A group of female convicts

[jcarr71]

About two months ago I bought five really young convicts from a giant group of juvies at my lfs. My goal was to get a breeding pair. It hasn't happened yet. Head to tail they are three inches, but nothing. They live relatively peacefully together. I was planning on running the other three back, but nothing yet.

Two of them are the normal color, and the other three are the albino/pink variation. The two normal ones are obviously female due to all the pink coloration on their underbellies. I don't know how to sex the other three.

If by freak, improbable chance I ended up without a male, what is the end result going to be here? Will five female convicts live together in only a 29g? It doesn't seem like enough room for them to live without fighting.

[Northernguy]

Males have no orange on their stomachs!
Most of the time!If you have no males there will be no fry.
If a female does lay eggs its going to ugly in that tank.
Here is a bit of reading.Hope it helps.http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/cichlid/convict.php

[octoxpuss]

Ha well even the albino ones still have reder bellies. I have a breeding pair of convicts. I am trying to get rid of them. Ha.