these guys are very easy to breed once you get the right pair! it took mine about a month pair up and they just had their first batch last week. all i did was up the temp to between 80 and 82 degrees, did water changes of about 40% and more, and i gave them frozen blood worms as well as their reg food. as for plants if you want to go with live plants moss seem to do well with convicts, other plants dont do well cause cons like to rip up the gravel! but the plastic will do fine as well. as for caves and rocks the aqaurium caves you find at the petshops would be fine or you could use the flowerpots like inglorius said. i used an old small plastic betta tank and put a bunch of plants around it to make them feel secure. they were hidden but i could still see into it enough to be sure the fry and parents were ok. flat rocks are good, you could just lie them on the gravel like i did! my female, lady, just dug out the substrate from under them and made her own caves. good luck! hope this helps some!
