will convicts breed with large gravel

[sandtiger]

HA . My con lay her eggs on a leaf of a plant .

Mine does not actually lay the eggs on the driftwood. She lays them on a rock. The dirtwood is just where she puts them right after hatching.

 

[philhawk]

do you think something like a tinfoil that is 5" (compaired to the 1" convicts) will scare them into not breeding?

 

[philhawk]

because i have 6 unused 20 gallon tanks that i could put him in (and the fry)

 

[OdiE-ThE-Fahaka]

y0 i gotta question my cons laid eggs an they hatched and they r lil wigglers right now should i move them to a 10 gallon because i have some other fish in the tank that will eat the fry

 

[philhawk]

from reading around i wouldnt move all of them because if they are all gone the pair may fight because the loss of fry. you can move some but why, unless you really need a ton of convicts

 

[bmxer4ever]

My cons spawned 10 times before I sold them, and the big gravel didn't bother them. The fry actually hid in between the gaps in the gravel when they felt threatened.

 

[philhawk]

nevermind about the tinfoil a series of events lead to his untimely death last night we had to move the tank he was in and i had a new tank for him set up so i figured it was the right time to move him to his new tank since i had to drain his current tank to move it. i had him in a bucket to aclimate to the new tank and he jumped out (stress!) then after i covered it he slamed himself into the lid a number of times (trauma) and when he finally got into his new tank he imedialy began to swim upside down and it was just watching him fight for about an hour and then the long walk to the trash

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

 

[z24frank]

Convicts will breed on pretty much anything.

I second that!

 

[RuXPiN]

go to ebay and search, breeding cave, theres a ton of them, then they are safe and wont get lost in the gravel, also better allows parent to protect eggs/wigglers