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	how to breed convicts
Danny Hobbyist Posts: 58 Kudos: 65 Votes: 13 Registered: 07-Jun-2004	what things do i need to breed convicts and what size tank
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
jboston19 Fingerling Posts: 37 Kudos: 45 Votes: 1 Registered: 31-Mar-2004	No experience with them, but I am pretty sure they need 29 gallons and basically all you do is add a pair of fish and water and you have a whole bunch of fry. A ceramic flower pot with the bottom knocked out is supposed to be really nice for them, too. [span class="edited"][Edited by jboston19 2004-07-08 14:23][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Daniel Banned Posts: 600 Kudos: 524 Votes: 12 Registered: 25-Jul-2002	plants are good. minimum 29gal. And food. and a pair of cons. They are machines.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	Agreed. Male + female + water = fry. I've heard of some instances where the fish laid eggs in the bag on the way home from the lfs (stress induced though). I had a pair spawn in as little as 2 days I believe from getting home. Jason
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	They are very easy to induce to spawn. Its as simple as providing male and female, providing the difference in size between the two isn't massive. One word of warning though, sometimes the female will reject the male's advances and in a tank smaller than 24", she will have some difficulty maintaining her distance.... I lost my female through this.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	If the tank is too small, the male could rough up or kill the female during courting, and once the fry are hatched the female could rough up or kill the male if he stays too close to the nest. I had my pair temporarily in a 20long (same footprint as a 29) and the male constantly had to stay at one side while the female and the fry were at the other side. if the male got too close, she chased him away. I'd recommend a 3' tank personally especially once the female reaches 3" and the male 4" Jason
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	Give them some flowerpots, with or without broken bottoms. Feed them about 10% extra than what they usually eat, and they would usually spawn. I leave lights off 50% more when they start courting, since mine spawn at night.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Danny Hobbyist Posts: 58 Kudos: 65 Votes: 13 Registered: 07-Jun-2004	i rang up my local fish store today and he said i could could get 2 clown loachs and a convict.i will probaly get thatbecause clown loachs are nice and convicts are cool.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
kjr Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	how big do convicts have to be in order to start laying eggs? i have a male and a female and cant wait until they have young
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003	1. Clown loaches need groups of 6 or more. 2. Clown loaches need an aquarium with over 125gallons of water. 3. Clown loaches get vary large, 18inches is very common in well kept clown loaches.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03


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