This Special
Pet Fish Talk Interview features
Steve Corandan, a professional fish
breeder, who talks about how he breeds
freshwater Convict Cichlids.
Click
here now to
hear "Breeding
Convict Cichlids", which is about
72-minutes
long.
A
pair of Convict Cichlids with their tiny babies that
are just a few days old.
The male Convict is above,
the female is below, and
their babies are swimming
between them. Picture sent
by Robin from Seattle, WA.
Hundreds of
Convict Eggs, shown at the tip of the
white arrow, were
laid on both the big rock
on the left and the smaller
red rock on the right.
Picture from listener David G.
A
Breeding Pair
of Convicts with the Pink
Female on the left and the
Barred Male on the right.
This picture was sent with
permission to use it by
Sam from Australia.
A
Female Pink
Convict Cichlid Most female
Convicts have some orange
on their bellies. This female
was raised by the Bailey
Brothers, and has more orange
than most females.
Here is a
Tiny
Baby Convict This
picture was taken by Roni
B. and sent to us with
her permission
to use it.
A Brief
Summary
Steve Corandan, a
professional fish breeder and owner
of Corandan's Tropical Fish in Florence,
NJ, talks about how he breeds Convict
Cichlids in his fish hatchery.
Topics Discussed
Convicts: scientific
names, what is a Cichlid? Their natural
habitat, color varieties, maximum sizes,
aggressive behavior. Their aquarium:
how many gallons, the shape. Ornaments,
plants, caves, pots, and gravel all
labeled for use in aquariums. Aquarium
heater: the correct water temperature.
More Topics
The proper Water Chemistry. Lighting.
Buying fish: how many, what size, and
how to determine their gender. Feeding
and conditioning for breeding. Other
fish species in the tank? Pairing off,
their territory, spawning, guarding
their eggs. Hatching. Free swimming
fry. Food for baby Convicts. What to
do with all those baby Convicts?
Click
here to go a page in AquariumFish.net
with more details about Breeding Convict
Cichlids. At the bottom of that page
is a link to another page with more
about Breeding Convicts.
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