Marbled Convict Breeding Project!

[JustinDavis]

Hello fellow MFKers

Recently I've purchased a Marbled male Convict and a female Convict from Aquatic Aggression and I'm impressed! It's my first time breeding any type of Cichlid so I decided to start out with a easy species and easy they are since five minutes into the tank they were already showing nice color and following each other left and right So I'm gonna do thread of my experience of breeding them so stay tuned! First few pictures are of them just getting settled into the new tank. As of now they seem to be hanging around the small cave that surprisingly the male can fit into but I hope they pick the clay pot since I really want to see the eggs!

Here is the male his name is "Two Face" since he's got a black spot on one side and nothing on the other

Here is the female and sadly she has no name yet so throw some ideas my way!

And here's a video of them after five minutes of being dropped into the tank.
[video=youtube;sun5eWmI1t4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sun5eWmI1t4&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Aquatic Aggression]

Glad to see their trip didn't break their bond lol. Wow! You are going to have quite a mix of fry shortly. That male is going to be a beast I can't wait to see what he develops into..

 

[JustinDavis]

Glad to see their trip didn't break their bond lol. Wow! You are going to have quite a mix of fry shortly. That male is going to be a beast I can't wait to see what he develops into..

Yea I'm impressed too, they didn't hesitate to pair up again. I really appreciate you sending him to me I'll keep you updated.

 

[baxtor_lex]

the male looks like a pink to me. my marbled is brilliant white with markings like a dalmation

 

[Aquatic Aggression]

the male looks like a pink to me. my marbled is brilliant white with markings like a dalmation

Well he was bred from a marble x marble and he's white with only the black on the one side of his face so i dont know what You would call him... The fry are all different and inherit the markings differently. Some fry from a marble x marble pair don't get any markings at all. I was going to grow this male into maturity because of his crazy face marking. He's a unique specimen and I'm glad he went to a good home. Looks like hes anxious to do what cons seem to do best lol.

 

[JustinDavis]

the male looks like a pink to me. my marbled is brilliant white with markings like a dalmation

I've pictures of your marbled and it's very nice, but I've seen pictures of the parents of him and not every fish is the same

 

[JustinDavis]

Little update video of the pair, they seem to be defending the little cave the most and now the male starts to flare when I get close. The female is getting nice and plump and showing some brilliant colors.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI67LjX1AQo[video=youtube;qI67LjX1AQo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI67LjX1AQo[/video]

 

[Aquatic Aggression]

They look great. That little male is going to be awesome. Big head and long fins I see several spots that look like they will get black markings. The female will only get more colorful as well.

 

[Jakob]

Good looking pair of cons! Keep us updated!

 

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

awesome! This cross should "enhance" the marbling in future fry if you breed them properly. Marbled convicts marble repeatedly, hence they will differ. What I would love to see is a large marbled convict line. The few rare large marbled convict males I have seen are breath-taking.