I was under the impression that rams stayed close to the bottom of the tank. I was also given the impression that they're kind of shy eaters and such. My rams are all over my tank, top to bottom, side to side, and they're.... assertive eaters. When they want some of the food, they'll make sure they get some. Does that mean there's something wrong, or is it just one of those things with cichlids that you may just get fish with different personalities? They were even bracketing my hand as I was trying to net some shrimp (19, including 5 berried ones) out of the tank. They seemed curious and unafraid, even when I mocked attempted to net one, just to give myself room to not risk smacking one with the net. The male moved just fast enough to not get caught by the net, almost as if he was daring me to catch him.
FWIW, I haven't measured parameters since Sunday, but then they were ammonia/nitrite/nitrate at 0/0/10-20 and are historically 0/0/40-80 (I have a hard time telling the color difference on the 20, 40, and 80 ranges, so I assume the worst) prior to my Saturday water change. PH has dropped from the 8.0 range when I first set up the tank to 7.4, I guess due to the driftwood. 55 gallon tank, 80 degrees (though it felt cooler to the touch, the heater and 2 different thermometers were all sitting at 80), lots of tank mates. They're listed in my profile, and I'm pretty sure the tank set up section used to be added to my posts in the past, but I haven't figured out how to get to appear there now. I have a BN, 16 cardinal tetras, 2 neon tetras, 5 glow light tetras, 4 orange von rio tetras, 12 espei rasboras, 15 rummy nose tetras, 7 nerites, a few dozen RCS, at least 4 pond snails, and at least 10 MTS.
FWIW, I haven't measured parameters since Sunday, but then they were ammonia/nitrite/nitrate at 0/0/10-20 and are historically 0/0/40-80 (I have a hard time telling the color difference on the 20, 40, and 80 ranges, so I assume the worst) prior to my Saturday water change. PH has dropped from the 8.0 range when I first set up the tank to 7.4, I guess due to the driftwood. 55 gallon tank, 80 degrees (though it felt cooler to the touch, the heater and 2 different thermometers were all sitting at 80), lots of tank mates. They're listed in my profile, and I'm pretty sure the tank set up section used to be added to my posts in the past, but I haven't figured out how to get to appear there now. I have a BN, 16 cardinal tetras, 2 neon tetras, 5 glow light tetras, 4 orange von rio tetras, 12 espei rasboras, 15 rummy nose tetras, 7 nerites, a few dozen RCS, at least 4 pond snails, and at least 10 MTS.
