2007-06-08 17:21:44 · 5 answers · asked by X-1 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Convicts are really easy fish to breed. I would suggest you start with a 20-30 gallon tank and buy 5-6 reasonable sized convicts. Give them several caves and flat pieces of rock in the tank. Place them in the tank together and once they are about 2.5" long or so a pair will form. You will usually need to remove the other adults from the tank. Once they breed in a cave or on one of the flat rocks they will tend the eggs and take good care of the fry, no need to remove either parent. Once the eggs hatch and the fry are free swimming feed them on newly hatched brine shrimp for the first few weeks and then start the process of changing them over to frozen brine shrimp and flake foods. Plenty of large water changes are key to good growth. I would suggest a 40-50% water change daily. That really is basically all there is to it. They are just that simple.
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2007-06-08 17:30:39 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Convicts are not difficult to breed. What you need is a pair in a minimum of a 20 gallon tank. Provide some type of cave like a hollow log or flower pot. They like to use the cave for spawning. If your water temperature is between 24 and 26 Celsius then just let them do their thing. Prep food isn't really needed.They will spawn with little effort on your part and they will both care for the fry. You can feed commercial fry food or baby brine shrimp to they fry once they are free swimming.
2007-06-08 17:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by Dustinius 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Convicts are among the easiest fish to breed all you need is a 20 gallon tank and 1 male and 1 female.Here is a good web site with lots of great tips about breeding convicts:
http://www.cichlidresearch.com/simpleaquarium.html
2007-06-09 04:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by Jackp1ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't really need many tips for this. Make sure you have a male (dorsal fin ends in a long point) and a female (rounded dorsal fin, pink/orange scales on abdomen), at least 1 1/2 inches long, a 20 long or 30 gallon tank, a clay flowerpot turned on its side, and conditioning food (bloodworms, brine shrimp, and good quality commercial food). They'll do the rest.
If you want more info, plus photos of males and females, see this link (follow links at the bottoms of the pages to more info): http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,%20Convicts.htm
2007-06-08 17:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you get the babies out as soon as you see them. Parents aren't always protective.
2007-06-08 17:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋