Breeding Convicts

[Oliver]

Hi everyone,
I have a 8g tank and I want to breed convicts. What are some good ways to breed them and what do I feed the young? The substrate is sand and a few rocks for hiding, do i need anything else??

 

[YoFishboy]

Well, the minimum tank I would use would be a 20 gallon or preferably more, with a fair amount of rock work. Basically, to breed convicts, you just add water! Feed baby brine or crush up some flake food. Use a good filter that will turn over the volume of water in the tank about 10 times an hour and a good heater and you are on your way! Do a google search for more info before you start to learn even more about these cool fish! Enjoy!

 

[TONO]

cichlids won't breed if they don't have the right requirements ie. right size tank at least a 20 gallon for cons.

 

[jamesbrokman1]

thats bull your 8 gallon will be fine, i breed convicts in 10 gallon tanks all day long they would breed in a mudpuddle, i got picks of allmy tanks if you wanna see them, gotta 20 gallon long with about 20 fry from a pair and now they have paired off and started breeding, got about 5 or 6 pairs in there, its too easy to breed these fish, email me if you want some pics of convicts breeding in a 5 gallon tank, he he he, gotta pic of them laying and fertilizing the eggs, also got pics of a pair of oscars with fry in a 29? everything works differently for different people, just do what works for you

 

[N8DOGG]

Oscars in a 29 is just plain mean.

But if you just want to breed convicts it can be done in a 10. But you must have another tank for the parents and the grow outs b/c a 10 will not be a good longterm home for any fish that can get up to 6".

Blue Convict fry in a 10 gallon.

Moved from a community tank to the 10 and then to a 29 and then to a 55 and then to new homes. I also did 50% water changes every 2 days when they were in the 10.

 

[TONO]

I meant to house two full grown breeding cons. James I did'nt really understand your post, but I would like to see the pics of the oscars in the 20, post them.

 

[TONO]

still waiting...