Getting my convicts to breed

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dovii88

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Know I tht convicts will breed on their own...and I know there water requirments..but what do you think will make them spawn quicker, trigger them....into spawning.....I've breed rams and I know soft water triggers them with a cool period but wat does it with convicts
 
I hear that dithers will trigger spawning and cool water changes.
 
Put a male and a female in a tank together, and with good water parameters, they will breed like crazy. I've never had to do anything to get them to breed.
 
I dont think its cold water changes, i think its any moderate change in temp. I put a pair in my 30g and the male got violent with the female, so added another female and then removed the battered one a day later. After a week there were no eggs. One night i raised the temp from 80 to 84. The next morning there were eggs, and three days later they hatched. :woot:
 
Wait a minute. I was certain that chiclids lay eggs, then the male fertilizes. I'll go do research. I still think this is the case.
 
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