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[jayjay]

i've seen convict eggs on a flat surface (which was a flower pot).

 

[SamUK]

sure it was a pure con?

they tend to be mixed alot it seems and naturally they shud dig holes.


sounds like a cross if its layin eggs differently.



could be wrong tho

 

[jayjay]

don't know they were being sold as convicts but i have seen quite a few crosses before and some that look 'prue'.

ok i think i might of been mistaken sorry

 

[sylvia]

What kind of a cross? I find it hard to believe personaly that the only reason a 'convict' layed eggs on a flat surface was that it was a hybrid. When convicts breed, both parents are involved - if you breed a convict to another species, won't they both need to have similar behaviour as they need to form a pair? If they have similar behaviour and yet the mixed offspring lay eggs on flat surfaces, it seems to follow that a convict will lay eggs on a flat surface also - since the parents (convict X whatever) must have done so themselves Am I making sense? Anyway, I'm pretty shure convicts will lay eggs anywhere they feel comfortable - they don't particularly care whether it's a pit in the sand or something entirely different. I've bred lots of them and they were equaly happy to breed in a bare-bottomed tank as in a tank filled with sand or gravel (or even marbles) and they were just normal black convicts.

 

[SamUK]

What kind of a cross? I find it hard to believe personaly that the only reason a 'convict' layed eggs on a flat surface was that it was a hybrid. When convicts breed, both parents are involved - if you breed a convict to another species, won't they both need to have similar behaviour as they need to form a pair? If they have similar behaviour and yet the mixed offspring lay eggs on flat surfaces, it seems to follow that a convict will lay eggs on a flat surface also - since the parents (convict X whatever) must have done so themselves Am I making sense? Anyway, I'm pretty shure convicts will lay eggs anywhere they feel comfortable - they don't particularly care whether it's a pit in the sand or something entirely different. I've bred lots of them and they were equaly happy to breed in a bare-bottomed tank as in a tank filled with sand or gravel (or even marbles) and they were just normal black convicts.

well any pairs youve seen are probabaly from the same spawn or same family so theyll be crossed the same and yea convicts spawn no matter what so they probably had no choice in the bare bottom tanks.


i could be wrong tho (its far from unheard of) and jayjay, dont apologise dude!

out of all my cons tho theyve always spawned in a pit of some sort.



EDIT - sylvia, u had marbles in a tank? how did that look?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

EDIT - sylvia, u had marbles in a tank? how did that look?

can look really cool, was contemplating it myself, go to QSS in Bradford, they have them in a couple of they're tanks

 

[heather]

i got a pair of convics from sam uk i havent had them that long they started guarding 1 corner in the tank then moving all gravel out then they started chasing other fish out i looked today there are some eggs there now they look similar to a bisguit crumbs but a little bit bigger .they are on the bottom of the tank and up the sides of the tank ,,,
cant wait to see what happens next im so excited ,,
thanks sam for the great fish .....

 

[heather]

i will try and get some pics of them but i dont want to keep distubing her as she puts them in her mouth to protect them then lets them go again ,,,

 

[SamUK]

i got a pair of convics from sam uk i havent had them that long they started guarding 1 corner in the tank then moving all gravel out then they started chasing other fish out i looked today there are some eggs there now they look similar to a bisguit crumbs but a little bit bigger .they are on the bottom of the tank and up the sides of the tank ,,,
cant wait to see what happens next im so excited ,,
thanks sam for the great fish .....

no problem

your oscar will be thanking me too soon

or are you gonna raise some fry?

 

[heather]

yeah i might try and raise some ,, i will try and catch as many as we can but it wont be that easy ..i wil keep u informed sam

 

[SamUK]

siphon them out


parents mite attack the hose a couple of times but they give up pretty quick.


all the fry will dive in one place too when you go in the tank (normally a pit dug quickly by the parents.) so you shouldnt have any trouble.

i have a lil one and hes well cute

good luck

 

[heather]

awww great ,,, i will have to try that way of getting them out ,,,

 

[king72]

well still nothing obvious, they are still under the same peice of bogwood and defending it and darting back in if you go near or walk past. still cant see any eggs but they are up to something. will keep you posted.

 

[heather]

I LOOKED TODAY AND MY EGGS HAVE GROWN TAILS HAHAH THERE MOVING ABOUT AND THE MOTHERS HIDING THEM UNDER A ROCK ,, THEY LOOK SO WAIRD ITS LIKE A BROWN TINIE EGG WITH A MOVING TAIL ,,

 

[BRANDX]

Hey King72,

I have also read that convicts will lay on clay pottery. Hope you have luck. Why did you choose convicts to breed. I got mine on accident before I found out they will terrorize everybody in sight. Do you just have lots of extra empty tank space?

I do have to add that my remaining one convict is the healthiest and best looking fish I have...

Heather, congrats! Got pics?