Golden Rams

[skipper]

Hi

just bought a pair of small golden rams, which I think are pretty stunning fish. Have done some pre-reading (i.e. make sure water quality is good, provide hiding places), but wondered if anyone could give give me the benefit of their expertise or point me to a good website???

Cheers

 

[Mo99]

Hiya,
Rams are a bit hard to keep, you probably already know this, but just in case , allow 1 sq foot for a breeding pair and 2 sq foot for terrrotory. so the 1st square foot is their imediate home , while the other real estate is like their garden. they will mostly chase away other fish & rams from the 1st sq foot, while tollerate fish with-in the boundaries. Also the male will bully anything that is smaller then him , at times even bigger fish , so you need fash swiming fish, i leavned taht to my cost. GH are suppoised to be low 4-6 (ideal), thouigh i can say mine are very high, somethimes 14-16. but they seem to get on fine. I also had 2 blue rams , which died due to dropsy. IMO Have found that golden varity are more hardier .

Hope this helps..

http/hjem.get2net.dk/Best_of_the_Web/blue%20rams.html

 

[skipper]

Big help - Thanks a lot,

S

 

[Tempestuousfury]

From now on, if you have questions on a certain fish, it might be better to place your questions in a forum that's geareed towards those fish, i.e. Catfish Craddle for plecs. That way you'll get more help since these forums are geared towards only one class of fish.

 

[skipper]

Okay, no worries will try another section.

S