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One-third of the horde of convicts in a 55-gallon tank. You can sex
them from here.
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Here's some more of the prolific little devils.
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Female pink convicts are gold on their side especially at breeding
time. Easy to sex.
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Could this be called a "koi convict?"
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Gold flash on side of regular convict female. Her gold increases at breeding
time.
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Same female convict protecting her eggs. Same 4" pot. About 150 eggs
above her.
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We pulled some of her larvae with a turkey baster. After the photo
op, we gave them back.
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Then the pair of convicts started moving their fry from pit to pit.
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So we looked at them again a couple days later (and put them back again).
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Three days later, the baby convicts are up and swarming. Lotsa kids.
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Another spawning. About 200 eggs here.
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Six-inch male convict capable of killing any female. Note head
"bump" and fin extensions.
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This two-inch female
convict follows him around most of the time.
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And don't think females can't be mean.
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She spawned in here. How he fertilized the eggs is anybody's guess.
Back in my killifish
phase, pink
Congos were the first convicts that caught my eye (other than those in the
“women behind bars” movies). Pink
egglaying fishes that bred at the drop of a hat were not common at the time.
They took the fish clubs around the country by storm.
Everyone wanted pink Congos.
Not
from Africa.
It was not till later that we found out the Pink Congos were not from
Africa (this was in the pre-African cichlid days we’re discussing, way last
millenium).
Those were the days when the Egyptian mouthbrooders, Mossambic
mouthbrooders (we called them mouthbreeders), jewel fish, nudiceps, and
kribensis were the only African cichlids.
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