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  • #1

    The Pink Convicts are breading already

    I got three female Pink Convicts last Friday from H0nkzz..... Monday night I come home from having dinner with a friend and what I find ?  One of the two new pairs have laid eggs and the male is beating back my oscar's curiosity.   I am now thinking I am going to have to buy a small fry tank to let the young grow up.
    Once they are a little older (and survive this) I will off them up :)

    I promise next time I am home to take a picture... I will and I will post them.

    What fish do Jesper have
    180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
    110     Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
    58 S. Decorus
    "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher
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  • #2
    Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

    congrats
    Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
    Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
    Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
    Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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    • #3
      Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

      Welcome to the world of Convict breeding.  It will now happen on a repeated monthly basis whether you like it or not.....LOL.

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      • #4
        Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

        congrats man ! glad to hear it !  
        My name is Andri, and I'm an Ikoholic ! Back in the game !

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        • #5
          Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

          I've had a stern heart to heart with my pinks, and they know better than to fool around until they are 21 and out of the house.   :?
          Truth is the cement that holds the bricks and stones of a sane and civilized society together. Remove the former and the latter will crumble.

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          • #6
            Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

            They will breed like crazy, I had 64 pink convict fry in my 150 gallon tank this past Friday that I moved to a 10 gallon with about 30 brichardi fry that are almost 1 month old. I also had two new batches of brichardi fry that I first saw yesterday in my 75 gallon brichardi only tank.
            150G Tropheus Moorii Ilangi
            125G Tropheus Moorii Ilangi
            115G Tanganyikan

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            • #7
              Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

              Hey If you ship.....or anyone comes down to Dallas.....a friend (Haiven) on the DFB has been looking for some pinks!!

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              • #8
                Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                Good news / Bad news...  

                Last night I go to Walmart, but before I do this I feed my fish.  I notice that the second pair of Pink Convicts are very busy in the hollow log I have in the tank..  I come from from Walmart and about two hours later after dinner I go check on the fish again.. Now the second pair's female went from being a fat mommy to thin mommy, so I check the hollow log... well guess what.. more eggs.  I am ecstatic two pink convict pairs breeding... within 24 hours of each other...  Now to the bad news...  this morning I came to check on them.. the new parents in the hollow log... well I believe they decided that parenting was not yet 100% in the books yet..  I cannot see the eggs anymore.  Ohh well... but the first pair is still raising theirs... I am hoping tonight I am going to be able to see a difference in the eggs, ie like little black dots in them or something..

                Brandy...  yes I will figure a way to ship them if need to be, I am sure that someone here in the Houston area, if I ask nicely will teach me how to ship correctly...   but first they have to survive living in my only tank I got... the community tank...  I am working on getting a second tank for them, and I might separate all of the convicts out into something like a 29G tank...  we will see what the future brings...  talk to H0nkzz he has a TON of Pink convicts and they are ready to go now

                What fish do Jesper have
                180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                110                 Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                58 S. Decorus
                "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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                • #9
                  Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                  It looks bleak...  :(  I am thinking that motherhood was not in the blood fully with this young mom..  It looked like over night she has consumed about 50% of the eggs and there are only a few of them that have a black dot in them indicating life...  ie I am thinking many of the eggs where never fertilized..    I am sure when the time comes again she will lay more and Dad will fertilize them correctly this next time (I hope)...

                  If I get 5 youngsters to live more than a week I am going to consider that a success.

                  What fish do Jesper have
                  180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                  110                   Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                  58 S. Decorus
                  "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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                  • #10
                    Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                    Well they are back at it again.

                    Here are pictures of them.. This time they actually got to the point where there are fry :)

                    In both cases "Mom" is over the fry.. Dad is outside chasing everyone else in the community tank away.
                    I am thinking its time to get another tank here soon and move them into their own home :)




                    What fish do Jesper have
                    180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                    110                     Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                    58 S. Decorus
                    "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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                    • #11
                      Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                      Maybe they'll get the hang of it this time! Thanks for posting pictures!  :)
                      "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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                      • #12
                        Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                        Now that I have the Fry what would be recommended as their first feeding ?  I am sure that within a day or two I am going to have to figure out what to feed them.. I need to run to the store and get a turkey baster or something so I can get down near them and send some food down near them.

                        What is recommended... Remember this is a community tank, survivability is not high but I would like to make this a learning experience until I can get them all into another tank and let them breed there.

                        What fish do Jesper have
                        180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                        110                         Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                        58 S. Decorus
                        "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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                        • #13
                          Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                          What are the parents eating? If it's some kind of flake food, you can probably crush it into bite-sized pieces for the fry. And, if they're good parents, they'll spit out food for the fry.  :)
                          "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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                          • #14
                            Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                            Here are the Fry.. they are now free swimming around.  They are being guarded by very persistent and intimidating parents (remember there are 7" Oscar's in this tank too).

                             

                            What fish do Jesper have
                            180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                            110                             Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                            58 S. Decorus
                            "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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                            • #15
                              Re: The Pink Convicts are breading already

                              Aren't they adorable

                              Congrats!!!
                              75gal: 2 Blk Male Cons-Pair Firemouth+Fry-3 Sunset Gouramis-3 Hillstream "Butterfly" Loaches
                              55gal: 2 Bol. Rams-1 4-Line Pim. Cat-10 Comunty Fish-1 Cmn? Pleco-1 Albino Bstlnose Pleco
                              29gal: Tore down...For Sale!

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