BEst shelter for convicts? to breed
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Chonk;541966; said:
Not at the moment unfortunately. Will have in a few days as I don't have a digi camera and I'm puttin a film in today that should have pics of Con tank. Let you know - I'll post anything here.
z24frank;542060; said:well out of my convict tank I only have 12 wigglersI was expecting this whole big cloud of little ones but this is just the first batch so.....
That's nothing unusual. Don't be surprised if you lose the lot. When the Cons are breeding for the FIRST time, they sometimes eat the eggs and the fry, but next time they know better, and the 3rd time you should have a bunch of fry. Won't take long - mine seem to spawn every couple of weeks it seems! Have two pairs being very protective and caring with their fry at the moment. And don't be worried if the parents look like they are "eating" the fry - more often than not they are sucking them into to their mouths to clean or move them.
I FINALLY SETUP MY BREEDER CONVICT TANK!!! bout time, i went to my lfs, SEAWORLD, in NH, and got myself 5 convicts, 2 definate females, 2 definate males, and one sexless adolescent, probably another little male. I have Sand for the base, which is 20 lbs all together with 15lbs white, and 5 lbs black. I have a piece of wood that i found, and cut to fit the tank perfect, and a few caves set up in the tank... There is already one established pair with another 2 flaunting at each other... I just set this up YESTERDAY.. I was Pumped to have it going.. it looks good when i upload the pictures i will post them.. thanks for all the pointers.. now we just need to play the waiting game, for babies...
I still have more Rocks i will be adding for more caves, and i will be putting in another piece of my own collected driftwood too. I have 5 Convicts right now and another one is coming.. i know hoping for 3 breeding pairs is far fetched, but ive got Highhhhhhh Hopes. here are a few pics of my first day or 2 into the project from scratch!
Actually hoping for 3 breeding pair isnt far fetched at all.I have 6 that all ended up matching up and one pair already spawned but I think they were too young of parents because they ate all the fry
.I had them all in a 10 gallon before I got my dempsey juveniles in.The convicts are now mixed with MBunas and others and already set up new nests!
.I had them all in a 10 gallon before I got my dempsey juveniles in.The convicts are now mixed with MBunas and others and already set up new nests!:
Your Convicts are able to live in harmony with other species? what species would u suggest in my tank for extra color?? and you had 6 fish or 6 pairs breeding in a 10 gallon tank? Thats nuts, i hope my breeder Project turns out well! Also after i add on to the rocks a little bit more and throwin another peice of driftwood, is that enough? or should i throw in some real or fake plant too for cover?
z24frank;544905; said:Actually hoping for 3 breeding pair isnt far fetched at all.I have 6 that all ended up matching up and one pair already spawned but I think they were too young of parents because they ate all the fry
Your Convicts are able to live in harmony with other species? what species would u suggest in my tank for extra color?? and you had 6 fish or 6 pairs breeding in a 10 gallon tank? Thats nuts, i hope my breeder Project turns out well! Also after i add on to the rocks a little bit more and throwin another peice of driftwood, is that enough? or should i throw in some real or fake plant too for cover?
