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vjayshutterbug Fingerling Posts: 24 Kudos: 29 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Jan-2005	my son has a female and a male convict in a 30 gallon...both approx the same size....well the female is slightly bigger. Anyway, he is looking forward to seeing the breeding behavior and the parenting that these fish are famous for....but so far, all that is happening is the female is chasing the poor male around every time she happens to lay eyes on him. Luckily there are plenty of hiding places in the tank. So my question////is this normal?....or do they hate each other and i should try for another pairing situation?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	in my experience, it's better if the male is slightly larger. females grow considerably slower than males, so your son's female being slightly larger than the male means the female is also a lot older. the pairing may not work out as very well. I'd return the female and get 2 or 3 females that are smaller than the male. you should see a pair in no time.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	I have the same problem, and I have been told to be patient, so I am busy twiddling thumbs How long has the guy been in, and how large are all 3 convicts?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
vjayshutterbug Fingerling Posts: 24 Kudos: 29 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Jan-2005	I actually took Jason's advice and took the slightly smaller male back to the fish store and got a larger male. Now the male is slightly larger than the female, and all seems right. No more chssing going on. Thanks for the advice, Jason!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	you're welcome...glad to hear things are working out.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
cichlidae Enthusiast Posts: 294 Kudos: 191 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Sep-2002	If worst comes to worst, try getting a divider for the tank. Whenever my cons get into an 'arguement' I put up a divider and reintroduce the a few weeks later.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
lilviv Hobbyist Posts: 140 Kudos: 25 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	Another thing I have noticed is that if your convicts are very small . . . sometimes they are very hard to tell what the gender is. Young females may not have their red scales show, yet . . . so what you might have had could have been another female that just wasn't showing a red belly, yet. And two females could fight plenty. =P
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	Yea, tell me that
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
NewBreeder16 Hobbyist Posts: 149 Kudos: 94 Votes: 16 Registered: 11-Feb-2005	my male chaced my female for quite a while. does your female have red or gold on her side?? -NewBreeder16 Ps i'm not new anymore, if you were wonderin _______________________________________________ You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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