I have just converted to a 4ft tank from a 2ft...fish love it, loads more space for them...I have Dollers, an Angel, Bolivain rams, Ballon rams, Convicts, Gouramis, Plec, Plattys and Corys, at this moment in time..My tank set up is sand based, with driftwood and live planting..
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breeding convicts:my log
Im starting this thread just to express my experiences as this is my first..Id like to invite anyone to post on here any advice or experiences as info would be apreciated...
My convicts fry is 2 days old, not much to tell except that they are being guarded well by parents from the other fish..I dont have a breeding tank and just letting nature take its course.Parents seemed to making a kind of den under some driftwood which im gathering they will be transfering fry into....
30 Gal tank with 4 month old Swordtails, 6 zebra danios and a 8 inch common pleco
45 Gal tank with 3 half inch convicts, 3 common goldfish, all about three inches, male and female platy and a 4 inch common pleco
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Hey Allison, My convicts are also now three days old, all hatched.
The story: I aquired 5 convict fry off some lady down the road from me, about 1/4" and raised them in their own tank, three of which died, and the remaining two have grown to be about an inch and a half now. It turned out one was Male and the other Female, so I then added a small flower pot from the dollar store like many people mentioned to do, and about two weeks later I noticed them cleaning it and then whitish eggs attached to the roof of the inside of the flower pot. A little more than a day later as the eggs started hatching the female would remove them from the roof and place them on the bottom of the flower pot. Now three days later there is a dark wiggling mass in the back of the pot with the Female gaurding them very carefully and the Male not far away!
I am very excited, although I know how easy everyone says they are to breed, but this is my first batch of eggs from this couple and my first egg laying fish, in the past I have only had livebearers with no parental care given.
I have just converted to a 4ft tank from a 2ft...fish love it, loads more space for them...I have Dollers, an Angel, Bolivain rams, Ballon rams, Convicts, Gouramis, Plec, Plattys and Corys, at this moment in time..My tank set up is sand based, with driftwood and live planting..
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oh im sorry to hear that..
Well its been a week now since they hatched..free swimming now but what a nightmare..All was good as parents kept them in one corner of aquarium, now that they are moving they, the parents have been extremly aggressive to my other fish.
So i had to suck out about 200 of the fry leaving about 100 in tank..Then bought some perspex to separate parents and fry from other fish.So now i have my other fish in 2/3 of aquarium and the convicts in the other 1/3..
I have just converted to a 4ft tank from a 2ft...fish love it, loads more space for them...I have Dollers, an Angel, Bolivain rams, Ballon rams, Convicts, Gouramis, Plec, Plattys and Corys, at this moment in time..My tank set up is sand based, with driftwood and live planting..
I have just converted to a 4ft tank from a 2ft...fish love it, loads more space for them...I have Dollers, an Angel, Bolivain rams, Ballon rams, Convicts, Gouramis, Plec, Plattys and Corys, at this moment in time..My tank set up is sand based, with driftwood and live planting..
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really, lol.....
Well i was told at my LFS not to feed anything different to what i feed my others. Was told that theres enough food in the tank for them to feed on.I feed mine on dry and live bloodworm, they seem to love it, some even feed from my hand!(not convicts tho lol..they have had enough of my hand!)
30 Gal tank with 4 month old Swordtails, 6 zebra danios and a 8 inch common pleco
45 Gal tank with 3 half inch convicts, 3 common goldfish, all about three inches, male and female platy and a 4 inch common pleco
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I noticed you have a sand bottom, hows that working out for you? and what kind of sand is it?
I have been thinking about doing that once I finish the stand I am making but I have heard it might ruin my HOB filter as its inlet tube is real low to the bottom of my tank.
I wish that black moon sand was cheaper, I think I am stuck with pool filter sand as its the cheapest by far
I have just converted to a 4ft tank from a 2ft...fish love it, loads more space for them...I have Dollers, an Angel, Bolivain rams, Ballon rams, Convicts, Gouramis, Plec, Plattys and Corys, at this moment in time..My tank set up is sand based, with driftwood and live planting..
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I had gravel before and wasnt keen on it, so i just changed it for sand..Again from LFS and around £5 for a bag. I find it alot easier to clean and to me i think its alot nicer.
Im not all that clued up on some stuff so i dont know whether it will ruin your filters or not..But yeah defo recommend sand if thats what you are wanting to do, worth a try anyways....
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