Can 2 male and female convicts breed in a 25 gal and i was thinking about using the babies as feeders so what size should i use them to feed my 10 in flowerhorn?
Can 2 male and female convicts breed in a 25 gal?
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if you mean 2 pairs, then you run the risk of a lot of conflict in only a 25G tank ... you are better off with just one pair ...
you can try using 'em as feeders, but you might find some will survive and then you'll have convicts in your FH tank too ...
you can try using 'em as feeders, but you might find some will survive and then you'll have convicts in your FH tank too ...
ya my bad thats what i meant 1 pair so i was to feed the fry to my FH what size/age should i feed them to my FH? and do the convicts need some kind of special plant or somthing to breed?
feed them at whatever size your flower horn is able to eat prety much should work. they dont need any plant to spawn on just a flat surface like a cave or something. separate the fry and feed bbs if you can get some or have the patience and in like 5-8 weeks you should have fry that are and inch long.
Wouldn't surprise me if you got them to breed on a wet paper towel.
Anyhow, I've read that when you use them as feeders make sure that the dorsal fin isn't too developed yet, as otherwise it can pose a choking hazard to those fish eating them.
Anyhow, I've read that when you use them as feeders make sure that the dorsal fin isn't too developed yet, as otherwise it can pose a choking hazard to those fish eating them.
i dont buy into that spine thing. cons get eaten in the wild, and theyre similar to sunfish in the US wich have the same spiny dorsal fins but yet they're basicly the bottom of the food chain and bass eat some realy realy big sunfish
Whether you buy into it or not it can happen, and does happen, and still does in the wild. I've even had it happen to a flowerhorn with it's tankmate. Not to say it frequently happens, it doesn't, but if you want to be completely risk free of that (of which your odds are going up since you are using them as feeders) it is something to note. Since you have experience with blue gill, you should note their defensive reaction when you catch them is to stick up their spines, and furthermore the predator you are talking about is a bass which tend to have much larger mouths. Imagine spines and a smaller mouth fish, now it doesn't always turn out pretty. Just posting from experience.