Convicts in a 35?

[chefdazza]

Hey everybody, i/m thinking of setting up mu 35 gallon and stocking it with convicts, hopefully for breeding., please any ionfo on thios would be great, i've never kept them before, an advice would be great.

Cheers
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[DeLgAdO]

theyre worse than rabbits

its harder to not get them to breed

35 is plenty big for a pair

 

[skinless]

yeah bud,

35 is roomy for a pair of cons and their kin. you will be fine.

 

[chefdazza]

cool, its hopefully going to be a feeder tank....
any advice for me? just how big do convicts get?

 

[DeLgAdO]

about 6 inches

 

[chefdazza]

should i try for like 2 females or somethin? or a pair will give me all the babies i can shake a stick at?

 

[Ender]

Go to your LFS and look in the cons tanks. I went to petsmart and seen they had a breeding pair. I got both for $15 and they were a gaurunteed pair.

 

[scottv]

Hey everybody, i/m thinking of setting up mu 35 gallon and stocking it with convicts, hopefully for breeding., please any ionfo on thios would be great, i've never kept them before, an advice would be great.

Cheers
D

35 gallon is plenty of space. If you want to breed, just grab a male and female that are at least 2". You will have a 95% chance of them breeding. Convicts were my first cichlids and I bred my first pair when I was 7 years old in a 30 gallon. I only had the cons for like 1 week.

 

[chefdazza]

fo the fry grow quickly? what temp should you keep the tank at? dark substrate?

 

[scottv]

fo the fry grow quickly? what temp should you keep the tank at? dark substrate?

These fish are pretty hardy....undemanding requirements...

Just keep the temp normal temp like in the 70's and the gravel doesn't matter, whatever you like. They'll be just as happy.

I always liked to make a house or cave for them to spawn in, but if you have a peice of shale or flat rock, that would be nice too.