I was wondering if it would be ok to house two female convicts in a tank i'm thinking of doing this because i've read that the coloring of females is a lot nicer and i'm really not set up to house any fry if i were to get a male and female. would there be any agression? and would two female convicts even do well in a tank that size, hopefully after they finish remodeling our house i'll have room for a 40g. well i appreciate all of your advice thanks.
two female convicts in a 20 gallon tank
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They will be fine in a 20 gallon, they might flair at each other for a while when they are just geting used to the tank and such.
Once they start to establish their own territory(SP?) they will be fine.
Once they start to establish their own territory(SP?) they will be fine.
They should be fine. A 20 long would be nicer than a 20 tall however. They grow to 4in. You are right thay have nicer coloring and dont get up to 6in.
Cylon i would have to disagree i had a convict that was only about 3 yrs old and was already a good 5 inches and have seen some that were 6 inches at my local pet store but be careful convicts can be mean little devils
The fish is a Green terror (gold saum) a really nice male, mine look very similar just smaller and with a golden trim to his tail not red (he is only young), as for the the convicts, I've fot 2 females in a 4' and 1 of them has taken over half the tank (very aggressive) nad they only fish that can enter he terriotory are fish that look similar to her (thats what I noticed) which are the other female and two clown loaches (the orange and black strips). I would try, you can always remove one if there are any problems.
I have to disagree to my convicts are 5-6inches and there are 3 of them in a 55g and they are constantley fighting. I would say get one female for now till you have the 40g and then have 2 maybe 3.
HTH
HTH
Look, read the post! I have had 6 in cons before to.
louda said she had females
4 inches for a female. females have more color in most cases cause they get the orange belly.
6 inches for males
These are averages. Anyone can have a freak fish.
I have over 100 cons.
Doese anyone want one? 2 batches of juvs.
Thanks for the comments on my Green terror. I will be posting a video.
louda said she had females
4 inches for a female. females have more color in most cases cause they get the orange belly.
6 inches for males
These are averages. Anyone can have a freak fish.
I have over 100 cons.
Doese anyone want one? 2 batches of juvs.
Thanks for the comments on my Green terror. I will be posting a video.
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My female is about 4" and is about 3yrs old with a brillently orange belly while the second one is about 3-1/2" and not as stocky but is a peach colour with aqua strips in her fins. BTW when do GTs tails go red, is it a muturaty thing.
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