Thinking about buying some rams

[Erised]

So right now I've got an empty 15 Gallon and I couldnt figure out what to put in it. Then last night I had a dream about me having a tank with 3 rams in it ... so today I decided to have a look into that! Only to find out that I'm utterly confused right now...

I've read about people keeping more than 1 ram together and being fine...
I've read about people keeping more than 1 ram together and them fighting eachother to death.

Would keeping some rams in a 15Gallon be a good choice, or not? How many could I keep? Will they be getting along? ... blah, just give me all the information you've got and treat me like a newbie! (Dont worry, I've been keeping fish for a long time, lot of community fish, some puffers etc ... however, no cichlids yet)

 

[Kittycat]

How about a pair? I guess it would help if you already know they get along, like buying them as a pair from a breeder/private owner, or seeing them pair off in the store, though from what I hear this is no guarantee they'll remain a pair when transferred.

I got two males for my 50 gallon at first thinking they were a pair, they got along, I added a small female, and the males started to "argue" a little but nothing major. However, when I added another female to even them off, the new one was bigger than the rest and she bullied everybody even other fishes. I put her in my 10 gal with some guppies, she's miserable but the rest are much happier now, though the boys still argue a little once in a while.

Maybe you'd have better chances of having them get along if they're still young and smaller, with the female being smaller than the male? I don't really know as I'm not an expert...

 

[ramesses]

Well.....I agree.I would put only a pair male/female.