what do you guys think about convicts? i want to start a breeding tank for the fun of it , and think that the convicts will be the best choice.i want to know what you think.any extra info on them will also be appreciated:)

to breed get 1 male, 1 female, add water, they will sort the rest out. its easy.

I had a female for 3 months, then added a male and 6 days later I had 100+ eggs. 40 days later, i've got 30 1/4" fry, and 200+ more eggs.

where are you? i have some fry that will be ready to rehome in around 6 weeks, and the females will be going with them (2 batches hatched at same time...)
1 mum is striped convict, mated with a marbled
1 mum is a pink convict, mated with a marbled

turnaround between laying and having free swimming fry is 5 days!!! so, do a water change, and by the time yu do another waterchange a week later, there'll be babies...

i'm in Essex

convicts are about the easiest cichlids to breed. As Win says, 1 male , 1 female and add water equals loads of babies

i didnt realise they were so easy to breed, obviously only if conditions are right. anyone know why they are so easy to breed compared to other fish??

I dont know why but they are the rabbits of the cichlid worldRound my way the Ph is high which convicts love

lol well as far as convicts go, i have 3 different breeding pair in my 8 foot tank if that tells you anything about their proficiency. i have about 60 1/4" convicts from the first pair, i then introduced another female and it paired off with the biggest male and laid a BIG clutch of eggs that have yet to hatch, and i got another pair in the far end in another flowerpot that are going thru the motions and im expecting them to lay at any time. convicts really will do all the work for you if you want to see the breeding process lol.

thats spot on. think i may invest in a pair! wouldnt mind some babies!

well that big nest hatched, its a 3-4" x3-4" area that is just a carpet of little wigglers! looks cool, gonna be 100's of fish lol.







was hard to get a good pic of this because of the angle, i had to take a maglight flashlight and light it up, and then take the pic at a 45 degree angle thru about 4 feet of water lol. its at the very back side of the tank.

Ok, do any of you keep the convicts in with their O's?
Or will this result in 100 of convits in my tank?
And is it possible to tell juvi males from females?

i was about to ask all that myself?!

reckon ill get a sep tank for mine