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I am interested in breeding convicts can anyone give me the BARE minumum tank size needed? I already know about the setup with the flower pot and stuff.

Chris

a 30 gallon is the bare min, as from your other post, i am guessing you like fish in small tanks, and if so, a convict is not for your 2 gallon or 10 gallon.

off topic: as you probably know all your tanks according to your profile are way past the limit of overstocked, and i wouldn't recommend getting any other fishes until you can get upgrades.
and just other info: i hope you know that 3 goldfish in a 6 gallon tank wont work, and i see that you love your goldfish-which is a good thing, but you need to get them into a larger tank asap,
-plecos- guessing common, they can reach 24 + inches, so take that into consideration being that you have 3 of them,
-the varity of livebearers that you have -swords , and mollys- are not small fish and really dont belong in a 10 gallon.
-- seems you are very into breeding, and thats good but you need to keep in mind the young when stocking.

After looking at your tanks in your profile you need to do some serious upgrades or take some of your fish to the LFS. A pleco won't live very long in any of your tanks right now, nor will most of your other fish. Plecos and Goldies need a bare minimum of 55gal. Another problum I have with your stocking is that you have 3 Dwarf Puffers in a livebeare tank. Your puffers require much different water conditions and are very aggressive. If you are getting tired of your current fish, try and find them a new home before looking into anything else.

Inky

I would get a 20 long or a 29 gallon.