Black Convict

By: cemc
 
Common Name: Black Convict
Latin Name: Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
Origin: Central America
Temperature: 68-82°F - 20-28°C
Ease Of Keeping: Easy
Aggressivness: Aggressive
Lighting: Dim-bright
Adult Size: 6 inches - 15cm
Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallon
Feeding: Flakes,live food as treats.
Spawning Method: Egg Layer
Comments: This article is all about breeding convicts and raising the fry.
 
Convicts start to breed when they are an inch long.
They can have up to 100-200 eggs per batch.
Good parents in general. In some cases parents have to be taken out.
I personally raised 120 fry in a 10 gallon tank and eight months later they are now in a 20 gallon tank.
Fry eat crushed flakes and baby brine shrimp.
The fry need hiding spots and plants are optional but they do better with them.
My convicts DID breed successfully without a heater. They do need a good filter.
I had gravel in my tank but that killed some of my small fry. From 120 to 100.
WHEN BREEDING A PAIR OF CONVICTS AFTER THERE DONE IF THE MALE SEEMS TO BE BEATING UP THE FEMALE TAKE HER OUT! HE WILL KILL HER!
I didn't condition my pair.
Convicts just like to spawn.
But if you want to condition them they will take almost any live or frozen food.
There very active fish and alot of fun to watch.
Please DO NOT mix goldfish with convicts. THEY WILL BE MASSACRED.
 

Comments

i have 4 covicts, and 2 of them paired off the first day they were in the tank together, and spawned the next day. now i have a lot of eggs under a rock cave in the tank. theyr very good at keeping the other 2 away from their nest.

Hi i have a 44.4 gallon fishtank with 2 electric yellows, 3 electric blues, 1 mangarno, 2 johanies, 2 black Acie(yellow tail), 2 cobaros,1 trophies(African Cichlids) . I also have 2 Convicts male and female, they are great fish. I got them at about 1 inch long and within 2-3 weeks the sporned and laid eggs on the wall of a cave,But the female ate them.About three weeks ago they sporned again and within a week the female ate the eggs again. What can u sugest i do?
plese repliy!

Q. hi i have a 200L tank with 2 eletric yellows,3 eletric blues,1 mangarno,2 johanies,2 yellow tail ACIES,2 cobaros,1 Trophys. I also have 2 convicts (male&female)and have spawned twice but keep eating there eggs. DO you have any sugestions. PLese replie
thanx Ben

I started breeding convicts some months ago. They are fantastic fish to observe especially when they have fry. I had cleaned one fry tank and left two or three fry in the tank. They survived low temperature of 14 degrees for many months without filtration system and no water changes. Speak of fish which are hardy.

I have successfully breeded my black convicts. The male and female are getting along and protecting the fry. They've hatched about 50 eggs or more and I see that more eggs have been laid.