Can 2 Convicts Live With a Jack Dempsey?

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wallin115

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Hey everyone, I guarntee this question has been beaten to the ground, but I have a 29 gallon tank ( yes I am aware they will grow out of it, please refrain from rolling your eyes at me, I know they need there space and will be upgrading to a 95 gallon eventually. Can my 2 convicts live with the jack demp? They are all about 1" right now, my tank has lots of hiding places, medium lighting, and lots of mechanical and biological filtration, I have had tropical community fish for years, and goldfish since I cant remember, but I am new to south american cichlids, any tips, helpful hints? I have them on a flake diet, im going to switch them onto a sinking pellet/occasionally supplemented diet. I read somewhere about having to have lots of fish so they dont get overly aggressive, any truth to this? Thanks 054.JPG058.JPG059.JPG060.JPG

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Thanks so much! Yea today is the first day I have had them, but I bought them all at the same time, so I think the whole, they all were introduced at the same time thing will help. At this point I think I am actually more concerned of the two convicts bickering. Do you think 3 is appropriate for a 29 gallon until they grow out of it?
 
Dial92 said:
yes they will be fine for now but if the cons pair up in the future and spawn is the only time you will have a big problem. the occasional fighting is ok, to establish a pecking order and the JD should be the top fish in the tank.
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Alright cool, yes from what I have read and seen, the convicts are pretty prolific breeders! And the jack Dempsey probably will be ok with the 2 convicts being eventually much small. Any thoughts on a pleco? I love them, but could a 5" rio-negro of a bushy nose really hold their own with the adult cichlids? Or am I simply better off with a larger one like a Trinidad. Also, any experience with different substrates I have heard mixed things when it comes to cichlids.
 
Not saying this will happen eventually, but I learned the hard way. I had a 6-7" Male JD big, bulky, aggressive living fine with assorted south americans, including a pair of convicts that breed in a corner of my tank. The convicts did the normal guarding of their territory, with no problems of them branching out. Apparently when I was away for a few hours my JD killed my big male convict (4"), what I think happend is that the JD wanted that corner and the convict, being as aggressive and hardy as he was, was prepared to fight to the death, which he did. Then my female mysteriously died a few weeks after for no apparent reason, they were a super close bonded pair, maybe seperation killed her.

TL;DR : Big 6-7" JD killed my male convict, female convict died shortly after. All based on the individuals.
 
Oh sorry to hear that, hopefully that won't happen, but If the convicts pair up there going to be separated to a stock tank for breeding. How long do you think for a convicts take to reach full size? I know diet and individual fish genetics have a big part but just curious


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@Royaldoa btw, what kind of diet do you have your cichlids on?
 
Jamesy said:
As long as they're not a breeding pair.
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About how long before I know that they are in fact a breeding pair? I mean, theres different genders right?
 
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