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After cycling my 90ltr with 10 neons we decided on some harlequin rasbora and 2 dwarf gourami as the center piece, the male dg died from wounds (in a hospital tank) sustained from attacks from the female, once he was gone she turned her aggression to the harlequins which i wasnt going to put up with, as soon as i had the time she went back to where she came from (a week after bringing her home) and i walked out of the 'not so local' lfs with a blue ram and 3 purple harlequin rasbora, knowing nothing about ram keeping, taking the tank to 10 neons, 8 harlequins and what i thought was a female ram, a few days later i thought id bring home a male ram to keep her company, i found out pretty quick that i had two males in the tank and the original male wasnt happy at all and was actually a gold ram (the lfs had "german blue ram" written on the tank) The new male went into a hospital tank while the gf and i decided what to do, not happy with the new male stuck in the hospital tank because of my error in sexing and not wanting to take him back.
I did a bit of research and everything i read told me not to do what i was thinking about doing cos it wouldnt work but i decided to take the gamble anyway, the new male went into my 290ltr and we decided to get a female for the ram in the 90ltr, once again he wasnt having it so she went into the 290ltr with the other ram, after about 45 minutes of not knowing each other existed, he spotted her and was smitten straight away, showing off his dancing skills for her at every opportunity only for her to continue to play hard to get, a little over 2 weeks later, he doesnt dance as much but they have definitely taken over the tank, whats odd about it is my 290ltr is a 24.5'c goldfish tank with 2 orandas, 2 fancies, a bn pleco, 6 wcmm and 6 zebras and the rams are about the size of the pectoral fins on the orandas.
Everytime i sit in front of the tank he swims up right in front of my face ( i like to think hes saying hi )and the much bigger fish swimming past them doesnt bother them at all.
Everything i have read says rams should only b kept by experienced-advanced aquarists, i started my first tank on New Year's Eve last year and while ive done a lot of reading and had to deal with a few issues, id hardly class myself as anything more than a rookie.. Ive not done anything special, just a stable tank i guess..
I feel for any1 that has trouble keeping rams cos they are great little fish with heaps of personality.
I did a bit of research and everything i read told me not to do what i was thinking about doing cos it wouldnt work but i decided to take the gamble anyway, the new male went into my 290ltr and we decided to get a female for the ram in the 90ltr, once again he wasnt having it so she went into the 290ltr with the other ram, after about 45 minutes of not knowing each other existed, he spotted her and was smitten straight away, showing off his dancing skills for her at every opportunity only for her to continue to play hard to get, a little over 2 weeks later, he doesnt dance as much but they have definitely taken over the tank, whats odd about it is my 290ltr is a 24.5'c goldfish tank with 2 orandas, 2 fancies, a bn pleco, 6 wcmm and 6 zebras and the rams are about the size of the pectoral fins on the orandas.
Everytime i sit in front of the tank he swims up right in front of my face ( i like to think hes saying hi )and the much bigger fish swimming past them doesnt bother them at all.
Everything i have read says rams should only b kept by experienced-advanced aquarists, i started my first tank on New Year's Eve last year and while ive done a lot of reading and had to deal with a few issues, id hardly class myself as anything more than a rookie.. Ive not done anything special, just a stable tank i guess..
I feel for any1 that has trouble keeping rams cos they are great little fish with heaps of personality.