I currently have two female convicts in a 10 gallon still small. and they keep on chasing each other and biting each other. should i get a biggier tank or should i get one or two more?
Convitct Problem
- Thread starter CrazyBoutFish
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Hahahaha 1 or 2 more your joking right? Please tell me you are lol. You need atleast a 29 gallon for 2 cons. More reasonable would be 40 gallons. Oh and your cons are eventually going to kill one another in that 10 gallon. The footprint is SOOO small and gives them no room to get away from each other. The biting is going to turn to lip locking and then eventually death. Consider an up grade very soon. If they do stay in that 10 gallon for much longer make sure your filters are fully established and never go into mini cycles. Do alot of water changes maybe 2 50% a week or more like 3 15% a week as this is better in keeping water quality stable.
I have a convict in my 10 gallon right now becasue he beat up alot of my fish in my 75. He is in there with a zebra danio(not anymore he ate it), and an african cichlid fry.
surprisingly they are best buds. They move the rocks and gravel everywhere around the tank and I put up some slate and ornaments for them to hide in.
put more territories in though. Or get rid of one.
surprisingly they are best buds. They move the rocks and gravel everywhere around the tank and I put up some slate and ornaments for them to hide in.
put more territories in though. Or get rid of one.
Get rid of one con. More will only make your problems worse. If you want to breed them, get a 20G min for a small 1"-3" pair. 35G-40Gmin for a 3"-6" pair.
I would NOT suggest breeding cons in a 10. The aggression level would be high and eventually if you don't give enough cover one of them will die, usually the female. 29 gallon is ABSOLUTE minimum for a breeding pair of cons.
A 20 gallon is the minimum for breeding full grown cons in my experience. If they are small they can be bred in a 10, but once they hit 3 inches or so I would move them to at least a 20. I have two in a 20 for years and had no trouble with water quality or aggression.