need some suggetions
- Thread starter rob page
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Convicts. Buy a pair, have them put in one bag, drive home slowly and you will be on your way to being overrun with fry.
Best to buy 6 and wait for them to pair rather than buying 2 and hopeing that they pair. Females can sometimes absolutely not have orange on the sides so it can be sometimes tricky. Right now my pink female has no hint of orange, but she is with fry so that. Orange means ready for breeding usually. The brighter the orange the more ready she is. Males can be kind of aggressive especially if the female isn't ready to breed. Often times he will kill her if you do not give her somewhere to hide.
Females have orange regardless of breeding. Only in rare cases do they not have any orange on thier sides. Do not buy 6, a pair will do. Convicts are the easiest spawners, so why buy 6 when you know they'll breed regardless.
rob page;1089431; said:
Fins can only tell you something about the gender when you have a very keen eye, and lots of knowledge about it. Even then, it's not very fullproof. If there's a couple specks of orange on the BELLY, it's almost surely a female (99.8% chance it's a female). I've never seen a place carry Convicts without carrying females. Most people think Females are the prettier ones, so I'm sure there were some in that tank. And really, if everything else fails, give into Pet Smart. Mine always has Convicts in stock. And believe it or not, some are actually pretty good. I've wanted to get a male there that I've been eyeing, but I can't house him, and I'm already trying to get rid of my Convicts.