Can a group of convicts live together?
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I agree, in a tank that is large enough. I kept a group of a. coatepeque (now moved back to nigrofaciatus) in a 55 for years. There were two pairs and 3 or 4 others. Each pair claimed a side of the tank and others stayed in the middle.
If you are keeping them in a smaller tank it's wise to have only one sex though. Convicts are ferocious little beasts and they won't hesitate to shred tankmates once they pair up.
Cons can definitely fight above their weight class. This pair kept the obviously bigger fish to a 1/4 of a 55gal tank till I got the divider 
Poor Toni.
I have a pair that killed a couple of larger fish. Couldn't figure out who was responsible at first because it didn't occur to me that those dinky little guys were capable of it. Then I caught them in the act, teaming up in an attempt to gut a tankmate from below. They were given their own honeymoon suite. The murdered fish are avenged every time I feed convict fry to our resident predators.
I have two convicts that I believe are either dwarfs or runts, but they are only 3 to 3.5" and over 18 mos old. I rescued them in a community tank, and recently QTd them to a 20g.
They have never been in a good breeding situation before, so we will see what happens.
Anyhow the previous owner homed them with a variety of 7 African cichlids and 4 catfish, and they lived that way for well over a year. There was lots of chasing and some nipping, in both directions. Both tanks are more peaceful since the separation.
They have never been in a good breeding situation before, so we will see what happens.
Anyhow the previous owner homed them with a variety of 7 African cichlids and 4 catfish, and they lived that way for well over a year. There was lots of chasing and some nipping, in both directions. Both tanks are more peaceful since the separation.
Convicts are some of the craziest when protecting eggs or fry. I had a pair go up against a 10 inch Midas and they both got their faces tore off and eggs eaten but the pair lived and got a A for effort