quick question im going to be taking in two black convicts , question is wats the best combo should i get a male /female or 2 males or 2 females or do they thrive better in a group of three??? i need to have it were they wouldnt be very aggressive so im think a pair wouldnt be best because of the breeding i have other fish in my 55 gal that is y i want it to be as peaceful as possible any advice would be helpful
question about choosing the right convicts
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What's in the 55g now? Filtration? Parameters? As much info as you can spare would make recommendations much easier.
one male and one female, no more. They will breed. If you do any more the pair will kill the third.
Camphilophus;2140565; said:
I agree I bought a male and two females to ensure a pair, two days later I had to remove the odd female bc she was being beaten up so badly.
well heres the thing i dont want breeding because i have other fish such as
Frontosa( 1 Brichardy 1 Firemouth 1 Blue Gourami 1 Bala Shark 1 Tinfoil Barb 1 Parrot cichlid Some bottom dwellers
so im going to take in two convicts but i want them to be as least aggresive as possible so im thinking either 2 females or 2 males or would the males attack each orther???
Frontosa( 1 Brichardy 1 Firemouth 1 Blue Gourami 1 Bala Shark 1 Tinfoil Barb 1 Parrot cichlid Some bottom dwellers
so im going to take in two convicts but i want them to be as least aggresive as possible so im thinking either 2 females or 2 males or would the males attack each orther???
Yeah, just one male and one female usually does the trick. I hadn't had a pair for a while, so I go the itch for them again last year when I saw a stunning striped male at a LFS chain. He never did look that good looking when I got him home, ever. Must have been some funky lighting at the LFS. Anyway, I kept my eyes peeled for a nice looking female convict at different fish stores other than the chain I bought the male from to help insure the fact that the parents weren't related to each other. I found a decnt pink convict female while some black piebald markings, so I picked her up. Eventually She had babies with the striped male. I salvaged some babies from one of the spawnings, I moved the remaining 10 or so into a 55 with some cutteri fry. Sadly, the father got murdered, but I least I have some of his offspring to grow out.
You don't really need to find parents from different stores to get a good breeding pair, it's just something I did for fun on the side. As a matter of fact, I recently bought 4 marbled convicts from the same batch, they had such unusual markings I had a hard time picking males from females, so I just bought 4 and hope they pair off.
Good luck!
You don't really need to find parents from different stores to get a good breeding pair, it's just something I did for fun on the side. As a matter of fact, I recently bought 4 marbled convicts from the same batch, they had such unusual markings I had a hard time picking males from females, so I just bought 4 and hope they pair off.
Good luck!
if you don't want breeding, get either two males or two females.
I'd recomend two males. males get bigger and look better.
I'd recomend two males. males get bigger and look better.
don't mix africans and americans. You don't want to be mixing with peaceful fish either, the gourami might not even last long.
