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CoryAddict  Enthusiast Posts: 184 Kudos: 231 Votes: 6 Registered: 16-Dec-2004   | What is the minimum gallons for a pair of convicts? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 |      |
Alex   Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004  | id say 40gal min but this is really just a guess i say this because you can have a pair of firemouths in a 40gal and there the closest thing to convicts ive ever tried |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 |   |
Jason_R_S      Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001  | I'd say 29 bare minimum but a 36" x 12" tank would be much better as the cons get to 4" and larger.  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003   | I have two 15 gallon tanks with 5 convicts in each I give them lots of hiding places none of them have a tatered fins or damage, just have to do a little more maintenance having that many in a small tank  The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
| betahex Fish Addict Posts: 864 Kudos: 352 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2001 | may i ask how big are the convicts you have in the 15 gallon? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
| freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003 | all full grown, females from 2-3inches and the males 4-5 inches. like I said lots of cover and extra cleaning  The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
| Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001 | freejoe, those aren't full grown.  Males can get 6-7" and even larger in really big tanks. Females can get 4-5". |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
| freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003 | they are about 4 years old, they were in a 90 gallon tank for a couple of years and have been getting tank sized down for the last couple of years, it is all I have left from my bright idea of breeding convicts(the fish that is hard to give away)some of the smaller ones were runts that never seemed to grow the measurments are bodies not fins. 30% water change weekly The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
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