The Mighty Convict'

[Chiapet29]

I know Con's are hearty & can hold their own but this little guy I recently picked up is a straight menace, at only 2+" He has killed a 4"r/d, chases my two loachs relentlessly & I noticted my Carpintis tail is alittle shredded, He must wait till night fall cause when the lights are on He stays clear of him, thinking of letting him go, just wanted another opinion cause my son likes him, go figure,,,

 

[BIG-G]

Well I think you already know what you want to do lol.
It's hard to disappoint the kids but I would ditch the con, It's a matter of what kind of tank you like.
Myself I only like the convicts for a species tank.
Maybe that's an idea set up a tank just for the con. That way every body wins!

 

[Chiapet29]

I agtee

Well I think you already know what you want to do lol.
It's hard to disappoint the kids but I would ditch the con, It's a matter of what kind of tank you like.
Myself I only like the convicts for a species tank.
Maybe that's an idea set up a tank just for the con. T

Well I think you already know what you want to do lol.
It's hard to disappoint the kids but I would ditch the con, It's a matter of what kind of tank you like.
Myself I only like the convicts for a species tank.
Maybe that's an idea set up a tank just for the con. That way every body wins!

Agreed, inevitabley I will have to let him go, I've had multiple tanks running before but proved to be too much to maintain, this is what happenes when I visit my lfs too often,

 

[Gourami Swami]

Convicts are no joke. Pound for pound one of the meanest cichlids in my opinion. Sometimes you get lucky and get a friendly one, but more often they cause lots of problems in community setups. I'd say rehome the lil guy

 

[ragin_cajun]

Even "nice" convicts cause problems. I had one with much larger Vieja, and the convict would ambush the bigger fish all the time. Hide under a rock, wait for one to swim by, and run out and bite, then back under the rock. All day.

After a few days of that, it started stressing the big fish, they would avoid half the tank. Feeding time, the convict would come out and he was no doubt bottom of the pecking order, but as soon as the food was gone, he'd go back under his rock and start harassing everybody again.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Even "nice" convicts cause problems. I had one with much larger Vieja, and the convict would ambush the bigger fish all the time. Hide under a rock, wait for one to swim by, and run out and bite, then back under the rock. All day.

After a few days of that, it started stressing the big fish, they would avoid half the tank. Feeding time, the convict would come out and he was no doubt bottom of the pecking order, but as soon as the food was gone, he'd go back under his rock and start harassing everybody again.

Sounds like an entertaining pain in the ass. stories like that are what make convicts so great in my opinion! So much anger packed into a 4-6" fish

 

[ragin_cajun]

I was not amused. This happened in a big tank and I had a lotta trouble netting him out.

 

[Gourami Swami]

I was not amused. This happened in a big tank and I had a lotta trouble netting him out.

Yes, that's never fun. But on the Brightside, now you have a "PITA convict" story. I think every cichlid keeper needs at least one of those.

 

[Chiapet29]

Even "nice" convicts cause problems. I had one with much larger Vieja, and the convict would ambush the bigger fish all the time. Hide under a rock, wait for one to swim by, and run out and bite, then back under the rock. All day.

After a few days of that, it started stressing the big fish, they would avoid half the tank. Feeding time, the convict would come out and he was no doubt bottom of the pecking order, but as soon as the food was gone, he'd go back under his rock and start harassing everybody again.

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Even "nice" convicts cause problems. I had one with much larger Vieja, and the convict would ambush the bigger fish all the time. Hide under a rock, wait for one to swim by, and run out and bite, then back under the rock. All day.

After a few days of that, it started stressing the big fish, they would avoid half the tank. Feeding time, the convict would come out and he was no doubt bottom of the pecking order, but as soon as the food was gone, he'd go back under his rock and start harassing everybody again.

I'm assuming you got rid of him, I think Big-G is right, Con's are great cichlids but should definitely be in a species tank,