Rams Breeding

[Gordon88]

Hi there my rams have now bred twice in a week and a half, both times the eggs have disappeared on the scond day, ( i assume they are eating them or they have been eaten by another fish).
Now they are looking like they are going to breeb again for the third time in three weeks!!!!
Will they ever stop???
Also over this three week period if there are eggs there or not they chase alll the fish in my tank away, especially my keyhole cichlids. They are not chasing them away from a particular spot just chasing them when they see them.
It doesnt seem to be too aggressive but i think it might be stressing the other fish out a bit.
When will they stop breeding, so they can return to their normal peacefull selves?
Is there anything i can do??

Thanks

 

[Gordon88]

anyone?

 

[KTran]

I also have a pair that breed about once a week. I have them in their own tank because I want to breed them.

I think they will keep breeding unless you separate the male and female. You could also try and place a lot of wood, rocks or plants in the tank to create small territories. Its good to use plants to break the line-of-sight across the tank. If the rams can't see the other fish, they won't chase them.

 

[Gordon88]

Thanks for the advice Ktran, i will try and put some more plants in this week.
Have you ever had any succesfull hatchings with your rams?
The first two times my rams bred the eggs disappeared on the second day!!

 

[KTran]

My pair have bred 3 times now - the first two times I saw the eggs for a couple of days and then they disappeared. The third time, I put in a flower pot lying on its side and the rams laid eggs on the inside of the pot. I was away for the weekend and came back to find a few wrigglers and quite a few white and fungussed eggs. The next day, everything was gone and I saw a snail inside the pot

So now I have removed the snails from the breeding tank and fingers crossed they will spawn again in the next week or so.