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I have 2 rams in a 30g tall community tank. they are a mail and a female and seem to be getting along quite well together. Also in the tank will be:

8 bleeding heart tetras
2 dwarf gouramis
1-2 BN



my question is will the rams breed in the community tank? if they did could they fend off the other fish, especially the gourami? Should I take the fry out or leave them to the parents if they do breed?


Also what triggers their breeding? I heard a good supply of live food helps.

Live & high protein frozen food will trigger breeding, but i would leave them on their own, if you want them to breed & raise the fry sucsessfully.



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If the rams spawn and the eggs hatch in your tank, your bleeding hearts will thank you for the sushi. If your female is plump and the pair starts picking at at a spawn site, set-up a bare bottom 10 gallon breeding tank for the pair with an air driven sponge filter. The rams will appreciate a spawn site that can be a small clay pot on its side.

Prepping the fish for spwan means great ( not good) water conditions and a diet of live and frozen food. Bloodworms (frozen mosquito larvae) and live black worms work well. Artemisia (shrimp) is next to useless. Your choices of baby food, plan ahead here, are naupli or newly hatched brine shrimp and daphnia. See the latest TFH on how to generate green water and daphnia.


Last edited by Bob Wesolowski at 10-Jul-2005 20:13

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Oh... the rams wont become aggressive and protect the fry better? I guess if I notice them showing these signs I'll move them.

The rams will become more aggressive/protective, but the tetras are just too fast and too numerous for the cichlids. Also, plecos are happy to eat fish eggs as well, though they usually wait until night. So yeah, if you try to hatch eggs in that tank you will likely lose some or all of them.

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indeed...u have to take ur chance when it comes to community tank...but if u want babies..then go ahead and have ur own breeding tank. gudluck