Hi,
After losing my first german blue ram a few weeks ago, I aquired two new ones (hoping for a male/female pair). The people in the lfs said they "thought" I had a male and female. I wasn't sure about the "male," but I was just about certain at least one was female. As they've gotten bigger, it appears that I may have two females.....both have pink bellies and both have blue spangles in their black dots...neither have particularly elongated dorsal spikes. That being said....one is more dominant than the other and tries to chase and nip at her side (near her eye) all the time......I've read that this sometimes happens in males and that the submissive one will run away and escape harm....but with mine, she doesn't. She just flares her fins and sort of takes it....not moving away....and then she chases back a bit.
Alot of the time, they seem to get along and move around in the tank together, but they also have these squabbles on a regular basis.
The tank's big enough (30 gallons) with lots and lots of hiding spaces, in the form of plants, rocks and caves.
Is this harmless quibbling, or do I need to remove one of the fish?
Are fighting females normal? What would happen if I took one out and got a male (he'd probably be smaller than the other for a while)
After losing my first german blue ram a few weeks ago, I aquired two new ones (hoping for a male/female pair). The people in the lfs said they "thought" I had a male and female. I wasn't sure about the "male," but I was just about certain at least one was female. As they've gotten bigger, it appears that I may have two females.....both have pink bellies and both have blue spangles in their black dots...neither have particularly elongated dorsal spikes. That being said....one is more dominant than the other and tries to chase and nip at her side (near her eye) all the time......I've read that this sometimes happens in males and that the submissive one will run away and escape harm....but with mine, she doesn't. She just flares her fins and sort of takes it....not moving away....and then she chases back a bit.
Alot of the time, they seem to get along and move around in the tank together, but they also have these squabbles on a regular basis.
The tank's big enough (30 gallons) with lots and lots of hiding spaces, in the form of plants, rocks and caves.
Is this harmless quibbling, or do I need to remove one of the fish?
Are fighting females normal? What would happen if I took one out and got a male (he'd probably be smaller than the other for a while)
