convicts

ive been trying to get rid of the male apistogramma nijsseni since the female died because i cant get another female because the lfs said there supplyers havent got any at all so could be another few months. this guy said he would have it because i was just giving it away for free and he said i could have a proven pair of convicts. the male is pink and about 1" and the female is a normal one with blue and black stripes. he said the spawned a yesterday but thee eggs where eaten by his blue acara which is why hes selling these because tha acara where attacking them.
this is the female the pics are really bed because there on my phone. ill try and get some better ones tomorro once shes coloured up. she was a navy blue colour with black stripes that go from her back to ger belly and has a bright orange belly because she still has her breeding colours on.
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and male
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male and female
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Nice looking babies! So they are a trade off of the male apisto, right?

yh the one that was in the 30g no the ones in the 15g theres no way i could ever sell them. im hoping for some fry soon because they sppawned yesterdayand they all got eaten i heard that they should spawn again in the next few days.

Well I think it was a good trade, maybe he will find a new mate. As for the other two I hope to hear they spawned soon!

thanks

I got some more pics today. The female has coloured up a little shes a bit more blue and the sripes are back and you can just see a little tint of the orange on the stomach
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this pic isnt very good but you can just see the orange on its body and the bright blue under its gill
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they seem to have settled in now the males fine but the females had a few fights with the angels but it seems to be calming down.

Gorgeous! Very dramatic coloring aren't they?

yh she should still get a bit darker blue and black and when shes breeding she will have a bright orange colour all over her sides.
like this but mine is a darker colour blue
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OOOHHH!

:] i dont think mine are going to breed again though because the females egg tube has gone back in but you colud see it really clearly when i first got her.

Maybe another time then. She's probably a bit to stressed from moving to spawn anyways, it might not be good for her.

yh i thought she would proberly be to stressed but was still hoping but o well. shes been eating live foods so hopefully she shuld be eggy agian soon.

I think she'll settle in and in no time you'll be talking about eggs again!

hopefully ill let you all know if she does.

Convicts are regular egglayers IMO, but I don't think ANY fish could get jiggy with it that soon after the first load of eggs.

You'll probs see some eggs in a few weeks. They're great parents too

they are such lovely fish,
you sure are busy kizno1!!!
i dont know what it is about cichlids
but i love them i seem to be drawn to them
severums,oscars,silver dolllars,
and best of all my fav discus
oh one day i shall have my tank of them???

I love sevs too - have 2 greens, a gld and a red spot. The greens are going to my mum though, they're such trouble makers, maybe because they're wild caught?

Cichlids have so much personality though

silverrabbit wrote:Convicts are regular egglayers IMO, but I don't think ANY fish could get jiggy with it that soon after the first load of eggs.

You'll probs see some eggs in a few weeks. They're great parents too

yh i know it is quite soon but ive hear a few times where they have layed eggs and because they have been eaten they replace them within a few days

tropical girl wrote:they are such lovely fish,
you sure are busy kizno1!!!
i dont know what it is about cichlids
but i love them i seem to be drawn to them
severums,oscars,silver dolllars,
and best of all my fav discus
oh one day i shall have my tank of them???

i like cichlids aswell but all the nice once seem to get to big to go in my tank and my mum wont let me get any bigger ones.
i like severums, oscars and jags they all look amazing

i had to put the female convict in the breeding trap when i got back today because it had chewed up on the the angels fins quite bad and a little nips to another one but the other 2 seem fine but hopefully a night in the breeding trap might calm her down.

it seems to have calmed a lillte im going to let it out tomorrow morning so i can check on it through the day.

I seen Cichlids in the LPS a few weeks ago. Some had an almost red belly, were they near breeding? I just thought it was their colouring but now after hearing this, obviously not!