ok, i didnt nothing special i tore this tank down 3times because of rocks cloudingthe water and have no gravel and my two 1inch convict have wigglers now. i have never done anything special for them .
Convict Breeding Suggestions
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anhwheeler;1341222; said:
you shouldnt have ot do anything special with convicts, they breed faster then guppys. Theyre a good choice for feeders.
fishlvr;1339904; said:
Oh, that's a good idea, but I have nowhere to put my convict in, just a 29g that is stuffed already. My male is pretty big, like 3 inches. I'd get a smaller pair, but I just can't give up my male, I don't have the heart....darn myself!!!!!
Just an update on this if anyone care. I was so busy around the holidays i didnt get to try any of those suggestions. None the less I now have little wigglers swimming around.
I had a male in a 10 gallon kills 3 females, so I took him out got a great looking female... then re introduced the male... 3 days later with no problem, only had a female... pay back sucks...
I have a pair on convicts in a 10g tank - they breed at the drop of a hat and are generally good parents (I can't keep anything else in the tank, the convicts are too territoral) I found they like to dig a hole in/under ornaments and make a cave. They also tend to pair up and won't breed with just anyone. I have 2 males and 2 females, one lot paired up and started chasing the other 2 which were removed - the other male and female won't have a bar of each other and have had to be kept seperately ever since (they are in individual bowls atm till I can find somewhere to get rid of them!)
Nabbig2;1339603; said:
10g tanks!!!!sheez, that is nothing....I know two stores in my city that breed their cons in Home Depot buckets....I beleive the buckets are orange(duh) and are 5g.....I have actually seen about five bucket setups in total....Sick, yeah, but works....Throw in a $5-10 heater, 1lb of gravel, small clay flowering pot, and an AC20.....Ba-da-bing-ba-da-boom..............
Wow....i was unaware that Convicts bred this fast....good luck 94redvwjetta, so how long does it take fry to get to the 3in size and would you need another tank to put the older fry in if you had new fry.....i want a constant supply of feeders....NOT TRYIN TO JACK THE THREAD....my question jus falls right in to all of this...
my convicts spawn every couple of weeks. It takes about 5 days for the fry to become free swimming. They aren't overly fast growing (I don't recall when my oldest lot hatched - I'd est about 6 weeks ago and they are around an inch long.
It's best to remove the older fry when they get a bit bigger, I have found they eat the new fry, the parents defend the new fry and often kill the elders in the process. If you are leaving the older fry in I'd recommend a larger tank with lots of hiding places. My 10g is too small to have different ages of fry and have them not get eaten
It's best to remove the older fry when they get a bit bigger, I have found they eat the new fry, the parents defend the new fry and often kill the elders in the process. If you are leaving the older fry in I'd recommend a larger tank with lots of hiding places. My 10g is too small to have different ages of fry and have them not get eaten
