Cons in a 40 gallon

[Sean_Buckley]

Ive got 12 juvenille cons in a 40 gallon (not yet, planning on it), along with two smaller RES. Could I get some more cichlids for tankmates? Like an oscar or something?
Sean

 

[willywonka099]

12 is pushing it what are you planning on doing with these cichlids they will be much too large in no time at all

 

[David]

An oscar by itself won't fit in a 40 gallon, not to mention with 12 incredibly territorial convicts and 2 turtles. In the 40 gallon you could have maybe 3-4 convicts, and the turtles, but not much more than that. A full grown pair really needs 30 gallons to itself so I wouldn't get more than 2, and maybe another smallish cichlid.

 

[EX-AmP]

a pair can live in a 10, while a 20 is ideal. i dont know about turtles honestly best not to mix different animals in such a little space. you trying to make...uhhhh what are they? terraniums? im not sure the whole half land half water bit. i dont think you should

 

[Sean_Buckley]

Hi, I wasnt going to make it as a terrarium, RES are mainly aquatic, as long as they have a log or something to dry off and sun a bit on, theyll be fine.
Sean

 

[David]

a pair can live in a 10, while a 20 is ideal. i dont know about turtles honestly best not to mix different animals in such a little space. you trying to make...uhhhh what are they? terraniums? im not sure the whole half land half water bit. i dont think you should

A pair of convicts cannot live in a 10 gallon. Anyone here will back me up on this. Even 20 is kind of a tight squeeze for a full-grown pair and their fry.

 

[EX-AmP]

they can trust me. a 20 is not a tight squeeze at all. move the fry you cant keep them all

 

[David]

they can trust me. a 20 is not a tight squeeze at all. move the fry you cant keep them all

Who here thinks a pair of cons can live in a 10 gallon?

EDIT: Wait... are you going by UK gallons or US gallons? Either way it's too small, IMO, but...

 

[canarsie11]

Those tanks are to small, your right dave

 

[duendecillo]

You can keep em in a 10g I think, I have a pair in a 15g, and they seem happy (and breed a lot), so I guess a 10 would be okay...

 

[David]

Well cons will generally breed no matter what size they tank, they are like large stripey guppies. Breeding isn't really an indication of health. For example a long time ago I kept 2 angels with a bunch of other fish in a 10 gallon, and they bred. But I now know that 10 gallons is way too small for these fish.

 

[EX-AmP]

the dimensions are fine. its us gallons. depending on how well you maintain ur tank is if you can keep cons in a 10. i let them breed and syphon the fry out or take the parents out which ever seems to overwhelm me more

 

[David]

How come you don't have a 10 gallon convict tank in your sig?

 

[mwm]

How come you don't have a 10 gallon convict tank in your sig?

mine r ganna be in a 15g in a few days, they are ina a now divided 55g with my dempseys (they beat on dmepseys when i first got them 1 week ago) now i cant let the cons rom i guess the JD's Remebered that beating the cons dished out. He Messed the con up pretty badly hense me getting a 15gallon

 

[EX-AmP]

i got rid of the female didnt need "feeders" they just hid and grew up