Recent content by Mbratcher13

I have 6 week old convict fry and will probably be rehoming in the next 3 weeks or so. People have asked for boys/girls for the notorious red belly. I've tried seeing those with more blue on dorsal and pelvic fins but no luck just yet. They're about a half in, maybe a little over. I tried the...

Sounds like you're doing all the right stuff! Don't be afraid to continue water changes. I just try to watch where I out my gravel vac. :) Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I would say so! Jewels can be nasty! I had a male that was a total bully and we got rid if him for it. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Here is my juvenile female And also a 6" or so female. The spots will come all the way down the jaw line Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Our red tiger oscar! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Love all the females!! I'm so proud of mine. She's a great momma. :) Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have a single jewel, I believe male and he is a total bully no matter who I put him in a tank with! He started in my cichlid only tank, where he beat up a jack Dempsey constantly who was smaller and chewed up his tail. So I removed the jack. Then my convicts in that tank had fry so I removed...

I have a 40 gal set up with a mated pair of cichlids in it. I used rock and driftwood found at one of the rivers near our house for FREE! Got on a local fish Facebook page and hour my whole tank setup with stand, light, hanging filter, gravel for $30!! So there are some serious deals you can...

Convict fry! This was from a couple days ago when I discovered them outside of their cave for the first time. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Showing off my female from aquatic critter in Nashville, TN I got a few weeks ago. Still upset she ate her babies, but looks like she's on her way to preparing for more! Busy cleaning and showing off. Let's see yours! (May help all the posters regarding sexing!) Thanks and enjoy! Sent...

After the exciting (and traumatic) discover of my convict's free swimming fry by lifting her cave when doing a cleaning, I have now discovered they're gone. I hadn't seen them at all and wondered if they were growing. I shooed her away and looked in her cave, nothing! Not even eggs. Her colors...

Fry update! After all the excitement of finding my free swimming convicts...they were eaten. I guess after the trauma of being discovered "mom" didn't want to share with me anymore. BUT her colors are nice and bright now! Can even see the vibrant blue on her fins. Maybe they are starting...

I'm getting conflicted advice...half seem to say leave with parents because they're great parents and others say separate into their own take to insure more survive? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I discovered I had fry when doing a routine cleaning. Although I didn't actually end up cleaning for fear of sucking up fry. I lifted my convict's cave and that's when I saw them. About the size of a pin head and free swimming, yolk sacs I THINK seemed to be gone. I immediately put the cave back...

I discovered I had convict cichlid fry when doing a routine cleaning. Although I didn't actually end up cleaning for fear of sucking up fry. I lifted my convict's cave and that's when I saw them. About the size of a pin head and free swimming, yolk sacs I THINK seemed to be gone. I immediately...