We have two convicts, they just paired up but a week after that they had tubes but they never laid any eggs.Shortl after that we found out one of them was 5 YEARS OLD!
A Pair of Convct Cichlids Won't Spawn
- Thread starter jim j
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I'll try to get you guys a pic.I'm sure its a pair, they did lip-locks and the females tube was showing.They are housed in a 55 gal with 1 boy texas cichlid,1 girl manaugense,1 feather fin up-side down cat,and a girl nicarauguanse.
It is often said that Convicts are the easiest fishes to breed. From my experience they are relatively easy to breed if given the right setup. When I was a convict noob I had problem breeding them as well. The typical advice was put a pair in a tank and they will produce. However, it just didn't work it was a trial and error kinda situation for me for a yr. Then one day I decided to seperate one pair into a ten gallon by themselves bare bottom with a cave decor. Nothing happened, even simulated cooler temp to higher temp. Didn't work. Added gravel to the setup. So ten gallon tank with gravel and a cave decor. They next day the male created a ditch inside the cave builded a fort around the cave decor. The pair stayed in the cave only left it to eat and dash back inside. A week after the initial setup change of adding gravel there were frys all over the tank didn't even realize they had spawned. Ever since I've tried a few different methods and they haven't been so good but this method has turned great results for me. 1 pair of convicts in a tank with gravel and a pot or cave like decor. 1 week in Cooler temps of low 70's then up the temp to 80's and wah lah. Of course feeding them high protein to prep them of course.