Hello,
I decided to make a journal of my convicts breeding cycle. Just thought it would be interesting...
Names:
Female-no name yet
Male-no name yet
MORNING, DAY 1:
Convicts are checking out all caves and corners, they follow eachother everywhere. They hide behind the heater sometimes. Female is developing a metalic orange/yellow color on her belly, wondering if she's going to lay eggs soon. fed convicts some flake food and tubifex worms, whitch they gobbled up, didn't know they could eat so much in 3 minutes. After feeding breakfast, convicts hid behind the heater, I wonder if that will be their future nesting site.(it may be their current nesting site
) I will have to clean the gravel soon, it's getting dirty pretty fast, but what can you expect? The more a fish eats, the dirtyer the gravel gets.
I am going to watch the fish for a while, and I'll edit what I see onto this post.
EARLY AFTERNOON, DAY 1
Nothing much going on. fed cichlids 3 flakes and 4 individual tubifex worms for a snack. females dorsal fin is starting to show yellow. After their snack, the female went behind the heater, and the male went on the other side of the tank, I hope they didn't break up.
Corner under heater is getting very dirty, I don't see how such little fish could make that much poo.
I guess cause the female is almost always behind the heater, so i guess the gravel under the heater is gonna get dirty no matter what.
I'm thinking of getting a couple of mollys, maybe that will turn on their parenting instincts. (-; I can't wait till the female lays eggs!
Her belly, the part that has turned a metallic yellow/orange, is starting to expand. I hope she has a belly full of eggs.
I wonder if they'll eat the eggs after their layed? I've read that convicts will do that occasionally.
I decided to make a journal of my convicts breeding cycle. Just thought it would be interesting...
Names:
Female-no name yet
Male-no name yet
MORNING, DAY 1:
Convicts are checking out all caves and corners, they follow eachother everywhere. They hide behind the heater sometimes. Female is developing a metalic orange/yellow color on her belly, wondering if she's going to lay eggs soon. fed convicts some flake food and tubifex worms, whitch they gobbled up, didn't know they could eat so much in 3 minutes. After feeding breakfast, convicts hid behind the heater, I wonder if that will be their future nesting site.(it may be their current nesting site
I am going to watch the fish for a while, and I'll edit what I see onto this post.
EARLY AFTERNOON, DAY 1
Nothing much going on. fed cichlids 3 flakes and 4 individual tubifex worms for a snack. females dorsal fin is starting to show yellow. After their snack, the female went behind the heater, and the male went on the other side of the tank, I hope they didn't break up.