My Male Convict's Found His Lady-friend

[kewskills]

congratulations

 

[randallhart]

Good job! Congrats.

 

[idlefingers]

Thanks guys! It was a bit hard to get a pic of her because she's well hiden, but here's the female guarding her eggs..

 

[randallhart]

Nice... What are you planning to do with the fry?

 

[idlefingers]

Primarily feeders but I'll be offering them to the lfs and people on here before hand.

 

[randallhart]

That's cool. My lfs will take any fry I offer. Guppy's, swordtails, kribensis...

Came back from a petsmart farther away and by coincedence (spelling) I saw a single calico convict with other convicts. I could tell it was bullied a little, but it was beautiful.

 

[idlefingers]

They've started hatching and I've got a load of wrigglers now! Woohooo!! I'll try to get a pic..

*edit* I tried to get a pic but it's pretty impossible.. they're too hiden, too tiny and wiggle too fast.

 

[randallhart]

Congradulations. I can't wait to see what they look like.

That was mighty quick too. Do all convicts have their babies that fast?

 

[idlefingers]

Cheers. I can't wait to see what colour(s) they are!

Yeah, they're pretty quick.. The eggs take 3-4 days to hatch after being laid.

 

[randallhart]

oh. Not trying to jynx you or anything but wouldn't it be a bummer if the came out just like the parents; half of the batch black and half of the batch white?

 

[idlefingers]

Heh, not a jynx or a bummer at all.. there's a very high likelihood of it being that way.

 

[randallhart]

Oh... I thought you wanted calico convicts specificly.

 

[ox5477]

oh. Not trying to jynx you or anything but wouldn't it be a bummer if the came out just like the parents; half of the batch black and half of the batch white?

Soem may be calicos but prob the majority will be normal coloration like the father. I believe this is the dominant gene so it will prob cause a good portion of them to be the normal. Some will be pink and maybe a calico

 

[idlefingers]

The female decided it's time to move the fry from their original hatching spot today and I finally have the opportunity to get pics!..

 

[matt295]

i see at least 60 babies there that mom looks like she is doing a great job