Need Advice And Help

[foley69]

can you keep firemouths with convicts if so is it possible to keep kribs with these fish ??

 

[Davo86]

can you keep firemouths with convicts if so is it possible to keep kribs with these fish ??

depends on tank size,

a single firemouth and a single Convict would be fine,
a single firemouth and a single Convict and a pair of kribensis is doable, (depends on individual fish)

 

[foley69]

25 gallon the tank size is i would say that would be fine for a convict and maybe a couple of firemouths just thought id have a second opinion or correction if i was wrong

 

[Davo86]

25 gallon the tank size is i would say that would be fine for a convict and maybe a couple of firemouths just thought id have a second opinion or correction if i was wrong

tank is too small IMO,
you might get away with 1 of each but your most likely to find the dominant one terrorising the other.

 

[foley69]

any more ideas then i want either a convict or firemouth and i know its a small tank ..what about a breeding pair of convictcs ??

 

[drobbyb]

any more ideas then i want either a convict or firemouth and i know its a small tank ..what about a breeding pair of convictcs ??

You would be overstocked the first time they had babies...and they have alot (200 or more each spawning.

 

[Ficious]

have you thought about some severums? they remind me of convicts.



a convict pair is fun to watch but IMO it gets boring quickly.

if you do like them...i would recomend getting a predatory fish...even maybe an oscar with a new aquarium to feed your convict babies to?? i spose other fish will eat them when theyre fry and such.

 

[Davo86]

have you thought about some severums? they remind me of convicts.

a convict pair is fun to watch but IMO it gets boring quickly.

if you do like them...i would recomend getting a predatory fish...even maybe an oscar with a new aquarium to feed your convict babies to?? i spose other fish will eat them when theyre fry and such.

if the tank is too small for convicts how it it going to hold Severums or Oscars ?

The question you need to be able to answer with breeding pairs of any species, (but especially with convicts) is; What will i do with they fry ?
I bet you could count on your hands the amount of LFS's in Britain that will take convict fry off you

 

[Miss Wiggle]

if you like the looks and personality of these sort of cichlids but don't really have the space for them then you could build a nice community of dwarf cichlids such as apistogramma, keyholes, nannacara, kribensis etc etc

great little fish, dead interesting to watch and with bags of character.

 

[Pleccy]

Oscars need a 120 x 46 x 46cm tank minimum and the same applies for a severum. A 25 gallon tank would be fine for a pair of young convict cichlids but firemouths need a 90cm tank minimum.

Also keeping several species of neotropical and african dwarf cichlids together in that size of tank isn't really a very good idea.

 

[foley69]

i kno my tank is too small for a oscar and severum ..but i have had my LFS say they will have my convict fry off me but its a case of will they constantly take it off me ...