Originally posted by whalelover
Are those convict cichilds? I have 3 of them in my tank, and they're still pretty small. Have yours breed yet??....
Yes they are Convict Cichilds and a yes mine have breed, That what these guys are some of my babies that grew up.

Thats what we do around here, not that we planed to do that, It just happened. Besides this tank we have 2 other tanks just with the small babies, mommy and dady in them. We been suppling our 2 local pet stores for the last 2 years with Convicts and other Cichilds. The Orange cichilds in the picture are also some of our babies we breeded.

Convicts are the easies to breed out of any cichlid, They breed like rabbits almost. If you want yours to breed, first make sure you have a female, she will have a little bit of red on her under belly. Water has to be just right, Ph leval right, warm water, 76 to 80 no higher and hidding places for the mom and dad to feel safe. All of my tanks are filled with slate rock, leaving small openings for them to hid. So if you want babies, just some ideas to help make it easier.

Convicts unlike other Cichlids will gaurd their babies, both mom and the dad, mine have gone days without eating just to protect thier babies. The other Cichlids eat there babies, so they make breeding a little harder.

Oh BTW welcome to Pet Talk. Hope you like it here.