Convict questions.

[Piranha86]

I'm considering converting my tetra tank to a convict tank. I really want to breed pink convicts. I know they're considered trash fish, but I have a LFS that would buy them for a low price and I would try selling a few here. Is there any tips for getting them to spawn?

Thanks.

 

[Pittbull]

Just make sure the water is clean and condition them on some live foods like white worms and red worms and a viable size of fish and they will happily breed for you..

 

[excuzzzeme]

You will need 2 males and 5 females to really be effective. If there is no competition it will be harder to get them to breed. Usually, once they start they won't stop.

Pink convicts are NOT a trash fish. I don't know why you would even think that. The biggest problem about them is that they are essentially the most maniacal killer you can get in a 4.5 in. fish. In spite of their small size, they can and will take on fish 4 times their own size. Due to their aggressive nature and no other reason make them a very hard fish to sell. By contrast, the black (zebra) convict will warn off other fish or attempt to and then only resort to small bites. The pink con prefer to kill. They will even kill their mate if the female is not ready or refuses to breed.

Please take time to learn about any fish you wish to breed and don't limit yourself to rumors and uneducated information.

 

[Piranha86]

Sorry, I should have re-phrased that. I didn't mean trash fish, I just meant they're harder to sell.

 

[Pittbull]

Con's will breed in a mud puddle for real i was just trying to tell you the right way to do it and i guess all in all they really aren't trash fish but they hold little respect in hobby community.. I like them i always have and is one of the first cichlids i have owned that bred for me..

 

[MonteSS]

Not only are they hard to sell, they are hard to give away.

As they say in the business to breed them, "just add water"

They are a great little fish, and i have not found them any nastier then standar cons.

...Bill

 

[Pittbull]

You can always send me the fry my Eye biters and Champsochromis love live food..

 

[Piranha86]

You can always send me the fry my Eye biters and Champsochromis love live food..

:grinyes: sounds good.

 

[nano cichlids]

Yeah breeding convicts and trying to sell them is real kinda pointless a lot of LFS already have tons of convitcts and if you look around you might even be able to see some tanks with mated pairs already. I use them as feeders I give a pair a ten gallon and every time they spawn I gove them 2 weeks and I remove the fry and toss them into my tanks oscars love fresh meat hehheheeh

 

[excuzzzeme]

. . . . I use them as feeders I give a pair a ten gallon and every time they spawn I gove them 2 weeks and I remove the fry and toss them into my tanks oscars love fresh meat hehheheeh

I keep my convicts with the Oscars. If the LFS want some, I net them out and the rest "just disappear" (lol).