I just moved a pair, or so I think, of convicts into my 55 from my 240 gal to spawn. The female has already had one previous spawn but it was with my third con. Now the odd male out from the first spawn has a large bump on his head. The one and only female he is with now has a red belly again. Do those two factors always mean its a spawning pair? Was I right to move them. Is there anything else I should know to raise a successful spawn?
new to convict breeding
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The most dominant male always breeds first. Its really not challenging to breed convicts, just add a male and a female and wait a couple weeks. Sometimes you can get eggs in a few days but they really like to breed so it won't take long.
Yeah, there is a good chance that they will spawn, being that they are convicts.
Have they been flaring at each other, swimming along side each other, or exhibiting any other behavior that they are paired up?
Did they start to act differently or change appearance before or after you moved them?
Have they been flaring at each other, swimming along side each other, or exhibiting any other behavior that they are paired up?
Did they start to act differently or change appearance before or after you moved them?
elting44;4572254; said:
During the females first spawn she was with the other male. However that allowed my third con, another male, to grow bigger. Once the fry were eaten the the biggest male started chasing her around and he got alot darker. Now she has the pink belly and that's when I figured they were paired and moved them and to try to keep the fry out of danger. Just before I moved them the biggest con was bullying everyone including the females he is with. Now that they are alone they seem passive and are always by each other. I just was not sure if it's a normal thing for them to switch partners.