New Addition: MONSTER CON!

[TheMightyOscar]

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

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

 

[scottv]

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.

 

[TheMightyOscar]

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]

Hey thats awesome, people should love cons!! who honestly has never had Cons!!!

 

[grmanrocks]

Hey thats awesome, people should love cons!! who honestly has never had Cons!!!

ive never had cons.....in fact my only SA/CA cichlids ive ever owned r my 3 peacock bass.......

 

[rayman45]

i saw one had to be like 10" scary bigg

 

[ROSS]

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..

 

[scottv]

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! Possibly worse than Red Devils? They are well built little bastards...those little mouths have pretty strong jaws and sharp teeth.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

nice!

 

[K C]

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

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!