Elisabeth83
Fish Herder
Alright my male and female ram had been seperated for about 1 1/2- 2 weeks. She was in a 30 gallon and he was in a 14.5 gallon. She developed fin rot a few days after I brought her home but it's now cleared up after treatment and clean water.
So today I decided to put the male back in with the female in the 30 gallon. Well at first she seemed to be in charge but that only lasted about a minute and then he begain chasing her. I listened to what others said that as long as the chase doesn't last too long and he doesn't make her cower in a corner then they should be ok. Well the chase was constant and he was chasing her into corners where she would stay for a few seconds until he'd nip her side or tail and she'd swim out again where it would begin all over again. I only let them do this for 30 mins because she was getting paler and starting to breath heavy.
I put him in a breeding net and she's gotten her color back and has been going up to the breeding net kind of checking him out/showing off to him. He's not a happy camper though he's ramming into the bottom of the net trying to get to her
So what should I do? Should I let them do this whole chasing thing? Should I leave him in the breeding net? If so for how long? day or days?
I'm getting so fed up with all of this I thought they would finally like eachother as she laid eggs (ate them all now) and her belly has been very pink.
So today I decided to put the male back in with the female in the 30 gallon. Well at first she seemed to be in charge but that only lasted about a minute and then he begain chasing her. I listened to what others said that as long as the chase doesn't last too long and he doesn't make her cower in a corner then they should be ok. Well the chase was constant and he was chasing her into corners where she would stay for a few seconds until he'd nip her side or tail and she'd swim out again where it would begin all over again. I only let them do this for 30 mins because she was getting paler and starting to breath heavy.
I put him in a breeding net and she's gotten her color back and has been going up to the breeding net kind of checking him out/showing off to him. He's not a happy camper though he's ramming into the bottom of the net trying to get to her
So what should I do? Should I let them do this whole chasing thing? Should I leave him in the breeding net? If so for how long? day or days?
I'm getting so fed up with all of this I thought they would finally like eachother as she laid eggs (ate them all now) and her belly has been very pink.