Baby Convicts as good as free..anyone?

[Christmasfish]

http://groups.msn.com/Breedingtropi...essage=14057&LastModified=4675462692431563355 ....to see pic

/2/2004 9:23 AM
Can someone please help me decide what to do with 75 baby Convict Cichlids. I have two sets of parents and almost every last one of their fry survived. This is only the beginning of mating season!! I have a 130 gal tank but have other fish also. I can't keep them all. I asked the pet store if they'd take them but they said they'd use them as feeders. I'd feel horrible giving them up to be feeders. What should I do? Free baby convicts to a good home!!!! See picture attached.

~ Christy
My email is lexuscat22@hotmail.com. Let me know if you'd like some. They're still really little but very strong. They're about 1/3 of an inch long and some of them are still see through. It's really neat. They are an aggressive fish. But very interesting to watch & keep.

~ Christy

So far about 10? are spoken from. this is Canada so some shipping problems can apply. But heck..even I am tempted.... only tempted though.
I think over 10 tanks will do for now.

 

[ferret]

I feed mine to other fish. Oscars, adult convicts (not-parents), african cichlids.

 

[TankGirl]

My neighbor got a pair of convicts and asked me what they should do to get them to breed. I said a better question is, what do you do to get them to stop!

My LFS will not take them, either, they have more than they know what to do with.

 

[Christmasfish]

Heh! I see....they are some of those "easy" if the water is good types.....eh?

I also see I'll steer clear of them... ^_^
I like my lfs's one large tank..it has convicts, tiger barbs, a few less rounded huge angelfish and clowns. At fist glance some fish just look uglier than the others... then you see they are different species!
There is one 20-30 with juveniles of the same but has other fish in it.

 

[TankGirl]

they are some of those "easy" if the water is good types.....eh?

You might even say "easy" if the water isn't so good! 8O

 

[ferret]

Pair of convicts = 200+ fry every 4 weeks, minimal.