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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	has n.e 1 had good luck with breeding and/or keeping these cichlids. if anything, i would probably want a pair of these guys. i was looking on a site and they said that the pink form of the covicts are more aggressive, but aren't they hybreds.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Convicts? What can I say? They are typically very easy to keep, very, very easy to breed (they are allegedly the easiest of all fish to breed), and they have a lot of personality. The pink convicts aren't hybrids, they are just a man-made color variation of the normal convict. Sort of like albino Corydoras aeneus, you know? And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	great. might go and get a pair. when room becomes avlible.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
jaloco Hobbyist Posts: 62 Kudos: 65 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Mar-2005	They are good fish, just be careful when you get a pair because it is very, very hard to get anything else in the tank. they get very aggressive when breeding and take over the whole tank and will attack and probably kill the fish in your tank, even if they are 3 times the convicts size. but they are interesting.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003	What will you do with the fry once they start to breed, I am not to sure what books read but pink convicts come from regular convicts, mine will have a fifty or so fry and usually there are a few of them that will be pink, I let the fry grow for a few weeks before they become food for the other tanks, as for them being aggresive it all depends on the personality of each fish 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
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	the fry i will probably get rid off one way or another. i will probably keep them by themselves if they are compatible.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	Do convict cichlids need to have 2 female to 1 male in a tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
littlechris Hobbyist Posts: 82 Kudos: 162 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Apr-2004	Convicts will pair up automatically in general, just put one boy and one girl in, give it a few weeks and bingo!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01


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