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Jexica831
08-31-2005, 11:55 AM
I found babies in my tank yesterday but I am not sure which fish had them.

I think the best guess I have is that they are either convict babies or half convict half parrot cichlid babies.

Both the Parrot fish and the convicts are acting weird..... normally not this aggressive. The male convict is being really aggressive to all the other ciclids in the tank. The only fish he allows on his side of the tank where the nest is, is the female convict and the parrot fish. I heard it was possible for parrot cichlids to breed with convicts.

I took the babies out of the tank and put them in a small one gallon tank until they get big enough for a 10 gallon. Once they are much bigger they will eventually go back into the 55 gallon.

I'm SO excited!!!!! Pics will come later, they are too small for my camera now.

LongTime
08-31-2005, 1:33 PM
Most likely the convict. BE CAREFUL when you take the babies away from convicts sometimes one mate assumes the other ate the babies and will kill it!

FishFreak101
08-31-2005, 8:49 PM
im expecting some covict babies my new convicts(Amy&Jobe) are cleaning off the driftwood!

Ingles
09-02-2005, 5:14 PM
How many babies can a fish have? Do they have them all one after the other in one day, hour? Or do they have some today and some tomorrow?

I am real, real new at babies. I think that my fish had 4 but I could have swept some away when sweeping them out.

kathy :sad: