Confirmation

[James From Cali]

2 or 3 places I seen said that kribs and convicts can go in a 10g. Is this true?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

By my standards yes. I like to push the limits so take my work with a grain of salt.

I've sucessfully kept and bred cons in a 10gal so i am speaking from experience. Though it helped i had an actual pair and not 2 fish that just fight all the time.

 

[James From Cali]

So woud it be safe to put a convict in a 10g? I am thinking of doing this for a future tank.

 

[Katie217]

well...male cons grow to 6inches, and females 4-5inches i think...so i personally wouldnt do that with cons, allthough matt did...i think cons would be much happier in a 20gal personally. but i think that 2 kribs would be ok in a 10

 

[Cichlid-Man]

No doubt more space the better. I only had a 10gal at the time so thats where they lived after being shuffled around from some of my tanks. Worked ok with me, however my male never reached the max size.

If you can afford more space, do it.

 

[James From Cali]

Yeah I will probally get them oung and convince my mom(by pestering hehe) to get me a larger tank, at least a 20.

 

[Katie217]

go for a 30, that way the fry that convicts will have will have a bit more room

 

[James From Cali]

Well I have no froom for a thirty and I dont really plan on keeping the fry. I will probally sell them for store credit at Capitol Aquarium. If I could I would.

 

[James From Cali]

well...male cons grow to 6inches, and females 4-5inches i think...so i personally wouldnt do that with cons, allthough matt did...i think cons would be much happier in a 20gal personally. but i think that 2 kribs would be ok in a 10

Well they have what I think are Rock Kribensis. Would they work? I will be going to petsmart to see what cichlids they got since I seen some really healthy ones there(better than the others).

 

[James From Cali]

I went to talk to my neighbor who works in the fish department of petsmart and she gave me this list(that I narrowed down):

Yellow Lab(Labidochromis caeruleus)
Kenyi Cichlid(Metriaclima lombardoi)
Jewel Cichlid(Hemichromis gutattus)

Are any of these good options for my 10g.

 

[Orion]

I personaly wouldn't keep any of the fish mentioned here in a 10 gallon for long periods of time. The P. pulcher and convicts would be the only ones I would think OK for a while.

The yellow lab, kenyi and jewel cichlid are not a good idea in a 10 gallon. The mbuna are way to active, and I would think that the jewels would be to aggressive to each other or anything else that might be in the tank. A pair of jewels might work, if they were already a breeding pair before they went into the 10 gallon.

If you want cichlids your better of to get some apistos or some other dwarf species, or most shell dweller species. These would be much better suited to long term life in a 10 gallon with proper maintaince.

 

[James From Cali]

Okay thanks Orion. Well now I need to find outwhere sells rams and apistos.

 

[Katie217]

get shell cichlids, those are super cute