Convicts - Aquarium Advice

Squirt0170 · 10-08-2006, 11:01 PM

How big are convicts supposed to get or average adult size? and what size tank is recommended?

Thanks!

krap101 · 10-09-2006, 01:07 AM

it depends if your going to breed them or not. maybe 5". if you breed them they get extremely agressive, and you need a bigger tank. id say 20ish and 30+ if your going to breed.

WaterPond · 10-09-2006, 07:30 AM

i think 30 would be the minimum. They grow about the size of angels, so yeah 5-6". IO would recommend 30gal for just a breding pair without any other fish. If you want two breeding pairs i would go with a 55gal. They breed like rabbits (so i've heard)

Voodoo Chilli · 10-09-2006, 08:06 AM

I'd go with a 30 gallon as well.

Squirt0170 · 10-09-2006, 10:11 PM

Thank you everyone!

I seen them in the LFS and thought they were interesting.... Since they are of the Cichlid family I thought they would get a lot bigger!!! I think "IF" I ever bought one I wouldn't breed it....

ChickenMan · 10-09-2006, 10:18 PM

Convicts were the first fish I ever had. They spawned constantly. I had them alone in a 33. Every month I had to give fry away. Locally there are people who let them spawn and use the fry as feeders. You can't even give them away. Why LFS even stock them I'll never know.

Squirt0170 · 10-10-2006, 01:34 PM

Yeah I figured they would be hard to get rid of.... but I assume that with any babies.

krap101 · 10-10-2006, 06:15 PM

anna · 10-14-2006, 03:22 PM

We keep convicts in a 75 with our red-eared sliders. I like to say that we have 10 convicts and counting..because a new little guy will pop out of the caves or the weeds. These are my fav fish that I keep actually, lol.

Sicklid · 10-15-2006, 01:22 AM

I ahve seen some large, 5 inch plus specimens in stores, my male got to about four inches and still growing before I gave them away. I happened to come across some really nice convicts at a Pet Supermarket for $1.69 each... I swear they were some of the best looking cons I have seen, almost were as nice as the Honduran "Blue Point" cons I have seen photos of, unbelieveable color in the fins, and the male grew FAST and was sporting a nuchual hump within the first month. They dropped fry once a month in my 55. They are a mean pair when breeding, so be careful with who you have in there. Have fun, they are awesome, easy to care for, undemanding cichlids.

10-08-2006, 11:01 PM	#1
Squirt0170 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis Missouri Posts: 115 Images: 2	Convicts How big are convicts supposed to get or average adult size? and what size tank is recommended? Thanks!

10-09-2006, 01:07 AM	#2
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	it depends if your going to breed them or not. maybe 5". if you breed them they get extremely agressive, and you need a bigger tank. id say 20ish and 30+ if your going to breed. __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

10-09-2006, 07:30 AM	#3
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	i think 30 would be the minimum. They grow about the size of angels, so yeah 5-6". IO would recommend 30gal for just a breding pair without any other fish. If you want two breeding pairs i would go with a 55gal. They breed like rabbits (so i've heard) __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

10-09-2006, 08:06 AM	#4
Voodoo Chilli Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Niota, TN Posts: 870 Images: 1	I'd go with a 30 gallon as well. __________________ Current species: Neolamprologus multifasciatus Lamprologus stappersi

10-09-2006, 10:11 PM	#5
Squirt0170 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis Missouri Posts: 115 Images: 2	Thank you everyone! I seen them in the LFS and thought they were interesting.... Since they are of the Cichlid family I thought they would get a lot bigger!!! I think "IF" I ever bought one I wouldn't breed it.... __________________ The BIGGER the tank the better!! Check out my Website http://www.myspace.com/michellesphilosophy

10-09-2006, 10:18 PM	#6
ChickenMan Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan Posts: 5	Convicts were the first fish I ever had. They spawned constantly. I had them alone in a 33. Every month I had to give fry away. Locally there are people who let them spawn and use the fry as feeders. You can't even give them away. Why LFS even stock them I'll never know. __________________ http://fishgeeks.co.nr

10-10-2006, 01:34 PM	#7
Squirt0170 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis Missouri Posts: 115 Images: 2	Yeah I figured they would be hard to get rid of.... but I assume that with any babies. __________________ The BIGGER the tank the better!! Check out my Website http://www.myspace.com/michellesphilosophy

10-10-2006, 06:15 PM	#8
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	lol! __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

10-14-2006, 03:22 PM	#9
anna Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 10	We keep convicts in a 75 with our red-eared sliders. I like to say that we have 10 convicts and counting..because a new little guy will pop out of the caves or the weeds. These are my fav fish that I keep actually, lol.

10-15-2006, 01:22 AM	#10
Sicklid Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tarpon Springs FL Posts: 658 Images: 4	I ahve seen some large, 5 inch plus specimens in stores, my male got to about four inches and still growing before I gave them away. I happened to come across some really nice convicts at a Pet Supermarket for $1.69 each... I swear they were some of the best looking cons I have seen, almost were as nice as the Honduran "Blue Point" cons I have seen photos of, unbelieveable color in the fins, and the male grew FAST and was sporting a nuchual hump within the first month. They dropped fry once a month in my 55. They are a mean pair when breeding, so be careful with who you have in there. Have fun, they are awesome, easy to care for, undemanding cichlids.

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