Pics of my convicts protecting eggs and my Texas cichlids

[cichlidcasey]

Convicts laid eggs last night....they never last though.

 

[Redrider]

Nice, congrats, I hear they get pretty protective and can do some damage.

 

[cichlidcasey]

Thanks. I have 2 breeding pair. The fry never survive...I know convicts don't eat their young. Seems the can't fight off the Texas cichlids or the other convicts.

 

[Douglas4701]

Female convicts do not have the stripes correct?? I am wondering. Very pretty fish. How big do they get?

 

[rocksor]

Female convicts do not have the stripes correct?? I am wondering. Very pretty fish. How big do they get?

Regular female convicts have stripes. What you see in the picture is a pink convict and a regular convict.

Males tend to get 5-6", whereas females tend to get 3-4"

 

[Douglas4701]

Are the males also striped? Space so I can post this on I phone.

 

[cichlidcasey]

Black convicts male and female are stripped. Pink convicts both male and female are not stripped.