http://www.fishcaretips.com/fish-profiles/the-convict-cichlid-fish-profile/ Tips on Caring for Fresh Water Aquarium Fish Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:33:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.fishcaretips.com/fish-profiles/the-convict-cichlid-fish-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Laura Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:08:43 +0000 http://www.fishcaretips.com/?p=13#comment-274 I am a newbie to caring for fish..I have 3 convicts in a 50 gallon tank. I've noticed after 2 weeks they look as though they've been to war...scratches on their sides, the hump on their head is scratched. I'm wondering if I have enough air flow..or need a slime replacing treatment...Help? I am a newbie to caring for fish..I have 3 convicts in a 50 gallon tank. I’ve noticed after 2 weeks they look as though they’ve been to war…scratches on their sides, the hump on their head is scratched.
I’m wondering if I have enough air flow..or need a slime replacing treatment…Help?

]]> http://www.fishcaretips.com/fish-profiles/the-convict-cichlid-fish-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-271 MMelone Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:17:04 +0000 http://www.fishcaretips.com/?p=13#comment-271 When should you separate the fry from the parents . . . is there a point when they will start eating their babies? When should you separate the fry from the parents . . . is there a point when they will start eating their babies?

]]> http://www.fishcaretips.com/fish-profiles/the-convict-cichlid-fish-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Dan Wed, 13 May 2009 04:16:26 +0000 http://www.fishcaretips.com/?p=13#comment-270 You forgot to mention in the breeding section that if you separate all the males from the females, some females will spontaneously change sex, though the new male sex organs cannot actually make them reproduce. This will, however, cause the remaining females to continue to lay eggs, waiting for the new "male" to fertilize them. You forgot to mention in the breeding section that if you separate all the males from the females, some females will spontaneously change sex, though the new male sex organs cannot actually make them reproduce. This will, however, cause the remaining females to continue to lay eggs, waiting for the new “male” to fertilize them.

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