If i breed some marble convicts and some black convicts what fry would i get? And do the marbles bring in any money?
Marble/black convicts?
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Most likely black cons and I've seen marble cons go for as cheap as $7 or 2 for $10 but then again they did look pretty crappy. But yea if you wanna breed marbles breed them with marbles try to get them from different colonies. And if you happen to get some good looking ones you might be able to sell them for more, just not at a lfs.
dovii84;4498581; said:
So would i get deformities if i tried to breed from the same colony? Also i thought i would get some percentage of marbles.
convicts are convicts they dont have much value to begin with however beauty is in the eye of the beholder so more power to you
Odds are you will have black cons.. I've tried o breed marbles with blacks and got all blacks but with spangles on their tail fins. Same result with pinks and blacks.
Good luck,
Chris
Good luck,
Chris
convictpleco;4498099; said:
All convict cichlids hold the same price, whether or not they are marble, albino, or black...The trade in value is the same, a dozen-2 dozen 1 inch(1.5 month old) young for $10 store credit.........As for breeding the convicts, you will always come up with pure black, some albino.......If the parents, or one of the pair are marble, then chances are 25% will be marble......To get a lot of marble, spend another $5 on a marble partner and breed the marble pair to get more marble.........
I bred my two marbles and got 100% marble fry. They did not fetch a higher price than normal cons. Also, in speaking recently with a big distributor here in FL, he said that they stopped carrying marbles because the demand for them was very low. (That's not the case with me, they're one of my favorites 
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convictpleco;4498099; said:
Convict prices are at their greatest when they are full grown speciman, something like around 4-6 inches......A 3-5 inch male with a well pronounced nuchal hump, aka "KOK," will easily be valued $7-10.........I have never seen an adult Convict Cichlid go for more than $10, period......As for the spawns, they make well for easy trades.......Every month, I trade 20-30 "month-old" fry in for a pack of 8oz HIKARI pellets........
When breeding marbles, you get an assortment of colors coming out......The majority will come come out normal, but then there will be some marbles, and of course albino........So if you want more marbles in the spawn, breed marbles to marbles...........