Bolivian Ram aggression

[PandaLUV]

About 3 days ago, i bought a pair of bolivian rams from my LFS, 1 male and 1 female, not a breeding pair though. My brother also bought one for his 4 foot. and the original male i had the female in my tank with was chasing her and biting her, so i switched my male with my brothers, but his is doing the same thing. Is this a common occurrence with rams? is it harmless? or should i be worried? he also seems to go out of his way to chase her, so he will like swim across half the tank (it is only a 20g) and then chase for 20 seconds. and he does that pretty regularly.

thanks for your time

[PandaLUV]

anyone have any ideas on how i can temporarily stop this from happening?

[Ocellatus]

I have a male and a female in a planted 40g tank. my male almost do the same. not hurting the female but chasing her frequently. he's not disappointed after 1 and half a year. :hmm3grin2orange:
some plants and hiding places help.

[Sandz]

My rams actually just both sucummed to injurys for this behavior. They were a breeding pair but as soon as the the brood was transfered to grow they fought. My female took a chunk out of the male right behind the gills and the male returned the favor in the females tail. I split them up after seeing the fight but they both ended upside down last night. Be very aware of exactly how bad that chasing can get.

[PandaLUV]

do you think it would be a better choice to transfer the female into my brothers heavily planted 55g? and leave the male behind in my tank? or will the male that is left behind be lonely?