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TOPIC: Convicts
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Miahl71 (User)
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Convicts 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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Hello
If I wanted to get 4 convicts with no other tankmates how big would the tank need to be?
Thanks in advance
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Name - Miah, Age - 36, Gender - Male, Location - Rhode Island
75 gal tank w/ 5 O\'s 2 Albino, 1 Tiger, 1 Red, 1 Lemon. All Juveniles. Building (1) 150 gal tank soon to be ready for spring. Hope to get a breeding pair out of the 5 I have.
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Re:Convicts 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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I would say no less than 55 gallons for four of them. However, if it was me, I would use a 75 gallon tank. The chances of two of them pairing off would be very good indeed if you'd just bought four of them at a very young age. If this is the case, it's much better have a large tank so that his aggression does start rearing its ugly head, they've got that little bit more space
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Miahl71 (User)
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Re:Convicts 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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Thats perfect
I will have a spare 75 in a month or two.
I had one convict before and they seem to be pretty
cool fish. He was a lot smaller than the other fish in the tank but held his own no problem.
thanks
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Name - Miah, Age - 36, Gender - Male, Location - Rhode Island
75 gal tank w/ 5 O\'s 2 Albino, 1 Tiger, 1 Red, 1 Lemon. All Juveniles. Building (1) 150 gal tank soon to be ready for spring. Hope to get a breeding pair out of the 5 I have.
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Re:Convicts 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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Try to get them all the same sex or you will have a breeding pair. To get a breeding pair add a male and a female and just add water. Convicts are really aggressive when breeding. When i had a pair, i would put my finger to the tank and move it around and the convict would follow it like it was a magnet
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Miahl71 (User)
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Re:Convicts 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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delboybully wrote:
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Try to get them all the same sex or you will have a breeding pair. To get a breeding pair add a male and a female and just add water. Convicts are really aggressive when breeding. When i had a pair, i would put my finger to the tank and move it around and the convict would follow it like it was a magnet
Thanks for the advice. What other cichlids out there are easy to breed and not so agressive and don't need more than 75 gal. of tank space?
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Name - Miah, Age - 36, Gender - Male, Location - Rhode Island
75 gal tank w/ 5 O\'s 2 Albino, 1 Tiger, 1 Red, 1 Lemon. All Juveniles. Building (1) 150 gal tank soon to be ready for spring. Hope to get a breeding pair out of the 5 I have.
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Re:Convicts 6 Months, 4 Weeks ago
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dempseys are easy, but they grow too fast and become to aggressive for convicts. as the other guy said, a pair and water = convict babies. they breed like hell. ive heard firemouths breed easy as well. im pretty sure i got a male and female firemouth but no pairing going on yet. they would make good tankmates for ur convicts as well.
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