seriously ill paypal you $20 if you can help answer my last few questions in this post. you have no idea how much your helping me 
I added a black back ground and few more small rocks and plants today. now im going to quit moving and adding decor and let these guys settle in. so far none of the fish are being aggressive except for the one lucky male convict chasing the other away from the female but he just makes a quick dash into the rockwork and is out of harms way. and for my last question; how much and often should I change the water? should I stick with my daily twenty percent water changes? thanks a million for getting my aquarium up and running. heres a pic I just took after adding the new background, plants and rocks. im feeding all the fish a mixture of frozen foods and hikari, temp is 80f, ph 7.2 and all the bad words are at zero. any last tips or advice? thanks again.
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sounds like you know your stuff! and I never follow the inch per gallon rule either but that brought something to my mind. being that my aquarium has so many large rocks does this take away space meaning I cant have as many fish? however tunnels and caves run through the rock structure. what do you think? about the fry I was thinking the same thing, im going to start off with a ten gallon and choose a few of the best looking fry out of each batch and go from there. im sure the filtration will take a few of the fry out too so the population should balance out. now I have a few questions if you dont mind. my male convicts are only an inch in length and ive heard convicts that size havnt reached sexual maturity yet, is this true? out of the two one inch males one is darker and has slightly longer fins. he is always following the female with the bright purple fat belly. he keeps the other male away from the female at all times, flaring his gills and showing off in front of her and so on. think he may be mature enough to spawn? and how soon should these guys spawn after being released into the aquarium if you have a guess?The most widely known rule for stocking a tank is one inch of fish per gallon of water. While this type of calculation works as a rough estimate, it leaves plenty of room for error. Like people, fish are not all the same size and shape. Your Parrots are more full body fish than your convicts & will produce more waste. Now with the convicts spawning from time to time... well, let's just say all the time because that's what they do. Even with your Parrots eating some of the fry there will be some survivors like you said. I would just keep an eye out and pick out the best of the convict babies you want to keep & give/donate the others you don't want.
Now with more water changes and better filtration you will be able to keep more of the fry as they grow. But I recommend giving them away & only keeping the ones you want.
Jill
I added a black back ground and few more small rocks and plants today. now im going to quit moving and adding decor and let these guys settle in. so far none of the fish are being aggressive except for the one lucky male convict chasing the other away from the female but he just makes a quick dash into the rockwork and is out of harms way. and for my last question; how much and often should I change the water? should I stick with my daily twenty percent water changes? thanks a million for getting my aquarium up and running. heres a pic I just took after adding the new background, plants and rocks. im feeding all the fish a mixture of frozen foods and hikari, temp is 80f, ph 7.2 and all the bad words are at zero. any last tips or advice? thanks again.
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