i have what looks like 3 female and 2 male black convicts in a 30 gallon tank. is that a good setup for breeding them? if not ideas please.
breeding convicts
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Females have red-orange blotches located on the stomachs..The pairingwill begin withn a week.........You will have fry within two weeks.........
Pretty hard to have a BAD setup for breeding convicts. Chances are no matter what you do you will have fry every month. Have fun.
I would pull the rest of the cons once a pair forms. Two breeding pairs in the 30G could end up badly.
vaine111;4433579; said:
The parents will eat the next batch so they can get it on again, not the fry.
I once had convicts spawn in an unheated tank without the filter running for a week because i forgot to plug the power back in after a water change and went out of town.
In a 30 gallon you should be ok with having 2 breeding pairs, you can but you don't have to remove the other pair
I guess I should of told that to my pair I had 12 years ago... The 1/4-1/2" fry ate quite a few of the new fry before I noticed and bought a divider for my 55 gallon.ballinouttacntrol;4433800; said:
vaine111;4433809; said:
I use to dump all my fry into the same tank and would have different generation of fry grow to a decent feeder size but if i left the fry in the parents tank they wouldn't breed again or would eat the fry and then lay eggs. I just chalked it up to survival of the fittest and the weak dying off.
I guess it would make sense for them to eat them if there's a big enough size difference as most fish will eat any other fish they can fit in their mouth.
I was selling them for store credit at the time, and in order for me to get $2.50 a piece they had to be 3/4". The first 2 batches I got $400 worth of credit for, by the time I got to the third batch the LFS said they don't need anymore;( so I sold the pair.ballinouttacntrol;4433819; said:
I have been thinking of getting another pair for feeders though. My NGT and Juruense cat would love some wigglers...
vaine111;4433837; said:
I bred mine for feeders for piranhas.
2.50 a piece for convicts? wow, boy has the industry change. My LFS won't even take them as donations.