introducing female convict to male convict

[toppek]

I've already had the male convict for a while, and he's by himself. If I introduced a female to his tank would they start fighting? pls respond

 

[Alexxxxsv14]

More than likely they will love each other and have lots of babies fast haha

 

[Magnus_Bane]

More than likely they will love each other and have lots of babies fast haha

Agreed, convicts usually aren't picky in the least. They're allot like a drunk guy at a bar, willing to take anything with 2 legs. It's extremely easy to cross breed them with most any CA cichlid regardless of size, shape or color. More often then not they tend to lean more towards the convict Gene's. But yes if ya put a female convict in with a male, u'll end up with more fish then water in the tank in no time lol

 

[jonclark96]

In my experience, it depends on the size of the tank. Yes, convicts are typically pretty easy to spawn, but I've lost so many female convicts to aggressive males before i learned to keep them in bigger tanks. If you drop a female in a 20 gallon tank that a male has lived in alone for months, i'd say you have a higher chance of a dead female than a spawn.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

In my experience, it depends on the size of the tank. Yes, convicts are typically pretty easy to spawn, but I've lost so many female convicts to aggressive males before i learned to keep them in bigger tanks. If you drop a female in a 20 gallon tank that a male has lived in alone for months, i'd say you have a higher chance of a dead female than a spawn.

True, true, bigger is always better when it comes to tank size. I bred mine in my 55 at first untill my Angels decide enough was enough and reclaimed the tank. Moved them to the 80 and they took control from my 14 inch giant gourami on day one. Next thing I knew I had a hundred or more convicts and all none convicts were pressed against one side of the tank fighting for only 4 inches of wiggle room. Eventually had to get rid of all of the convict, besides my 1 male I still have, just to restore peace to the tank. Granted it was a short lived peace just because my 14 inch common pleco decided to kill the gourami and threw off the whole hierarchy a month later.

 

[duanes]

In my experience, it depends on the size of the tank. Yes, convicts are typically pretty easy to spawn, but I've lost so many female convicts to aggressive males before i learned to keep them in bigger tanks. If you drop a female in a 20 gallon tank that a male has lived in alone for months, i'd say you have a higher chance of a dead female than a spawn.

Agree with Jon, space is the key.
Although if that female is hot to trot, you (he) may lucky.
My modus operand is to usually add 3 or more females (whatever the type cichlid), and hope has the charm.