Well, I did some fish moving yesterday. In my 55g, I noticed that the two new convicts were staying behind a patch of plants at the back wall all the time, and my two Bolivian Rams were either chasing the convicts or vice versa from time to time. One of the B. Rams didnt looks so good and its face was a little dark and it stayed in one place a lot. I felt that since it was the smaller ram, that the other ram also a male would aggravate it along with the convicts. Soooo..
In the 29g where I had a divider in, to separate the 1 Discus, and 1 Angel since they constantly would fight with each other and did not get along with the other Angel and Discus in the 55 the only alternative was to use the divider in the 29 to keep them safe. After about 3-4 months of this, I decided to take down the divider and see if they can get along. I watched for a day or two and it seemed that the aggression has slowed down to a minimum. I added more silk plants to make two walls on each end of the tank so that they each had a hiding place. Seemed to be going well.
So I decided to take the two rams out of the 55 and add them to the 29. I took java moss and attached clumps to four flat rocks and put two rocks together at each end of the tank so that the rams would have hiding places if they need it. So far.. so good.. they seem happy even tho they are now in a 29 and not the nicely decorated 55. But now the convicts have no one to harass.
Im looking forward to being able to add some more convicts to the 55 now. And hopefully Shawnie will have about 4 or 5 of them for me in a few weeks!
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