FishyNV

I have not thought of that, but definitely worth a try! I think I have some almond leaves, I will look for them

I have a video, I can't figure out how to post it 🤦‍♀️

@Lowells Fish Lab thank you! This gives me hope! @Fish Folkthank you so much for the videos and tips. I'm so thrilled to see your ram community tank. Everything I've seen says pairs, pairs, pairs. They are currently in a well cycled established aquarium. It's been running about two years or so, the rams have been in it for just a frlew months. We got her in maybe Nov, and then him in Jan, so they are both still juveniles. They are well fed a variety of food, pellets, brine shrimp and blood worms and have a pleco, and a handful of nano fish as tank mates. I just separated them because he was harassing her endlessly, but I'll share some pics and videos from the last time he was picking on her.

I have a pair of German Blue Rams. 90% of the time they get along great but every few weeks the male starts acting aggressively toward the female. He chases her, nips at her fins, etc. She is super stressed out and pale when this happens. The first time we moved him to the quarantine tank for about two weeks and then when we moved him back he was fine for another month and a half. This time he was over there for a week or so, moved him back and he was fine for a few days and then started being aggressive again. Here is what I am wondering. Instead of trying to get another pair and hoping my current pair will match up with them, is it possible to have multiple females to one male? I have tried searching for this "harem" setup and cannot find any good advice. I would rather not have to permanently separate these two, or risk more aggressive behavior if I add more females or pairs. These are my first rams and I just want them to be happy! Hoping I could add maybe 2-3 more females and he will end up liking one of them and leaving the rest alone? Is that possible? Also, a bit of background. Started with a pair that seemed to be getting along in the LFS. The female didn't make it, so got a new female. Then the original male passed as well. So we got a new male that in the LFS seemed to be chill and nice to the others in the tank. Get him home and he is fine with the existing female for like two months, then starts this aggression mess.