Electric Gold Ram Cichlid Behavioral & Pairing Question

Good evening! Before I ask my question, I'll state my parameters.

I have a 20-gal (long) freshwater aquarium. Currently, I have eight Black Harlequin Rasboras, five Gold Tetras, three Amano shrimp, one Dwarf Mexican Crayfish, and (now) two Electric Gold Ram Cichlids (one male, one female).

I recently bought (as in today) a female Electric Gold Ram and I've noticed some weird behaviors between my male and female. Initially, everything was fine and my Rams were swimming together, eating together, etc. For the past hour or so, I've noticed that my male Ram sometimes chases my female Ram until she's out of his sight. She's considerably smaller than him (which I'm guessing because she may be younger), but should I be worried about this behavior I'm seeing? I'm hypothesizing that these two won't "pair" up in the tank due to this chasing nature I've seen, which concerns me as far as if she'll be able to survive in the tank. My tank is pretty well decorated and with some hiding places for her, but it seems like he always finds her and sometimes feels inspired to just chase her.

If this behavior persists, could I get a second female? I was told by one person that having two females and one male Ram would be perfectly fine; another person told me that if the male and female pair up, they could "target" the lone female "to her death". If I can get a second female and I want to try my luck at having her pair up with him, does it HAVE to be an Electric Gold Ram or can I buy a different Ram? Any suggestions would be great, thanks!

 

Bumping this up for you

 

If you only put them in today I would wait for a couple of weeks and see what happens firsy

 

If you only put them in today I would wait for a couple of weeks and see what happens firsy

Yes, I've had the male longer than the female, and she still needs to grow... he doesn't do it as often anymore, but sometimes, it is a little relentless. I've added more cover and he seems to only intensify this behavior when I'm feeding. I just don't want him to eventually rip her to shreds.

 

Almost same situation like you. Bought a female Ram yesterday. When introducing her to the tank, my male Ram (which is much larger) kept chasing her around, but the female didn't seem to be scared. Today both of them are kind of calm, the male don't pay attention to her any more. They are now doing their own things. But one thing is that my female Ram has a big belly like she's pregnant, but she's still pretty small.

 

Almost same situation like you. Bought a female Ram yesterday. When introducing her to the tank, my male Ram (which is much larger) kept chasing her around, but the female didn't seem to be scared. Today both of them are kind of calm, the male don't pay attention to her any more. They are now doing their own things. But one thing is that my female Ram has a big belly like she's pregnant, but she's still pretty small.

They're so pretty!

Well, mine are definitely not fighting at all anymore--in fact, a few days ago, she laid her first eggs and he was there fertilizing them. That was really quick!

 

They're so pretty!

Well, mine are definitely not fighting at all anymore--in fact, a few days ago, she laid her first eggs and he was there fertilizing them. That was really quick!

Well that's so quick. Congratz! (If you want fry, But I don't). Could you pls take some pics of the pair? I wanna see how big they are compared to mine, because my female Ram looks very small but pregnant.