Help breeding convicts

[cichlid]

I want to breed my convicts desperatly,is there any way to help breed them like a specific water temperature,favorite breeding spot anything.
I do believe I have drawbacks such as female likes to fight male (because she's bigger)there are 2 other dominant fish,(female 2 inches,male 1 1/2 inches) will they still breed please help me!
THANKS IN ADVANCE!

[gunk]

Are you sure you have a male and a female? I've never heard anyone ask for help breeding these fish. They may be a bit too young to breed but I doubt that's the case. If you have to, try trading your male for a larger male at a LFS.

Your tank should be at least 10 gallons (preferably 20), temp 76-80 F. They will probably breed even with other fish in the tank, but when they do begin breeding they will attack anything else in the tank (even bigger fish). So I suggest isolating them in their own tank. Give them a flower pot or a rock formation to hide and lay their eggs in.

[cichlid]

I got a 55gal the male has no orange scales but female does i have a flower pot but it might be 2 small and i grew accustomed to my male convict i ghad it since he was about 2cm

[gunk]

What other fish are in the tank? Do you have a lot of plants and hiding places for the other fish? The convicts should breed if you give them time, but if they're being intimidated by more aggressive fish they might be too stressed to breed.

[cichlid]

a midas,a african and 2 bottom feeders.

[Fishguy2727]

A female won't mate with a male smaller than her.

[Gemstone]

you either need to get a smaller female or a larger male. All you need to do further..is get some secluded caves...I used to make caves with rocks and slate...for my convicts when I still bred them...they make wonderful parents...It would however be wise not to have any other fish in the tank when they are breeding...they become exceedingly vicious and will attack and kill them off...

other than that...they are the rabbits of the fishie kingdom...

[BigMac]

before you do this, you may want to ask yourself, what am I going to do with hundreds of convicts?

[Algenco]

before you do this, you may want to ask yourself, what am I going to do with hundreds of convicts?


Very good point, and do you have the capability to raise them? tanks, live food for the fry (powdered flake can be used, live is better), etc

[Sharkman]

It is also advisable to remove the two african cichlids from the tank as south american cichlids should not live with african cichlids. they have different needs and it could be detrimental to them both. Like others have said, the convicts should be the only fish in the tank.

[Fishguy2727]

Unless you are altering the chemistry to match the ideal for either the Africans or New World, or have water that is naturally not compatible with one of the types, there actually isn't really any issue with mixing them (at least not as far as chemistry is concerned). In addition, convicts are Central American and love the nice hard water, same as African rift lake cichlids.