mjordan

i have a 29 gallon aquarium which i think i want to convert to a species tank. blue rams in particular. i will have 3 cories 6 or 9 blue rams and eather a sucker ?type or a top-middle dweller.

any imput plz reply.

thanks
mjordan

04_si

from what ive read its not recommended to have 2 males in any size smaller than a 30 or 35 (cant remember exactly). im not sure how well a species tank would do, but it might do okay because the harassment would be spread around.

maybe someone on here has had a blue ram species tank can offer some more info..

dking271

6 to 9 GBR's in a 29 is asking for trouble. I would recommend a pair or 1 male and 2 females with some type of peaceful dither fish. I prefer one pair to a tank as it has been my experience that the second female often gets bullied. Cardinals, Neons, and Rummy Nose tetras (Ram temp is at the high end for them) all make wonderful dither fish. Cories will work with Rams, but if they spawn, the Cories will get the eggs and also get beaten by the Rams in the process.

mjordan

the reason i want the blue rams all species tank is because of there looks and i want them to spawn. i have read of people doing all species tanks with the german blue ram and they say they mark there territory only when spawning and will do fine together.
keep posting because i need help.

ty mjordan

dking271

The general rule is one pair per 20 gallons. In a 29g, you would push it with two pair. You may get lucky, but the males may also fight to the death.

04_si

Yeah, I'm with dking on this one..

remember, even though they are peaceful cichlids, they are still cichlids. Males are very territorial.

i had a 20g before, and 2 males by accident. They quarrelled the first 2 months, then one roamed around 3/4 of the tank, and the other was stuck in the corner behind the driftwood. if he came out, he was attacked right away.

In my 35g I have 6 glowlight tetra, and they look pretty nice together. But most other Tetra look good with the Rams. Most fish do better when there is a dither fish, it shows them that its safe to come out. But I just looked at my tank, and my glowlights are hiding in the plants, and my Ram and Angel are out swimming around... haha silly fish

mjordan

thanks

capekate

I have kept the males together in a 55g and they still went after each other. I agree with the other posters that keeping more than one male ram in that 29g is looking for trouble. If it were me, I would only go with one male and two females and once you find a mated pair, I would move the odd one out to another tank and leave the pair to spawn since you want to breed them.

mjordan

thats wat i will do

mjordan

wat about raboras

Sam Livingston

They will for the most part get along except when spawning, but problem is when they do spawn it's trouble for all the other blue rams. You would have to seperate just about all the other blue rams from the spawning pair.

04_si

Yep. I had 1 male, 2 female. the pair spawned, and the next day the 2nd female was dead. as soon as they look ready to spawn, get that other female out ASAP!

Sam Livingston

Cichlids might be *******s, but gotta give it up for them on there parental instincts. (Many humans can learn a thing or two from cichlids)

mjordan

well ty. i off to find out more info on them. they are such a cool fish

04_si

if you have any more questions, you know where to ask!

have fun!

mjordan

ive turned this around wat a stupid q i asked. now im at 4

1 male 3 female
or 2 of each... hopefully


which would u guys think would be better

Butterfly

I male and three females . the males usually fight for territory unless there is a lot of space to get out of each others sight.
carol

mjordan

ksounds like the orginal plan is taken up by u