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well, i have only had my bolivian ram for a couple days now, and he or she is eating, but it is very difficult to feed. it is in a 29 gallon tall tank with 5 lemon tetras and 7 corys. if i drop any type of pellet or flake or live food the tetras snarf it down before it reaches the ram or the bottom. the bolivian ram seems shy and wont fight the corys for food, so my corys snarf up everything that hits the bottom,lol.

i was told rams like to pick their food from the substrate, but the only thing the corys wont devour is some generic sinking shrip pellets which the ram has devoured with gusto(prolly very hungery by now). the ram hasnt lost weight cause i have been dropping food gallor, but i cant keep doing that, my corys are getting way too fat, so are the tetras, i will have to do three water changes a week if i keep overfeeding the others to ensure the ram gets food. the ram is about 2"...is there a pellet that is too big for the tetras, small enough for the ram, that the corys will find less interesting than hakiri carnivore pellets???

any other suggestions? thanks much!

I have a ram with tetras and corys in my 10 gallon and I have found the best system for it (I think). I feed flake food for the tetras and corys and once a week cory pellet.
For the ram I take frozen brineshrimp and let it dry into a flake like form so that it will sink (it rehydrates in water) though the corys and tetras get it normaly the ram gets what it needs first. Also I feed an Omega One algae wafer in a small chunk (about 1/8 or 1/4 a pellet) this neither the corys or the tetras will eat and the ram loves it.

Good luck

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Shrimp Pellets! They love them, and it is great coloring up food!

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I have the same problem with my ram. I feed flake too. But if your ram is really hungry, he'll get the food. Mine usually doesn't get that much as the serpaes attack the flakes like little prianhas. But if he's hungry enough, the ram will scare them away and get the food. Another good idea is too feed your tetras on one side and the ram on the other. I put a generous amount on the right side for the tetra school, they go after it and I feed the ram on the right side.

I used to feed my Rams Flakes & Granules without any problems. Try to leave them a day without food & see if they'll eat what you offer them.



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