To Ram or not to Ram, that is the question.

[PABrooks]

Looking at getting the final cohort for my tank and was looking at 2 German blue rams, 2 electric blue and 2 sunshine/golden ones. Heart sank as pet shop said the rams like to eat plants !
What is peoples experience with rams? I haven’t spent nearly £300 on plants for them to become fish food 🙁

What would ppl suggest re a small/medium sized fish that would be suitable? The biggest shoaling fish I’ve got are blue emperor tetras, everything else (other than corydoras) are smaller. Thanks in advance, Paul.

 

[Gill]

Never had rams eat plants. They do like to scour the plants for snail eggs and shrimp to pick off.

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

I’ve had bad luck with rams. They are susceptible to stress and illness. The electric blue I had were very weak and sickly. I got two golden rams after that which were much stronger but still only lasted a year.

None of them ever ate plants though. The main culprit for plant eating in my tank is the bristlenose (also responsible for landscaping and general gardening).

 

[Maf 2500]

Bear in mind rams like it warmer than most tropical fish. Seriously Fish says 27-30 degrees C.