All male or all female convict tank

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Everyone has heard the story of convicts spawning and killing all of the fish in the tank. I am playing with the idea of using a 29 gallon to create an all male or all female convict tank to keep the aggression and spawning to a minimum.

I have a few questions

1. Are there any advantages to having male convicts over female convicts? or vice versa?

2. How do you think that a school of fast target fish to occupy the upper layer of the tank such as zebra danios or a type of tetra do?

3. Would other cichlid tankmates be possible? (such as firemouths)

My original thought was 3-4 male or female convicts and a school of fast target fish in a sand bottom tank.

I like the idea of other cichlid tankmates and another possible setup might be 2-3 male or female convicts and single firemouth or other compatible cichlid also with a school of fast target fish in a sand bottom tank.

EDIT: i completely re-did the question

Thanks - Jighead
 
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After re-reading my old post I decided to rephrase my question. See above
 
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Jighead said:
Everyone has heard the story of convicts spawning and killing all of the fish in the tank. I am playing with the idea of using a 29 gallon to create an all male or all female convict tank to keep the aggression and spawning to a minimum.

I have a few questions

1. Are there any advantages to having male convicts over female convicts? or vice versa?

2. How do you think that a school of fast target fish to occupy the upper layer of the tank such as zebra danios or a type of tetra do?

3. Would other cichlid tankmates be possible? (such as firemouths)

My original thought was 3-4 male or female convicts and a school of fast target fish in a sand bottom tank.

I like the idea of other cichlid tankmates and another possible setup might be 2-3 male or female convicts and single firemouth or other compatible cichlid also with a school of fast target fish in a sand bottom tank.

EDIT: i completely re-did the question

Thanks - Jighead
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Hi Jighead,

1. I'm not sure about this.

2. My zebra danios get along very nicely with my "girls," two albino convicts.

3. Again, I'm not sure. However, my German ram, a very proud little bugger, seems to have convinced the much larger "girls" to let him be--for now (it's been 4 months so far, and he was in the tank before they were introduced).

My fish family, including a few pepper cories and a clown pleco, live in a 38g. It's especially fun to watch the two "caviar factories" trade off lining their little cave with eggs, which, of course, become tasty treats for them and their tankmates after a few days.
 
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1. Im not positive, but I think females will be less aggressive toward eachother. That being said, 2 full grown females would be pushing a 29 gal IMO.

2. No small scooling fish will live with them for too long. You might have a nice school till the cons start getting bigger, then you'll have a bunch of expesnive feeder fish.

3. Other cichlids could live with cons in the right tank, but I would think your tank is too small to try it in.

Your tank idea would be a good one if either it was a bit larger, or convicts stayed 2-3" (sometimes I wish they would, they are much cuter as juveniles :p )
 
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