HOW MANY CONVICT CAN i PUT IN A 55G TANK FOR BREEDING. I KNOW I SHOULD PUT MORE FEMALE THAN MALE BUT WHAT'S DA MAX?
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HELP PLEASE-- SETTING UP CONVICT BREEDING TANK.
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I READ SOMEWHERE ON DA BOARD WHERE SOMEONES DAD HAD LIKE 10 IN A 20 GALLON TANK, IS THAT POSSIBLE OR SHOULD I SAY RECOMMENDED?
DaNewGuy;1259889; said:HOW MANY CONVICT CAN i PUT IN A 55G TANK FOR BREEDING. I KNOW I SHOULD PUT MORE FEMALE THAN MALE BUT WHAT'S DA MAX?
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Welcome,I would put at six with plenty of hiding caves or flower pots or whatever!
You can try six, but I'd bet on it going down to 4 fairly quickly if they're fully grown. I'd say four would be your safe max without deaths. Get two pairs, I would, 2m/2f.
DaNewGuy;1259946; said:
I'm not an expert,but my understanding about cons. is that they breed pretty easily.
Maybe I should tell you guys what I had in mind and you tell me if this it'll work. I was thinking about getting 2 males and 5 females from lfs all 2''. Grow them out in that tank to about 4" then leave the two proven pairs in that tank and move the other 3 famales to a big semi-aggresive community tank I'll be buying for my moms living room for her for christmas. I spend alot of time over there(she lives next door, and she cooks every day). Can't fit a big tank in my room with my 55 so why not use her living room. I'm buy her a Christmas present and I get my 125g KINGDOM!!
Kills two birds with one stone, SWEET!!!!!
Kills two birds with one stone, SWEET!!!!!
I wouldn't even bother with convicts in a 55g, breed something cool. Convicts are too easy.. I just had my first batch of fry ever like a week ago. Today is the second night they've been swimming around their tank. It's really awesome and exciting but after they bred once I don't really want them to breed again.
I had a pair for about 30 months that were the same sex. I bought a baby like 2 weeks ago and it must have taken him about 2 days before him and one of my old cons had their fry. It's ridiculous how fast they bred. Kind of scary wondering what I am going to do with all of these.. I'd rather not just give them away to my crappy LFS but I guess I'd rather do that than use them as feeders.. :-/
I had a pair for about 30 months that were the same sex. I bought a baby like 2 weeks ago and it must have taken him about 2 days before him and one of my old cons had their fry. It's ridiculous how fast they bred. Kind of scary wondering what I am going to do with all of these.. I'd rather not just give them away to my crappy LFS but I guess I'd rather do that than use them as feeders.. :-/
Buy 1 male and 1 female. Soon enough you will have more "pairs" than you will know what to do with.