Convicts won't breed.

Hi Sickaqua,

Great looking cons, thank you for sharing.

Thanks,
matt

Your welcome! I have about 5 females but she is by far the most colorful so i wanted to share hre beauty

great color...

I have 2 pairs of convicts, 8 total but only 4 have paired (making 2 pairs), and I can definatly tell they paired up because they are GLUED to their females, who both have reallly round red bellies, and chase any additional fish off togeather. They are in a 55 with EXCELLENT hide outs, and the 2 pairs have litterally split the tank in half, one pair on one side and other on the other side. Had them about 3 weeks, the two males are about 3 inces and the females are a good 2.5 or better. WHY ARE THEY NOT BREEDING?

Try a large 50% water change with slightly cooler water.

...Bill

Give them a few more weeks... they'll figure it out.

You've had them for three weeks and they've paired off already and you're complaining?

Congratz. Good luck with them.

....Bill

Ok...I have a 55 tank with some new eggs layed litterally about 9 hours ago....so when shold I take these babies out and put them in their own tank? While they are still in their yolk or what? I would like to keep a few but not all 200+. THe 55 has 8 juvy convicts an oscar and a F8 puffer.

She's gorgeous, congrats. Thanks for the photo

I'm going to combine all of your threads since they are all on the same subject matter. No need to nut up the forum.

If you only want to keep a few then leave the babies with the parents. They'll bond stronger and and will take good care of the babies for a while.

When you see the numbers start to dwindle down, you can then pull some of the fry to keep. Most likely 5-6 weeks maybe a little longer.

Wow! She's gorgeous. Congrats on the fry.

I would also like to add that I now have both pairs with eggs! YAY!

Sickaqua said:

I would also like to add that I now have both pairs with eggs! YAY!

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Congrats!

jason_nj said:

If you only want to keep a few then leave the babies with the parents. They'll bond stronger and and will take good care of the babies for a while.

When you see the numbers start to dwindle down, you can then pull some of the fry to keep. Most likely 5-6 weeks maybe a little longer.

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Yes. Jason is correct.

Especially their first spawn. Let them learn. They will spawn again.

....Bill

Ok so got a quick question...

the pretty female had her eggs, they fell off the rock and are now wiggling around.....she doesn't want to eat them that I can tell but there are fewer in number than when she started, and she is probably not a good momma, she leaves them all the time and leaves them un=attended? Should I take them? I have a guy that wants HER babies because they might be beautiful like their momma lol....so don't want to loosa any more she is down to like 15 eggs out of 50-60ish? I have a breeding net to put in the tank, can I put them in there or no?

If they are wigglers you can take them, they'll be fine in the breeding net. I wouldn't worry either way, they'll breed again and they'll get better at taking care of the fry.