Im sure plenty of you guys know this but I never knew how much of a difference clean water would make. I had a texas and green texas breed in my 75 gallon. The mom died but I left them with their dad for a week then siphoned them into my 40 gallon that had some convict fry. 2 weeks later I found 3 fry still in the 75 and they were larger than the ones in the 40 gallon. For those 2 weeks the 3 fry, I call them the 3 musketeers, had nothing to eat except the algae thats growing on the back glass while the ones in the 40 gallon are getting 2-3 feedings of baby brine shrimp and 50% WC every 2-3 days. Maybe I need to up my water changes in the 40 but I'm amazed at how I had to do nothing to the 3 musketeers and they're still growing.
Clean water is key!
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Hey read your post and realized something, I had 2 diff convict pairs one I left with the parents in the 55 the other I took the fry out in a 10g for now the ones in the 55 way bigger. I think its partly bc I noticed the parents make sure they get a lot of food. Clean water of course helps too. But next time I'm leaving them with the parents to speed it up.
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IMO leaving clean water aside,i do think the tank space also matters as u both saw that when u left the fry in 75g or 55g they grew bigger than those which were in a 40 or 10,maybe that was the reason with clean water being other one