hey just a though
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+1 for the moon. You don't need a bright light, just enough so that they're not in total darkness. Besides, in the wild, how many fry from a spawn actually survive to adulthood? 10? 5? You can turn the lights off, but they may get eaten or sucked up in the filter. Usually they head for the bottom, but it's not a definite.
there cons after all, they will breed and breed so im not really worried. just want a few to survive this spawn so that i can remove one of the parents. not gunna let them keep spawning
ohdannyboy;4407331; said:
Touch'e. That is a good point.
For those of you talking about moonlight, how deep do you think Cons live in the wild, and how deep do you think that moonlight actually penetrates? I'll bet it gets pretty dark in their natural habitat. They can sense what's around them pretty well without sight, and I don't think they need light to gather their young.
I just know that some tank-bred cichlids, especially angels, are weird about their fry. Maybe they've had some of their parental instincts bred out of them over the generations of crosses and inbreeding. A lot of angel breeders have said that if you put a pair in the dark, they sometimes freak out and eat their eggs/fry the next morning when it's lights on. This is remedied with a night light. It's one of the main reasons I've always used one, because I'd had issues with the angels in the past. Just an opinion, and maybe not a wholly correct one. 
It's probably a lot easier for a pair if they have their own tank without a power or canister filter. I usually keep pairs in spawning tanks with sponges. Then you can usually get away with turning the lights off because they don't become snacks for tank mates or get sucked into the filters.
Of course, if any cichlid can raise fry in a community, it's a convict. Followed by brichardi. They often make great parents (though very aggressive/territorial when they're sitting on fry).
It's probably a lot easier for a pair if they have their own tank without a power or canister filter. I usually keep pairs in spawning tanks with sponges. Then you can usually get away with turning the lights off because they don't become snacks for tank mates or get sucked into the filters.
Of course, if any cichlid can raise fry in a community, it's a convict. Followed by brichardi. They often make great parents (though very aggressive/territorial when they're sitting on fry).
