Convicts

Hi all

Does anybody know where some good Convicts can be sourced from? I am toying with the idea of setting up a tank for them, havent had them in years and enjoyed it last timeround.

 

Petcity usually has some,they had extremely large ones in the past.

I'm not sure if @Franna is still active on the forum but he had allot last time i was there.

 

I remember seeing them there a while ago, can't remember if they were of quality? Anyone else seen them perhaps?

 

@DCWarHound seeing your Firemouth pics is also making me think...:idea: Cool fish do you still have them?

 

They were overstocked in the tanks they were in last time i saw them so probably not the best quality.

 

Sold them,their territory requirements are too large and they either need to be overstocked or severely understocked (i couldn't keep more then 2 in a 400L tank,they nearly killed the 3rd one,didn't bother the other fish though)You would probably need a tank with lots of caves and such,similar to a malawi tank.

 

Why not try some flowerhorns. I have 2 beautiful ones.

 

Why not try some flowerhorns. I have 2 beautiful ones for sale

 

hmmm ok...

 

Far too big for me @Michael11 !!

 

have seen plenty but they all look terrible
have not seen a tank full of nice formed fish in years

 

Hi, i know where you can get a few convicts but they are still quite small:suspicious:

 

I have normal and albino .. so if you are still interested in a few weeks I might be able to drop some off for you. All from the same parents many moons back - talk about inbreeding.

How many are you looking for?

Later Ferdie

 

yip thats th problem, you dont know what quality they will be...

 

@f-fish thanks I am looking so to say IF I can get good quality stock... How would you rate yours? A few tpo put in a Convicts only tank... 5-7 perhaps?

 

Well I will have to take photo's ... and you be the judge .. what are you looking for normal or albino?

Later Ferdie

 

@f-fish pics will be great but I trust your judgement of poor vs good quality fish without question... Sorry, looking for normal ones - not a fan of any albino in any living form... How old are yours?

 

@DCWarHound (and anyone else for that matter) - what size were they? I had them in the 1980's and if I remember correctly I had about 5 in a 60 liter tank with no problems. Haven't had them since them so obvious a "bit" rusty!!! Is this normal behaviour the agressiveness? Have not gone into reasearch yet - hectic weekend... @f-fish your thoughts seeing as you are breeding them please?

 

Well I started with the pair - now dead in 2008 ... all of these are off-spring so not sure if you are into hill-billy fish. They are probably going to throw albino if my tanks are anything to judge by.


Will get some pics - probably tomorrow and post them.

Later Ferdie

 

They were a bit smaller then 10cm,the 2 bully ones were bigger then the 3rd one though so that might have been why they were bullying it.

I think 4-5 might be the minimum you can have in a tank if 2 of them aren't a pair.

I think they weren't so aggressive because they don't have allot of swimming space in a 60L with other cichlids compared to larger tanks with fewer cichlids.