German Blue Ram

[down2earth]

i have 4 blue rams in my discus tank. one of them just started takin over the tank. he is really protecting his side of the 60 gallon tank. my discus are all stressed. im pullin the rams out and puttin them in my 30gal tal.

but id like to know why this ram is doing this. it doesnt make any since to me.

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Breeding

[nikond70s]

possibly getting ready to breed. or cichlids being cichlids

[chiligum]

Do Cichlids actually have to have an excuse to just take over a whole tank and do what they want when they want?!!!

[Second Hand Pat]

Do Cichlids actually have to have an excuse to just take over a whole tank and do what they want when they want?!!!

Defending a breeding site is as good as it gets.