Golden Ram

Aquarium care

• Adults reach around 5 cm.
• Needs warmer water than most community fish, at the upper end of the tropical range.
• Very sensitive to nitrate and to unstable conditions; a mature, well-maintained tank is essential.
• Peaceful with other species, but a breeding pair will hold a territory near the bottom.
• Prefers soft to moderately hard water with gentle flow and some cover.
• Takes quality flake, micro-pellets and frozen foods.

Best in a settled planted tank with small tetras, rasboras, corydoras and other calm fish that can live at the same warm temperature. Avoid boisterous or nippy tankmates. Do not put rams into a newly cycled tank — it is the single most common reason they fail.

Stock rotates with each shipment, and livestock is available for local pickup at our Lethbridge store. See the dwarf cichlid collection.