What is the lifespan of rams?

[Tomsfish]

Mikrogeophagus ramirezi grazing.
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She looks to be loaded with eggs.
Are you seeing any breeding behavior?
Can you see her ovipositor?

 

[gwand]

She looks to be loaded with eggs.
Are you seeing any breeding behavior?
Can you see her ovipositor?

This is the first time I’ve had Rams. I am not certain of their breeding behavior. However, the female is not tolerating the presence of the male currently. I’ve had to separate them into two different tanks until I sort this out.

 

[Tomsfish]

She looks good and not beaten up.
They play rough when breeding.
I only separated if there was physical damage like nipped fins or such.
If possible, keep tanks next to each other so they can see each other.
Make sure when you re introduce them the male goes into the female's tank.
She needs all the help she can get.
My experience with the Electric blues was that they were the most peaceful of colors with gold and black having the homicidal possibility.
Yours looks gold/EBR mix.
Sometimes after breeding they needed to be separated if the male was too protective and not letting the female near the eggs.