My Rams

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so i got a female to join my male bolivian ram today, and so far he has done nothing but harass her she hides, and he goes away for awhile but as soon as she comes out again, he's on her. she looks so scared and there's nothing i can really do. i tap on the glass at him when he goes after her, which fends him off some of the time.

will this get any better? do i need to just return her to the store (if i even can). i'd put her in the 10g, but it won't have a filter for while as it's on the 29 they're in right now.

what to do...

poor girl she's so cute too

 

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Point is that ram r cichlid they have picking order, even if its a female they will still attack. Thats why always start with atleast 5-6 of fish instead of 2 as alpha will always just have one target to bully and the one being bully will soon be dead from stress or illness. Buy 3-4 more ram and add them into ur tank and see hows it goes. You can always sell the others once u have a pair most of the fish store takes them.

 

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Point is that ram r cichlid they have picking order, even if its a female they will still attack. Thats why always start with atleast 5-6 of fish instead of 2 as alpha will always just have one target to bully and the one being bully will soon be dead from stress or illness. Buy 3-4 more ram and add them into ur tank and see hows it goes. You can always sell the others once u have a pair most of the fish store takes them.

ahhh i see the problem is, the ram i got was literally the last one. they had tons of german blue rams, but only one lil girl bolivian. so you're suggesting that 3 or 4 more would... even out the agression a bit? but if a pair formed, would the others then be bullied by that pair?

i guess i'll have to look around and see if somewhere else has them.