Old Old convict.
- Thread starter bigspizz
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Thanks! And for some reason we thought we needed more cons 
. Who in their right mind needs more cons? 
. Who in their right mind needs more cons? 
Hey straightjacket are those the cons from Gary's pad? The ones I got from him spawned on the first day! no surprise. I think its great having new bloodlines in the sates. It's cool how the females don't exhibit red or orange on the belly. When breeding their bellies turn jet black.
WildCAught;1147879; said:
Gary got his the same place I got mine. I'm pretty sure if Gary got there before I did he wouldn't have left any Amphilophus alfari to snag either
. I gave a few to Gani as well. Gotta spread the conalicious goodness!Thats cool. Great job on raising them up!straitjacketstar;1149123; said:Gary got his the same place I got mine. I'm pretty sure if Gary got there before I did he wouldn't have left any Amphilophus alfari to snag either
Hi everyone,
This is my first post on MFK, this is my year old convict now just over 3.5", hes presently in my 3 footer, a perfect bully for the tank, is kept on the either side of the divider, spawns with my salvini sometimes(they end up eating eggs for some reason). Soon am gonna get a 4 footer tank , where he'll stay with other medium sized American cichlids. here are his pics from when he was 2" , I bought just over half an inch and I was much surprised the way he used to fight and dodge a 4" oscar. How many years does it take for them to get at their full size?
This is my first post on MFK, this is my year old convict now just over 3.5", hes presently in my 3 footer, a perfect bully for the tank, is kept on the either side of the divider, spawns with my salvini sometimes(they end up eating eggs for some reason). Soon am gonna get a 4 footer tank , where he'll stay with other medium sized American cichlids. here are his pics from when he was 2" , I bought just over half an inch and I was much surprised the way he used to fight and dodge a 4" oscar. How many years does it take for them to get at their full size?
How is the neon gourami surviving in that tank with a convict? I cant even keep dwarf gouramis with serpae tetras.canucksfan1;883220; said:
Would love to see the others too, esp the "discus convict"straitjacketstar;1146712; said:Funny thing about that.
We came home with 10 pairs of WC cons, all from the same location, and there was plenty of difference in shape to many of them. Some have the more normal thick, typical con-shape. One was reeeeeallly nice, perfect proportions in shape and body with a nice nuchal hump along with a gorgeous amber color to him. The biggest - just big and meaty. A few were really long and slender which was funny cause I had just bumped on a thread with this guy trying to ID his fish and even though it looked like a con a few folks said it couldn't possibly be cause it was "too long". We even had one that was super short and tall. Practically round. I liked to call him the "discus con". lol
As for the females, surprisingly there's not much of a notable difference between them when it comes to how they're shaped. Some are definitely more colorful than others though. Most of it happens to be in the fins. I'm amazed that this race's females doesn't get much of a red/orange spangling on the belly. In fact, now that I think about it, I don't think any of them do have spangles on the belly.
