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TheMightyOscar

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well..only "monster" because i have never seen a 7 inch convict before :D

i know most of you are not convict fans, lol..but they pretty much sparked my love for cichlids back in the early 90's..so i can never pass up on a nice one
and this guy is HUGE so..

he's a little ragged, he was with a pretty big RD at the LFS

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Nice. ;) 7" is huge for cons.

My first cichlids I ever had was a pair of cons when I was 7 years old. I bred them and kept the male for over 6 years. It grew to around 6.5" and started getting thick and developed a nice large nuchal hump when it was around 4-5 years old. Maybe in time yours may get it too. I call them mini-midas because they look almost like a full grown midas at maturity. It takes a while but it's truly a cool little fish. That's why I like to say they are underrated lol.
 
scottv;670591; said:
Nice. ;) 7" is huge for cons.

My first cichlids I ever had was a pair of cons when I was 7 years old. I bred them and kept the male for over 6 years. It grew to around 6.5" and started getting thick and developed a nice large nuchal hump when it was around 4-5 years old. Maybe in time yours may get it too. I call them mini-midas because they look almost like a full grown midas at maturity. It takes a while but it's truly a cool little fish. That's why I like to say they are underrated lol.

thanks

i have a 4 1/2 inch male with a fairly large nuchal hump that came after defending fry for the months

i'd like to see this guy witha ice sized hump, then he'd really look like a bad@ss, LOL
 
The Amazonian;670688; said:
Hey thats awesome, people should love cons!! who honestly has never had Cons!!!













:D

ive never had cons.....in fact my only SA/CA cichlids ive ever owned r my 3 peacock bass.......
 
i saw one had to be like 10" scary bigg
 
Truly amazing big convict's are .. mine is just geting to 4'' mark now , had it almost 2 yr's weird slow growing fish .. female's are smaller..

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rayman45;670785; said:
i saw one had to be like 10" scary bigg

Serious? Convicts are mean as hell at their little size...I wonder what a huge one is like! :eek: Possibly worse than Red Devils? They are well built little bastards...those little mouths have pretty strong jaws and sharp teeth.
 
nice!
 
TheMightyOscar;670476; said:
well..only "monster" because i have never seen a 7 inch convict before :D

i know most of you are not convict fans, lol..but they pretty much sparked my love for cichlids back in the early 90's..so i can never pass up on a nice one
and this guy is HUGE so..

he's a little ragged, he was with a pretty big RD at the LFS

That is HUGE...couldn't pass this one, huh! Awesome pickup! ;)
 
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