Proud mama

[mistahoo]

lol this thread is like my convicts life story, i bred them in a 10g (they are more prolific than any bunnies ive seen), its actually kinda cool to see the tank so full, feedings were fun for the whole family! big water changes daily become important as the fry grow. when the parents spawned again, i would take out the 1st batch of babies, into the 75g! fair warning, i have yet to find a carnivorous fish who will eat convict fry, they all just ignore them. eventually all my convicts wound up in the 75g, so i could use the 10g for my baby fire eel, and now they breed in there with the oscars, texas, parrot, and bichir. i have a new batch right now. side note, my original proud mama convict has left her proud papa and is now hooked up with mr parrot, they've spawned 3 or 4 times now with no success.

Lol scandalous convict! I'm sure my fish will eat the fry.

[allysangels]

i hope they do, for your sake. i now have about 60 of various sizes, plus the new fry. i recommend freezing the ones you intend to use as feeders before you put them in the big tank. they tend to drop straight down to the bottom and hide in the substrate otherwise.

[mistahoo]

i hope they do, for your sake. i now have about 60 of various sizes, plus the new fry. i recommend freezing the ones you intend to use as feeders before you put them in the big tank. they tend to drop straight down to the bottom and hide in the substrate otherwise.

I don't know if they would be able to reach the substrate with these things

[allysangels]

thats a hell of a tank mistahoo! beautiful... and i agree, since you have no substrate to speak of. i was using larger pebbles in mine instead of small gravel until recently, i removed my substrate due to constantly cloudy water. the baby convicts would hide amongst the rocks. but even now, they are breeding and the fry are kept safe by the parents in a bare corner of the tank. watching the 3" parents chase off the 12" oscars and bichir is comical...

[mistahoo]

There is substrate now. That was an old pic. the new pics are on this thread.

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=51484

[allysangels]

i just posted over there, i'm so jelly! my aggros are in a 75g, less stock but similar setup. biggest difference would be my water is still red after a year, thank you mopani. water changes and purigen have helped a bit, but i think it looks good with the red on the oscars and parrot.