Convict Cichlid x Midas Cichlid Fry

[iitzJOHN93]

get just a question could i breed the convicts with a flowerhorn

[robdawg300]

MAKE MORE VIDS OF THEM ADULTS!!

[midasfan8888]

Cool.

[RickRude301]

wicked! how did you get them to breed? check out my blue devil cichlid..

[bearbears08]

thats awsome

[eatdrywall]

thats awsome --bearbear

Yup,it's pretty cool. I think that I will do another update vid soon.

Thanks.

[titiestothemax]

haha cons will breed with anything

[RickRude301]

wheres the midas? did you have to take him out the tank? what size where the 2 fish?

[calicoRyukin666]

did they turn out to be parrot cichlids? one of the theories about that particular hybridisation?

[eatdrywall]

did they turn out to be parrot cichlids? one of the theories about that particular hybridisation? --- calico

No, they didn't. I put an update on concerning them. It's called " Convict x Midas hybrid update #1 ". Some of the males show some bright turquoise and blue specks on their sides, but the females look like regular female convicts.

I then crossed a male and female of these and got a white/pink, black barred, and mottled varieties out of the same batch. They are all still quite small.

[oiohjoi]

any uodates?

[eatdrywall]

I had one separated female that spawned with a common barred convict, but she ate the fry after a week. Then she laid another batch and ate the eggs.

I have at least determined that the females can reproduce. I am currently waiting for the next batch of eggs.

I'm trying :

Hybrid male and female

Hybrid female and midas

Hybrid female and pink male

I will post updates on results.

[4freexbox360]

so the parents will protect their fry or do they eat them? or does it depend of their species?

[eatdrywall]

so the parents will protect their fry or do they eat them? or does it depend of their species? ---4freexbox360

Most Cichlids will protect their fry.

[eatdrywall]

June 17th --- I have separated a female hybrid to it's own 10 gal. tank. When it gets a bit larger I will try to crossbreed it with the male Midas to get a 2nd generation of hybrids.

[DAlmond123]

If the female is bigger than the male does it mean they wont breed because i have a female that is 2 inch and and a male that is 1 inch She is always chasing him around the tank. When i cut off the light at night i see her moving the gravel to form a pit. She always goes near it. But i dont see any eggs n there and + if she did lay eggs i didnt see the male come and fertilize them.

Also i have a friend who bought 2 convicts and they spawned in the bag on the way home.

[a518guerilla666]

they were most likely already pregnant and the stress caused them to spawn

[apt21x]

Do you plan to sell the offspring? I might be interested. Thanks.

[eatdrywall]

Do you plan to sell the offspring? I might be interested. Thanks. --apt21x

Actually, I DID plan on selling them, but as they are growing, they seem to look like a regular black convict. I'll give them some more time and what I will probably do is breed one of those with the Midas and see what a second generation hybrid will look like. I expect that the results will be better.

Thanks for your comment.

[apt21x]

Thanks for your reply eatdrywall. A long time ago, I purchased some pink convict crossed RD and ever since my last one died a few years ago, I have been wanting to find some like it again. I tried to breed a few in college, but my fish never bred. Email me when you have some available along with price. I will see if I have the space at the time. Thanks!

[eatdrywall]

I purchased some pink convict crossed RD --apt21x

What did they look like ? Were they larger than a full grown 6" convict ?

[apt21x]

They were 5-6 inches max. All were round and thick. They all looked like a mini version of a huge full grown nucahl humped RD. They looked like convicts but larger. I bought the one that was white bodied/skinned with orange stripes/barred and a nuchal hump.

[eatdrywall]

They were 5-6 inches max. All were round and thick. They all looked like a mini version of a huge full grown nucahl humped RD.--apt21x

Thanks for the desciption. I'll keep posting updates and perhaps another vid.

Keep in touch.

[eatdrywall]

The fry are about 10 weeks old now and look pretty much like a black convict with perhaps a whiter belly region and a slight golden brown color instead of grey. Of course this is all subject to change since they are still only about 3/4 of an inch long. Not mature yet. I have separated the 17 remaining fry into three different tanks to try and speed their growth rate in not-so-crowded conditions.

[ES5019ES]

ho big is the male midas

[eatdrywall]

ho big is the male midas --ES5019ES

It's about 9" long. You can see it in my "Large Jack Dempsey..." video.

[ES5019ES]

ahh yea i saw that vid...so youre midas spawned with a female how big...my red devil cant live with anything without some thing dieing so hes by him self in my room and he loves mealworms lol

[eatdrywall]

...so youre midas spawned with a female how big..ES5019ES

That's the female convict in the video. It's prob. 3" long.

[ES5019ES]

so a 9 in midas spawned with a 3 in convict...doesent even seem posible

[initialdstreetstage3]

thats cool, I want to see what would happen if I cross bred my female convict with a firemouth. xD

[eatdrywall]

thats cool, I want to see what would happen if I cross bred my female convict with a firemouth. xD

I imagine that the fry would look awesome, try it out. Thanks for commenting. 8)

[jrthao916]

ive seen some and there was only 2 out of 100 that look good thats why i didnt try it

[ES5019ES]

i had some covict x firemouth that i got from one of my lfs.there not as dark as convicts and they have a lil red on their bellys and they have a long face like a fire mouth

[eatdrywall]

i had some covict x firemouth that i got from one of my lfs.there not as dark as convicts and they have a lil red on their bellys and they have a long face like a fire mouth --ES5019ES

Thanks for the description. 8)

[jackdempsey09]

convicts seem to hybridize with other cichlids alot

[eatdrywall]

convicts seem to hybridize with other cichlids alot

Yeah, I know. Those things will breed with a rock. HAHA.

[anyfrax]

ha my convict pair got chewed up after a week by my crew of clown loaches... nice going with the breeding though! keep me updated :)

[jrthao916]

i didnt know convict and midas breed together???? when they grown i would like to see how they look like.

[eatdrywall]

jrthao916 >>> I too am eager to see what they will look like. I will try to put another video on in awhile of them, once they get some size to them. I didn't record the date of spawning, but I believe they are about 1.5 to 2 months old now. Still quite small and they are in a 10 gal. tank.