Convict Lover

[king72]

hello all, i am new to this forum but not to fish keeping. I hav'nt kept fish for about 5 years but got quite successful with convicts. I now have a new Jewel 125 ltr tank (how many gallons is that?). I have set it up well with some experienced advice over a month. I have good PH levels and temerature about 78F.

I introduced about 4 days ago 1 male convict of about 2.5 inches and 2 lady friends for him of about 2 inches. They seem very happy in there and are already showing breeding/display behaviour.

Does anyone have any top tips on convicts, such as natural feeding, natural environment or anything that will make them feel at home

I am an amature so please don't get too technical

 

[mark7616]

Well mate first thing your in the wrong forum convicts are nw cichlids not african.
Other problems are your tank isnt big enough for 3 convicts minimum tank size is 30g and yours is 27.5g so you could only really only just house 1 due to the very aggressive nature.

 

[king72]

fair enough. would 27.5g be enough for the fish if they are all thats in there. i do not intend to put more than 3 in there.

 

[jayjay]

1 convict on it's own maybe not a pair it that tank.

did you cycle the tank?

you can't have a pair and another on it's own really as the pair will terrorise the other.

are you planning on breeding?

also PM a mod to move this to the NW cichlids section for more advice.

 

[vancouver]

If the male and one of the females pair up.. they will kill the other female.

The tank really isn't big enough for 3 convicts.. you might be able to get away with 2, but definitely not 3.