Convict Cichlid School

[MegaPuffykitty]

so cute nice babies. I my self have recently had convict babies and these fish just breed like crazy. I have 2 batches that are a week apart from each other and I have 1 soul living from a batch that I never knew I had. The parents are 2 black males and 2 pink females that bonded. I have pink and black convicts now. I also removed the parents and my other cichildes and barbs out to a different tank so the babies can grow up :)

[moto46]

drop in an E !!

[panais2011]

I have a pair of convict fish and are both black with white.can they make me pink convict?

[ELPerroBuddy63]

@panais2011 Not likely but you will need a pink female or male convict. also you will need a 20 gallon tank.

[tcfuturevet]

@panais2011 Odds are, no. The striped gene is dominant. Even if you had a striped male and a pink female, the male would have to have the pink gene, since it's recessive to get pink babies. Unless your pair has hidden pink genes, the major odds are that you will get striped fry. If you want pink ones, get pink ones

[dondipa]

How old are they?

[lola26granola]

they are so cute teeny tiny little convicts!

[damafiafz]

hi dere nice fish man could u plz tell me how much time period dere frys take to bcme adult enuf to breed? n best of luck for ur fishes

[blurlistener]

awesome

[titiestothemax]

about how old are they here

[ABee1000]

That is wicked cool. When would you have to seperate them before they kill one another?

[revolemina49]

Can you help at all?

[revolemina49]

Hey, I have convicts but they wont breed! I have 3 males and one female, but only 2 of them are with the female and they wont breed. They are in a 55g tank with 2 jewel cichlids, 1 oscar, 1 jack dempsey, and 1 green terror that are between 3-4inches

[mega1453]

give them viagra:-)

just kidding. Dont forget water params must be a good value.

[supras4lyfe]

seperate the male and female and you will have eggs in a couple days, when other fish are in the tank they are stressed and wont breed especially with the gt and oscar and if you are successful the parents will likely eat the fry, but they will take care of them if the male and female are alone in the tank

[cottoncandyisyummy]

seperate the male and a female to another tank also an oscar needs a 50 to iitself, same with jacks and green terrors

i hate to be THAT complainy person but its true

[mattthefishlover]

try 2 females per male

[calbio00]

Very awesome school. How old were they when you first started feeding them?

[initialdstreetstage3]

Nice! they look like an army of little pacus! Oh, one question... is it safe for the fry to live with their parents?

[july281995]

yes they will look after the fry.

[jackdempsey09]

what were u feeeding em

[ryanrettew]

a single gold fish flake ;-p

[khaki91]

very nice.how many are fry are in there? and what size tank mate? check out my newest convict vid also.

[ryanrettew]

thanks. there is probably around 75 or so and they are in a 45 gallon, i am just raising them and will figure out what to do with most once the time comes.