My convicts ciclids? - Aquarium Advice

silverdollar101 · 01-08-2008, 09:17 PM

Well i have a 29 gallon tank with just convict cichlids and i have a male and a female, they,ve mated before two or three times but then they have killed the babies, well they finally didnt kill a batch of them and its been about 5 months and they are beginning to gain in size about 11 of them made it. My first real ? is im considering putting them in a 55 or 75 gallon tank now should i take out the female mother and maybe any other females because i dont want them to keep spawing, do i have to seperate them or is there a way for them to be stopped from spawing.

evercl92 · 01-08-2008, 11:26 PM

good luck with that.

many people breed convicts as feeder fish, as they are easier than guppies..

**Zagz** · 01-08-2008, 11:49 PM

Convicts are known for their easy breeding, if you want to stop the breeding remove on sex of the convicts entirely.

johnstowner · 02-04-2008, 02:29 PM

sry to butt in, speaking of convicts i have two pairs in a 40 gallon tank... each pair have taken one end of the tanks and are protecting their wrigglers.

i never thought convicts can breed this fast... they parents are only an inch - inch and a half long... anyways, all the fry are swimming about...

should i remove them, risk of parents eating them, or will one pair eat the other pairs fry...

also, since this is a breeder tank, the fry are at the far end of the tank. when i put fry food in, i am not sure if they get enough... i havent started giving them baby brine shrimp yet... still using fry food.

01-08-2008, 09:17 PM	#1
silverdollar101 Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 14	My convicts ciclids? Well i have a 29 gallon tank with just convict cichlids and i have a male and a female, they,ve mated before two or three times but then they have killed the babies, well they finally didnt kill a batch of them and its been about 5 months and they are beginning to gain in size about 11 of them made it. My first real ? is im considering putting them in a 55 or 75 gallon tank now should i take out the female mother and maybe any other females because i dont want them to keep spawing, do i have to seperate them or is there a way for them to be stopped from spawing.

01-08-2008, 11:26 PM	#2
evercl92 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Groveport, OH Posts: 624 Images: 5	good luck with that. many people breed convicts as feeder fish, as they are easier than guppies.. __________________ "... if any one specie does not become modified and improved in a corresponding degree with its competitors, it will soon be exterminated." - Charles Darwin

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02-04-2008, 02:29 PM	#4
johnstowner Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7	sry to butt in, speaking of convicts i have two pairs in a 40 gallon tank... each pair have taken one end of the tanks and are protecting their wrigglers. i never thought convicts can breed this fast... they parents are only an inch - inch and a half long... anyways, all the fry are swimming about... should i remove them, risk of parents eating them, or will one pair eat the other pairs fry... also, since this is a breeder tank, the fry are at the far end of the tank. when i put fry food in, i am not sure if they get enough... i havent started giving them baby brine shrimp yet... still using fry food.