Convict Cichlid Breeding (black & pink)

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velvetsand

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I was reading through some posts about breeding convicts and I've bred them Many times, but I never knew they were egg layers! In all the times that I've found broods of baby convicts, I've never noticed eggs beforehand. I now have two female black convicts and one male pink convict. Are they not breeding because there are two females? I had the two females first, and when I realized that they were Both females, I got the pink male. He was smaller than them at first, but he is now a bit bigger, but not nearly as fat. As I said, I've bred them many times, (never had a pink convict before though) so I do have many places for them to lay their eggs, which seem to be invisible to me. Any tips?
 
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If you have gravel substrate you are just fine. The female will lay eggs on the glass and when ready, she will move them to a pit in the gravel. A simple cave is to use a clay flowerpot. I get all my "caves" from goodwill - they were fancy candle holders once upon a time. But for 50¢ why not? They look better than clay pots. I either lay them on their side or turn them upside down. Sometimes I cut the clay pots in half for 2 caves. Turn the opening away from traffic so that they feel a little protected.

Females will have pink or orange on them. Males won't.
 
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It happened!!

One of my black females and my pink male's eggs hatched! They are keeping them safe in a castle. Since one parent is black and one pink, what type of offspring will I get from these?
 
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velvetsand said:
One of my black females and my pink male's eggs hatched! They are keeping them safe in a castle. Since one parent is black and one pink, what type of offspring will I get from these?
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you can expect some of both white and black cons out of the fry.
 
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Got to see pics of those fry when they get bigger

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Congratulations. I have a male and a female that for some reason won't breed. I find it very frusterating. She spends most of her time chasing him around in circles. I am glad that you had success.
 
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I also have a breeding pair of black convicts.

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stormywendyann said:
Congratulations. I have a male and a female that for some reason won't breed. I find it very frusterating. She spends most of her time chasing him around in circles. I am glad that you had success.
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Want to know the trick. Set the temp to 82f, feed frozen brine shrimp cubes and make sure you have something for them to lay their eggs in/on flat stone or a small tiny flowerpot. The first batch or two of eggs might not hatch but for sure you will soon have babies! If I was home I'd get a pic of my fry for you but out right now when I het home I'll put some up.

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