My Convicts.

[alLexX]

Here it is! .
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nice angel

 

[severum mama]

So wait, there is one convict left in the tank and now you are keeping an angel with it? This is not a combination that will work in the long term IMO.

 

[T-man02]

i agree i don't see how that will work long term i think the angel will die eventually. convicts live up to there name. IMO

 

[maddybrat]

The convict left is now all over the tank? I think I had two males. And the one that died was the dominant.

 

[maddybrat]

Here is the remaining convict!!!!!!

 

[maddybrat]

And another.

 

[severum mama]

That one is definitely male.

Is this fish living with the angel? Seriously, that won't last long.

 

[T-man02]

once again i agree there is a reason that its going crazy it can kill the angel when it wants unless they are in a different tank

 

[maddybrat]

He won't eat... ?

 

[maddybrat]

They seem to get along. The first two died but these guys are perfectly healthy! I was wondering if someone would help me sex them.

 

[IvanMike]

convicts will sex themselves. if they feel comfortable and you have both sexes - they will breed - end of story. They are somewhat sexually dimorphic, but many a female will have impressive filaments on her dorsal and ventral fins. Females tend to be a bit more colorful - but given the ages that convicts have been bred in farms around the world - and considering geographic variants if you are lucky enough to get some wild ones or F1 types, it's a crap shoot. As with all cichlids that aren't all that sexually dimorphic, it's always a good idea to get about 6 and let the law of averages get you a member of each sex.

I suggest just watching them and letting nature take its course. Feed 'em, change 1/4-1/2 the water every week, throw in a clay flowerpot or two on their sides, see what happens.