I have a pair of Convict Cichlids that i am wanting to breed from, i was wandering what is the best method and conditions to breed them.

Just add water :lol:

I don't think they are that fussy mystic :lol:

Seriously, they make rabbits look like nuns (as someone told me once :lol: )

just give it a week or two, keep em fed and they'll breed

how do i keep em fed because i just put in a few white worms and they have both still not come out of thier cave. i got them on saturday(6Aug). what else could i fed them and encourage them to come out of the cave.

they are by themselves. wat would the min tank be for them.

they are in a 23l at the moment.

yes the tnk is only for them to breed in and once they do ill move them into my cichlid tank. the male is about 7cm and the female is a couple of cm smaller.

Chuck in a couple of dither fish.

These show the others that it is safe to come out,

and also gives the target fish something to think about when they have eggs or fry.

They tend to protect them and not get bored and eat them. (eggs or fry)

When the T/F see the dithers eating, they get jealous and come out to get their share.

I feed trout pellets.

I use danios for this, they are fast if chased, and also make a flashy show.

What size was that tank??

Alan 104

Its a one foot tank, how many danios would be good then?

A small school of four or six.

Alan 104

ok kool, i went and got 4 zebras.

Thank you for al that helped me out, i looked tonight at the underside of the cave roof and found quite a few eggs that the female is now fanning and the male isn't allowed near them now.i guess with convicts its a matter of paitience.

or impatience

3 days from first post isn't too bad hehe

um yea dont worry aey...i got convicts and they breed any where any time. aey just had a batch of unfertilised eggs cos the male was abit lazy...he'll catch up ....yea no worries....maybe add some neons because sometimes cichlids need other fish in the aquarium to feel secure...or add some other freindly cichlids.....eg. jewels, acaras, kribensis, rams something along that line

cheerz

there the pair of convicts i have, have got a couple of zebra danios swimmin in the tank but with the last/first batch of eggs they produced i didnt see one that hatched.what could this have been caused by, i didnt add anything while i could see eggs in the tank. are convicts mouth brooders or not.

my convicts just spawned theres so many of the little things, there in a four foot tank with gouramis(thats right ira's pearls), about 20 danios,3 catfish,1 bristle nose, 1 apistogramma double red, 1 apistogramma blue steel,1 kirb, 4 blood fins, 3 platy and 1 harequin

the convicts keep all the other fish over one end of the tank while all the fry are the other end and middle of the tank and doesnt let any fish get near there fry i cant take a pic as my camera isnt good enough to focus in on the fry

cheers

ant

i looked into the tank today and i see a lot of fry swimming round but havent seen anything for a few days as the eggs disappeared and there was no fry swimming round. now the fun bit, can i feed the fry liquifry or does it have to be bbs?