Convict breeding help

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Punjabiking1500

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I brought a male and a female convict the male was paired and female wasn't I tried to take the already formed pair but I got a male and another female
Will they form pair ?currently they didn't seem to pair?
 
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I brought a male and a female convict the male was paired and female wasn't I tried to take the already formed pair but I got a male and another female
Will they form pair ?currently they didn't seem to pair?
They will pair
 
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The female is 2 inches and male 3.3 nearly how long before they breed?
 
Could be as soon as now, or any amount of time. One of the main things to look for is a fat belly on the female. If she is not already engorged with eggs then it's will take her some time for her to actually create the eggs.

Not a Convict but look how her, the orange one, has a plump looking belly.20190111_153324.jpg

Also a sigh a female is ready to breed is the fact that her breeding tube is down.

Again not a Convict, but it's the same in all fish. Here a female has her tube down ready for egg laying.
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Could be as soon as now, or any amount of time. One of the main things to look for is a fat belly on the female. If she is not already engorged with eggs then it's will take her some time for her to actually create the eggs.

Not a Convict but look how her, the orange one, has a plump looking belly.View attachment 1515350

Also a sigh a female is ready to breed is the fact that her breeding tube is down.

Again not a Convict, but it's the same in all fish. Here a female has her tube down ready for egg laying.
View attachment 1515351
Not sure bout the breeding tube but she got her belly plumped from even before they were put together
See here
Hope pic is not too blurry

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