Getting my convicts to breed

[dovii88]

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

 

[Tongue33]

Go through this thread

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46546&page=2&highlight=breeding+convicts

 

[benzjamin13]

I hear that dithers will trigger spawning and cool water changes.

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

i heard cool water changes too... but never done it or needed it coz my cons breed on my cold water tank.

 

[thing124]

i did slightly cooler water changes for my cons and it worked, it even worked for my Black Acara's who just laid yesterday

 

[fivespeed302]

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.

 

[ChrisG23]

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.

 

[Fabio's Dad]

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.