Convict cichlids male to female ratio

[Homxer]

Bought three convicts today and realised they weren’t all male, one is female. I haven’t really seen any fighting yet but should I purchase more females to prevent them from harassing the individual female and the males fighting each other?

 

[justarn]

Lose the female or you will soon have 10 million fry best sticking to a male group above 5 in my opinion.

 

[Homxer]

Lose the female or you will soon have 10 million fry best sticking to a male group above 5 in my opinion.

Yeh I would lose the female if I could but don’t have another tank to put her in, I don’t really mind having fry. What should I do about the aggression with the males

 

[justarn]

I had two males in my 300g and they fought regularly, it's only reduced by numbers really. How big is the tank?
Have you got room to add several more?

 

[Homxer]

I had two males in my 300g and they fought regularly, it's only reduced by numbers really. How big is the tank?
Have you got room to add several more?

My tank is 80 gallon, could add a few more I suppose

 

[justarn]

Have you got many other fish in there pal?
The increased numbers will help disperse aggression as with any cichlid.
Ideally I would return one male to the LFS and possibly add more females if you want more than two.
You don't really want related fish to breed anyhow, I'm guessing your fish are all siblings?

 

[Homxer]

Have you got many other fish in there pal?
The increased numbers will help disperse aggression as with any cichlid.
Ideally I would return one male to the LFS and possibly add more females if you want more than two.
You don't really want related fish to breed anyhow, I'm guessing your fish are all siblings?

Nah they aren’t siblings bought from different stores, I’ve got a few platies and guppies, pleco, shrimp and a large shoal of cardinal tetras

 

[justarn]

Do you have a plan for any fry, convicts will over run you. They will breed every fought night like clockwork.
I'm guessing you have fish in there that will control them?

 

[justarn]

Sounds like a nice tank. The cons might eat the neons when they get bigger.
You have two options really, leave it as it is and keep an eye on them, all fish are different, they could sort it out amongst themselves.
Second you could aim to sort it now, the best bet is to remove a male imho, second is make it a larger group of 5-6 cons.