would a male steal a female from a smaller male? she doesnt seam to mind either way is this strange or normal?
black convict question
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more likely the bigger male will kill the smaller male. it is better to keep no more than one male per tank.
Convicts form pairs, so you really should only keep 1m/1f...or, if you have plenty of room, 2 of each. The bigger male will likely kill the smaller one as stated, and of course the female will prefer to breed with the larger, more dominant fish.
I agree with the above or in some cases you could have 2 males and no females if you don't want to breed.
I read a thread a long time back here and the question was if you breed a striped con with a pink con what will you get?
My serviving frys all are striped however there are a few that are still so small they may turn out pink. So if I have any pink out of 35 servivers maybe 1 or 2 might be pink. I don't think any will be pink though. I think pink is like the albino jean and not very dominant
I read a thread a long time back here and the question was if you breed a striped con with a pink con what will you get?
My serviving frys all are striped however there are a few that are still so small they may turn out pink. So if I have any pink out of 35 servivers maybe 1 or 2 might be pink. I don't think any will be pink though. I think pink is like the albino jean and not very dominant
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my black male/pink female pair's first batch are looking to be all black. i took the parent sout of th etnak right after the eggs hatched because i thought they ate all the fry, but it turns out all the fry were doing fine. most were eaten by a platy that got out of her breeding box in the tank (yes the convict and platy fry are in the same tank and doing fine together). i asked the question about how the young will turn out. i was hoping i would get at least some calico babies, but so far all are black. i have heard that pink was also dominant and that is why they are so easy to find now.
Yes the cons are very good parents. I took my female out of the tank after looking after her fries for 2 weeks. She would help raise them by chewing up the food small and spitting it out to her fry.
I then put the female in my 90gal with my Green Terror, TX cichlid and a large male con and then those 2 had a batch of fryes and both the cons held the other fish back for 2 weeks. Sunday I moved the new fries to the tank with the others and all are doing fine.
So I think it's a good thing to keep the parents with the fries because the adults seem to protect and raise them.
I then put the female in my 90gal with my Green Terror, TX cichlid and a large male con and then those 2 had a batch of fryes and both the cons held the other fish back for 2 weeks. Sunday I moved the new fries to the tank with the others and all are doing fine.
So I think it's a good thing to keep the parents with the fries because the adults seem to protect and raise them.