Bolivian ram pair

[Orion]

If her belly is sunken in, it's going to take more than a week to recover well, and that's why I suggested the tank divider. Good to hear she is eating better!

Some live Baby Brine Shrimp would also be good, but frozen would be better than nothing. It's important to mix up the diet with different foods. Mysis Shrimp would be another good one.

[Mercury]

The male seems less bothered by her presence, and isn't chasing her. I built a divider, and have it ready if I need to put it in. The female will eat bloodworms, but still won't eat flakes very often. I'll try getting other foods. Until then, how many bloodworms should she be eating a day?

[Mercury]

Also, today I saw the male poke at the female, and she threw it right back at him and he went away, so the female is clearly recovering. To pairs do this sometimes?

[Cichlid-Man]

Oh yes just like humans they have their moments. Good to hear she is on the track to recovery.

[Mercury]

I feed my fish a little a few times throughout the day when I'm home. But I'm going out of town in a few days and the neighbor who is coming to take care of the zoo I live in is only coming once a day. I'm not worried about the other fish, but how many bloodworms should the female eat at once if fed once a day?

And people say bloodworms should be fed once a week. Well she's eating worms every day. Is this ok until she's fat or should I give fewer bloodworms?

[Mercury]

I read that to induce spawning raise temp to 85. How will this effect guppies and cories?

[Mercury]

I read that you can tell a pair if they are cleaning a spawning site. But will they only do this if the female has eggs? I still don't see them doing this and the female is still thin.

[Mercury]

I know I have a lot of questions, but somebody must have something to say about one of them.

[sweetpickles7]

Sometimes they will dig holes and clean stuff alot until they find the exact spot the female wants to lay them. Not sure how the guppies will react to the temp, i assume they will be fine but to get my bolivians to spawn i didnt really do anything, they pretty much spawned when they were ready.

[Mercury]

Recently the male has been chasing the female much more, and no sign of cleaning anything. So I'm getting the impression that they aren't a pair. If you let a male and female live together long enough, will they usually pair?