I've had a 30gal cichlid tank running now for about 6 months. In it I have 2 Jack Dempseys, 1 FireMouth, last month I added a Texas Cichlid, and just recently I bought 2-1 male, 1 female convicts. My question is this, whats the probability of my new convicts producing fry? There is sufficient hiding places, and nooks for them, but i have not huge gravel, but bigger than theyre mouths. What might I need to get to make this successful? Thanks for any help.
convict questions
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For your stocking plan i'll suggest a 100gal.
The chances are slim. The tank being so overcrowded, will stress the fish causing them not to lay eggs. There is only 1 thing you can do to make this sucessful, get a bigger tank or change your stocklist.
UGA? Man, need to get a real team....like Clemson
Hehe. Well at least whip the living....(err family board) out of South Carolina PLEASE! *celebrate hehe
The chances are slim. The tank being so overcrowded, will stress the fish causing them not to lay eggs. There is only 1 thing you can do to make this sucessful, get a bigger tank or change your stocklist.
UGA? Man, need to get a real team....like Clemson
Hehe. Well at least whip the living....(err family board) out of South Carolina PLEASE! *celebrate hehe
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thanks all of you...but is it possible to take the two convicts and move them alone to a 10 gallon themselves? will they breed successfully in a smaller tank like that? what would i need to put in there if its possible. by the way i just started this hobby when i started that 30 gal. so call my overstocking problem a begginers mistake! oh yeah..big uga fan... remember last years season opener against clemson? lol. dont think we play ya this year though*celebrate thanks for the advice
thanks mc, when i bought the tank, the brown is what i wanted, and my wife....if your married, or close to it you'll know what i went through... wanted a lighter blue color, but i do have fake plants, and a rocky lookin thing, but one major problem in my eyes is my lighting! and moneys been tight, plannin for a baby of my own, due in november, i have only an incadescent light, im in the process of finding a flourescent to fit it, i just dont want to spend a ton on the lights.do you think its possible to have them breed in the tank under these conditions? which direction to i need to turn the pot, will an electric yellow cichlid bother them in there? thanks for the help
Fish don't usually mind the gravel color. Some very shy fish prefer a darker gravel, but I don't think you'lll have any problems.
If you have a 10g with an incandescent hood, you can get screw-in flourescents for the sockets. They usually make the tank look a lot nicer, they cost less to run, and they don't heat up the tank so much, either.
If you have a 10g with an incandescent hood, you can get screw-in flourescents for the sockets. They usually make the tank look a lot nicer, they cost less to run, and they don't heat up the tank so much, either.
There are screw ins in the Walmart fish section, which give off a nice light, but you can also get the spiral compacts in the lighting section of Walmart or Home Depot or whatever.
I don't think the yellow would bother the fish. You can have your tank without gravel, if you want to get another color (like natural) in the near future. It's a real pain to change the gravel.
I don't think the yellow would bother the fish. You can have your tank without gravel, if you want to get another color (like natural) in the near future. It's a real pain to change the gravel.
thanks again lotus, ill check on those lights tomorrow, and ill switch the convicts tomorrow as well. i tried taking pictures of my tanks with a disposable camera about 2 weeks ago and the pictures didnt develop, every other picture did, but those that i took of my fish did not, i didnt use a flash b/c i wasnt sure if it would bother the fish, but the lights in the tanks were on, so i dont see why they didnt turn out. any suggestions on gettin a pic on there without a digital camera?
