My Convicts
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Okay, thanks Helena.
I'm gonna try to reach some 'middleground' here and keep 2 of the nicest females and 1 of the nicest males from the batch I got today.
I'll pick up the albino 'pair,' since the LFS lady now doesn't seem sure that they are a pair, and then get 1 additional male from someplace else.
This will make for 3 females and 3 males. Is that overkill?
Would just 2 of each be better?
BV
I'm gonna try to reach some 'middleground' here and keep 2 of the nicest females and 1 of the nicest males from the batch I got today.
I'll pick up the albino 'pair,' since the LFS lady now doesn't seem sure that they are a pair, and then get 1 additional male from someplace else.
This will make for 3 females and 3 males. Is that overkill?
Would just 2 of each be better?
BV
I dunno if you've done it already or not, but I wouldn't waste time with the 'albino' pair - which, btw, aren't albino - in the store. There is a good chance that moving them into a different situation will end their 'relationship' and they'll just fight until the male kills the female. Plus they're likely WAY overpriced anyway, stores tend to do that with 'breeding pairs.'
I'd keep one male and two females, and give him a chance to see who he wants to pair up with. You'll know when he's chosen, because he'll leave one female alone and let her share his territory, and harrass the other.
I'd keep one male and two females, and give him a chance to see who he wants to pair up with. You'll know when he's chosen, because he'll leave one female alone and let her share his territory, and harrass the other.
Too late! lol
I held onto 2 females...the nicer/larger one from yesterday, and one of the new ones I got today. I took the rest back to the LFS and picked up the two white cons.
I'll get some pics of them up shortly.
I don't even know if they're a male and a female, but one of them is slightly larger and has a more pinkish hue, whereas the other is a more solid white.
The LFS lady was actually told by someone who brought them into the store that they were a pair. I don't think the LFS people have actually seen them breeding. That's why I held onto 2 of the regular cons...just in case. I didn't really much care for any of the regular males that were 'smallish' in size, or else I would've hung onto 1 or 2 of them too.
Anyway, the white ones were in a large tank with what seemed like about 30-40 other convicts...all of them being the 'regular' kind, except for the 2 that I got.
Didn't set me back much either.
I paid about $10.00 for the 7 I got this morning. When I took them back she gave me the white ones and also knocked half of the price off of the 7 black-skirt/widow tetras that I bought.
BV
I held onto 2 females...the nicer/larger one from yesterday, and one of the new ones I got today. I took the rest back to the LFS and picked up the two white cons.
I'll get some pics of them up shortly.
I don't even know if they're a male and a female, but one of them is slightly larger and has a more pinkish hue, whereas the other is a more solid white.
The LFS lady was actually told by someone who brought them into the store that they were a pair. I don't think the LFS people have actually seen them breeding. That's why I held onto 2 of the regular cons...just in case. I didn't really much care for any of the regular males that were 'smallish' in size, or else I would've hung onto 1 or 2 of them too.
Anyway, the white ones were in a large tank with what seemed like about 30-40 other convicts...all of them being the 'regular' kind, except for the 2 that I got.
Didn't set me back much either.
I paid about $10.00 for the 7 I got this morning. When I took them back she gave me the white ones and also knocked half of the price off of the 7 black-skirt/widow tetras that I bought.
BV
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'Pink' Convicts
Now I'm pretty sure these guys aren't albinos after all...they must be considered 'pink' convicts or something. (albinos would have red eyes, right?)
I added the 2 'pink' convicts in with the 2 'regular' convicts (both of which I believe are female). The one I bought yesterday seems to tolerate the other 'regular' one the most out of all of them, but still does some flaring of its gills at her. The one from yesterday also didn't take long to start chasing the larger, pinker of the two new convicts around...as well as the smaller, whiter one (to a lesser extent).
Needless to say, I put the one who's doing all the chasing into a 'penalty box' in the hopes that it will allow the 2 'pink' ones to rekindle their partnership (if indeed they even were a pair to begin with). I also turned the lights out to calm everyone down.
The two 'pink' ones seem to be tolerating each other the best out of all of them. They seem to mostly ignore the 'regular' female (the one not in the penalty box); who just keeps hanging out by herself at the bottom of the thick plants anyway. I'm hoping the 'pinks' will continue to ignore her as they establish/re-establish their bond.
If anyone has any other advice, please let me know...I obviously need it.
BV
Now I'm pretty sure these guys aren't albinos after all...they must be considered 'pink' convicts or something. (albinos would have red eyes, right?)
I added the 2 'pink' convicts in with the 2 'regular' convicts (both of which I believe are female). The one I bought yesterday seems to tolerate the other 'regular' one the most out of all of them, but still does some flaring of its gills at her. The one from yesterday also didn't take long to start chasing the larger, pinker of the two new convicts around...as well as the smaller, whiter one (to a lesser extent).
Needless to say, I put the one who's doing all the chasing into a 'penalty box' in the hopes that it will allow the 2 'pink' ones to rekindle their partnership (if indeed they even were a pair to begin with). I also turned the lights out to calm everyone down.
The two 'pink' ones seem to be tolerating each other the best out of all of them. They seem to mostly ignore the 'regular' female (the one not in the penalty box); who just keeps hanging out by herself at the bottom of the thick plants anyway. I'm hoping the 'pinks' will continue to ignore her as they establish/re-establish their bond.
If anyone has any other advice, please let me know...I obviously need it.
BV
Yup, and she is also the one on the left in the first pic, where you can see some orange spots on her belly area.
Yes, thanks SK...I forgot you had mentioned the pink ones in that PM you sent me as well. I'm so proud to have some pretty pink fish now. I'll keep an eye on things and watch for signs of them hanging out together and chasing away the zebra female.
I think I'll take the zebra that's in the 'penalty box' back to the LFS tomorrow morning.
One other thing...the pink cons are naturally-occuring like this though, right? I mean---not dyed or anything?
BV
Yes, thanks SK...I forgot you had mentioned the pink ones in that PM you sent me as well. I'm so proud to have some pretty pink fish now. I'll keep an eye on things and watch for signs of them hanging out together and chasing away the zebra female.
I think I'll take the zebra that's in the 'penalty box' back to the LFS tomorrow morning.
One other thing...the pink cons are naturally-occuring like this though, right? I mean---not dyed or anything?
BV
'Cluster-F'
I've just about had it with this sexing of convicts crap.
One pink started chasing the bejesus out of the other one. Meanwhile, of the two regular cons, one female kept hidden to herself (despite receiving no aggression whatsoever from any of the others), and the other remained in the penalty box.
Returned the pinks today, kept the two regular females, and bought what I thought was a male. Now that I look at the pics, it looks like it might have some orange on its belly.
What luck I'm having...I can't possibly imagine that 99.9% of the convict population in the LPS's/LFS's are female.
Now that all 3 are together in the tank, the one that keeps to herself keeps keeping to herself, and the one from the penalty box chases the crap out of what I thought was the male......once again leaving me at a total loss.
Maybe it's time to throw in the towel.
BV
I've just about had it with this sexing of convicts crap.
One pink started chasing the bejesus out of the other one. Meanwhile, of the two regular cons, one female kept hidden to herself (despite receiving no aggression whatsoever from any of the others), and the other remained in the penalty box.
Returned the pinks today, kept the two regular females, and bought what I thought was a male. Now that I look at the pics, it looks like it might have some orange on its belly.
What luck I'm having...I can't possibly imagine that 99.9% of the convict population in the LPS's/LFS's are female.
Now that all 3 are together in the tank, the one that keeps to herself keeps keeping to herself, and the one from the penalty box chases the crap out of what I thought was the male......once again leaving me at a total loss.
Maybe it's time to throw in the towel.
BV