay at the bottom of the tank where your Bettas stay close to the top they should have very little interaction with each other.

I have four angles, two blue rams, four flag cichlids, a platy, two guppies, danio, African dwarf frog,Cory and three plecos in the same tank. I have no problems tank has been running for 5 months now. Also my rams and angles and flags spawn frequently with no problems. They are in a 40 breeder...

Once you get your canister up and running leave the internal filter running for a few days to help seed the canister just in case. Plecos do a great job of cleaning algae so I say you should always have at least one in every tank. I would do some algae cleaning also just to keep it from getting...

I would leave it and run it after you fix it. The bacteria will survive also it not only in your filter its on your substrate sides of glass decor. Also it don't need much oxygen and there should be enough to help it somewhat survive in the water. Think about it it's a canister filter when it's...

I would go salt. A tank that size would be easy to maintain. If you set it up right you would have to do little to no water changes. Think about it I have a ten gal nano tank and I only do 25% water changes every two weeks now that I have it establish. Everything depends on your cleanup crew get...

So I am getting ready to change my 40 tall into a brackish tank. Looking for some stocking suggestions.

I wouldn't worry I have had mine for a year from time to time they bully each other.

Sounds like your going through a mini cycle. The salt isn't hurting anything I work a a lfs and we have salt in the system with barbs. Also you said this happen after feeding bloodworms right?

Well I take that back they are not unisex but I have no ideal on how to sex them.

They are unisex I just call it a him really don't know why just do. He. Is a little over 1/4 inch long. Just let me know I will post you a pic tomorow.

Ok USPS I can ship it in a flat rate box and get it there in three days which should be fine for a snail. The price would be $6 with delivery com. I always like having delivery com just in case they mess up.

Let me look into the shipping. And I will get ya a pic tomorrow would take it now but the tank I have him in is in my little girls room and she is asleep.

I can get you one ASAP if you will pay shipping I will give it to ya

They both look like males to me. You will have some chasing don't worry it's normal. My rams have plenty of tank mates to bump heads with from time to time. They normally just chase each other. Some times they will have a disagreement with my four angels or my four flag cichlids but never bad...

Yeah just a thought. You can add driftwood to bring the ph down if your looking to do so. You have great water for African cichlids. Here in sc the water comes out at 7.0 and within a day it's at 6.5.

Why do you have your ph so high? Discus like soft water with low ph like 6.0 to 6.5. This could be stressing him not helping with the situation.

It looks to me like he has been fighting with another tank mate. I work for a lfs and they get like that when they have been bulling each other. Dose any of your other fish show signs of bulling? I would just keep an eye on it to make sure it don't get worse. But i have seen this many times and...

I have four plecos in my tank and my nitrates stay a 40ppm. They are healthy. Also nitrates are ok as long as they don't get over 40 not 20. I have two rams, four plecos, three platy, three emperor tetras, one angel 40 trumpet snails, three assassin snails and one African dwarf frog they are all...

If you wanna get the ich off your fish take some ro Fresh water and dip him in it for three mins. Salt water ich can't survive the fresh water. I work for a lfs and that is what we do. It will scare you at first because fresh water is less buoyant so your fish will fall over at first but will...

The best way to kill it is to turn your heat up to 84 and double dose of aquarium salt wait one week and turn heat back down. And do a 50% water change.

Thank for the advise? I just started a job at a fish store so I should be able to get it for cheaper hopefully

I do have some java moss in the tank will that help?

I had a female platy with a big belly for a while really didn't think she would be successful but today I was doing a pwc and little plays were swimming around my tank. I don't have a breeder net or a quarantine tank so what is a new fish daddy to do?