Not a MONSTER, but here's my Convict
- Thread starter GTkeeper
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My girl - also a petco find:
She laid a few times with a parrot - no fry out of it.
She laid a few times with a parrot - no fry out of it.
Convicts are so "last week"...everyone's got them, or has had them...nothing cool or trendy about them...
...so everybody forgets what wonderful little fish they are! Reasonable size for almost any tank, active, interesting behaviour, stupidly easy to breed; perfect beginners' cichlids.
@GTkeeper , what else is in your tank? A 75gallon containing a breeding pair of Convicts along with their offspring would be a terrific tank.
...so everybody forgets what wonderful little fish they are! Reasonable size for almost any tank, active, interesting behaviour, stupidly easy to breed; perfect beginners' cichlids.
@GTkeeper , what else is in your tank? A 75gallon containing a breeding pair of Convicts along with their offspring would be a terrific tank.
Convicts are so "last week"...everyone's got them, or has had them...nothing cool or trendy about them...
...so everybody forgets what wonderful little fish they are! Reasonable size for almost any tank, active, interesting behaviour, stupidly easy to breed; perfect beginners' cichlids.
@GTkeeper , what else is in your tank? A 75gallon containing a breeding pair of Convicts along with their offspring would be a terrific tank.
One of the most underrated cichlids in the hobby to me. Everyone looks past them cause they’re so easy to get.
Convicts are so "last week"...everyone's got them, or has had them...nothing cool or trendy about them...
...so everybody forgets what wonderful little fish they are! Reasonable size for almost any tank, active, interesting behaviour, stupidly easy to breed; perfect beginners' cichlids.
@GTkeeper , what else is in your tank? A 75gallon containing a breeding pair of Convicts along with their offspring would be a terrific tank.
I've ALWAYS overlooked them for sure.
In the 75g; the convict, a GT about the same size, 8 fatass skirt tetras and a gold nugget pleco.
My male has since been moved into a 75 with a group of swordtails. I’m constantly posting about him on my other thread and it’s hard not too, really has been an entertaining fish. I’d love to see how the OP’s male has developed over the past few months.
Does anyone have any big convicts? The fish is so majestic once they are fully grown, but since they are such ridiculously slow growers, many people don't have the patience to keep them that long.
