A beautiful, mild tempered and wonderful aquarium fish that is a very good tank mate for Angelfish, Tetras, and Cory Catfish.

Ram Cichlids are endemic to the Orinoco River basin, in Los llanos of Colombia, Venezuela and east of the Andes in north-western South America. They inhabit slow-flowing warm water that can differ from dark tea-colour stained from tannins to completely clear. Their habitats are usually covered in submerged land vegetation or aquatic plants. Ram Cichlid, it is probably best to keep it in a setting similar to the habitat of its wild ancestors.

Rams will readily accept a broad range of different foods in the home aquarium. You should provide these fish with a varied diet of high quality dried flakes, pellets and granules alongside live and frozen fare such as mosquito larvae, earthworms, brine shrimp, bloodworm and artemia. Also, try to add some vegetables and plants to keep the diet balanced.

It would be best if you fed them several times a day with little helpings rather than feeding them a large amount once a day as this will help to sustain the water in the aquarium.