Convict Hate
- Thread starter TorredCHC
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No a screenshot I took a while ago. I think it might be from an old member on the forum.
I guess some people look at them as an introductory cichlid and maybe once they advance their fish keeping they look at them as a fish for noobs .
I don’t feel this way in fact every few years I will revisit convicts and get a young pair to raise.
Still an interesting fish with tons of personality.
I have green terror, red devil, and jack dempsey, and the convicts are the most agressive of all. Now I have fry growing up. It's really nice to see the parents do their role taking care of the newborns. The father vigilante the whole time and the mother looking for the babies and trying to keep them together.
Take a look here: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/new-borns-convicts-cichilds.729536/#post-8228361
Take a look here: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/new-borns-convicts-cichilds.729536/#post-8228361
That's kind of what I was noticing. I watched a video where I guy had to defend himself for having convicts for seemed like the half the video. People where giving him **** in his comments I guess. just seems weird to me. Youtubers hate on piranha as well. Ive had pygos for 14 years and enjoy them a lot. Currently a 10" Piraya and 12" Caribe.
I don’t think you’ll encounter that here.
MFK has people that keep everything from a 5 gallon shrimp tank to multiple thousands of gallons.
Not much snobbery around here.
Depends but most will never get this big. The con in the photo is anywhere from 8-10 inches. I’ve heard of some reaching 5-6 inches in the first 1-2 years and some taking longer but most males will reach 5-6 inches at some point.
If that convict is 10” that person holding the convict which appears could be a females hand has massive hands. More likely that convict is 7 - 8” max. If he is 8” thats a very big convict. I would have to see a ruler laid next to it to believe its any where near 10”.
