breeding and keeping convict cichlids....

[stik6shift98]

i have 36 of them in a 55 galon tank...most of them are about 2 inches....are they ready to breed??? how can i do it?????sexing???


let me know thanks

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

did you buy them all at the same shop

you dont needto do anything for them to breed apart from good water quality

when i kept convicts they were breeding at 1 inch soon they will out grow that take unless you get ride of a few

sexing from memory the males have longer dorsel fins and the females have a shiny coloured belly but once they start breeding krikey they will fight like hell

[ChilDawg]

Originally posted by stik6shift98
i have 36 of them in a 55 galon tank...most of them are about 2 inches....are they ready to breed??? how can i do it?????sexing???


let me know thanks

You are going to want to cut back on how many are in your tank. 36 in a 55 violates almost any known rule of fish/gallon, and a lot of egg-eating, fry-eating, and fighting will take place as a result. (Not to mention how quickly water quality will destroy a brood.)

[Molino]

I have just two (mating pair) in a 33 gallon and they won't tolerate any tankmates except for the two zebra danios which have managed to avoid them so far.

[GEV83]

Yeah you need to get rid of alot of them. The most you should have is like ten just to let a pair form then the rest got to go.

[Tightdog1]

when they grow up all you will be able to have successfully would be like a pair and a few extras. if the extras arnd killed first.

[dbcb314]

what prompted you to buy 36?

[GEV83]

I know thats a little extreme 36 fish with only the possibilty to keep one pair. Man hey maybe he just wants to make sure that when they pair up they had a variety of choices.