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	Convict Breeding Fast
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	my convict pair bred around 20 days ago and the fry are around 1.2 cm and the parents are raising them just fine. However last night i saw my female was fanning, and she had another group of eggs, around 100 of them. now what will happen with the existing babies when the eggs hatch. will the parents eat them? and is 20 days early?
Posted 12-Jun-2006 22:50
Dangerous Dave Hobbyist Posts: 144 Kudos: 179 Votes: 3 Registered: 15-Jul-2002	More than likely that the first batch of babies will try and eat the new batch. The parents will then either ignore them, or eat/kill the first batch. I would move the oldest lot to a new tank. Convicts will usually breed around once a month give or take, so 20 days sounds reasonable. Good luck
Posted 13-Jun-2006 02:15
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	yea for the first 5 months i had this pair, they wouldn't breed, but now they are breeding around once a month, and so are the other 9-10 pairs. mucho convicts
Posted 13-Jun-2006 02:19
Dangerous Dave Hobbyist Posts: 144 Kudos: 179 Votes: 3 Registered: 15-Jul-2002	They'll do that to you. Rabbits of the fish world.
Posted 13-Jun-2006 05:33
NewBreeder16 Hobbyist Posts: 149 Kudos: 94 Votes: 16 Registered: 11-Feb-2005	Too true, Dave; too true. -Newb _______________________________________________ You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.
Posted 22-Jun-2006 04:32


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