? on breeding convicts in 20 gal
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yes it would without a doubt... i would buy a male and 2 females first.... let him choose who he wants adn they will push the other female into a corner ar to the top of the tank... then remove that outcast female and you will be all set...and to be honest you could prob get away with 2 pairs in there.... just set up the tank so they both have "caves" that face opposite sides.... use a set of clay pots placed back to back in the tank..and use some fake plants or large rocks on the side of the pots to form a "wall" of "fence" between the 2 territories.... be sure the fish can get from one side of the tank to the other if need be... u dont want the plants or stones to be impenetrable.
I agree it is pleanty big if a 20 Long, but personally would not put two pair in one that size I think you will end up with at least 2 dead fish.
May be the most common, but I still prefer the black convicts over the pink or various marbled types. If you breeding them to sell though you wont make much if any $$$ whatever way you go, but will have better luck offloading them with anything other than the common black stripe.
Yours is a 20 tall it can still be done I just personally think they do better in 20 long. You will want at least a couple caves in there for them (they will breed either way, but convicts are less stressed with a cave to hide in). Few more rocks to make natural caves or even few pieces of pvc would be good in my opinion.
Yours is a 20 tall it can still be done I just personally think they do better in 20 long. You will want at least a couple caves in there for them (they will breed either way, but convicts are less stressed with a cave to hide in). Few more rocks to make natural caves or even few pieces of pvc would be good in my opinion.
I don't think 20 gallons is big enough to keep a pair of cons in for life,but it will work for awhile. You will also need some grow out tanks for the fry to grow big enough for feeders.
If I were to breed convicts again I would have a 55 for the breeding pair and use a 20 for the fry/feeders. But convicts will readily breed in anything!
let me tell you a story i had 2 convicts M/F they had babies in a 90 gal... put all the babies in a 29 gal 4 months later 50 pared of and if i kept all the babies alive id have 4000???? in a year from 2 convicts i still have babies as i type right now abot 200 total convict my 2 convict are abot 15 months old...... you could breed convicts in a cup