iN-dEPTH: Black Convict Cichlid (Archocentrus Nigrofasciatus)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In this weeks episode of iN-dEPTH we take a closer look at the Black Convict Cichlid. This aggresive cichlid is one of the most well known freshwater fish due to it's ability to reproduce like rabbits and be able to survive in a wide range of water parameters. Enjoy!
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One of the easiest fish to get, keep and one of the best looking and most enjoyable personalities.
one of the best videos on youtube
dont usually like or comment but ill do both, great video. nicely relayed information
Wow so freaking neat! I am loving this vid. I'm a new convict owner and aquarium builder. Ty for this info!
I love this video, reminds me of when I had Convict's. They'll breed alright, we would take then into one of our local fish store for store credit till one day the owner (half jokingly) told us that if we brought him one more convict he'd ban us for life. I think they would breed about every 3 months, about 100 fry at a time. We eventually sold the original breeding pair for around $30.00. On a side note the fry we kept started breeding once they hit the 1 inch mark. And they say rabbit's are bad. ;)
O I know what you mean with the local fish store story. Had a similar running with that myself haha. Tanks and glad you enjoyed!
Best video I've found on convicts!
Thank You! Very good information, you have nice convict cichlid fish.
I just got 2 little female convicts to join my 13 inch albino Oscar in his new, huge tank, and they're doing great! I was scared he would eat them, but they're way too quick for him.
I got them to help clean up the tank, since oscars are so messy, and they are amazing at it. They love all the food floating around, lol.
Awesome info! Just purchased 2 in my tank and i love them
Best video out there on convicts
Thanks for the informational video. others ive watched have no commentary
Most wonderful information with most beautiful video :)
after a few frys they tend not to be as agressive when having their babies.Yes they chase the other fish when they get close to their babies but they dont attack to kill or hurt.The first 2 fry their gonna be real agressive but after that they tend to be much more tolerant.Hope this helps.
Nice job on this video. Your personal experience with them and explanation is very informative. Thanks
Thanks for watchin man!
awesome video. your fish are nice. great information. thank you
Very very useful, ours have just spawned!!! Lol, then we thought they were eating them!!!
I LOVE MY BREEDING PAIR!! so many babies, always.
Thank you for heads up. I was considering a pair for a 35 gallon tank. That is more frye than I can handle.
convinced me to get these convicts doing my research first
Awesome video!
Convicts are hardy as hell. One of my favorite cichlids. Second only to Oscars. As stated very easy to breed. The only cichlids I've ever had breed are a pair of convicts. And certainly the only egg layers i've ever had breed. I highly recommend them. They're not as personable as oscars (at least the ones that i've had)
Very rewarding fish to breed but would only keep them with bottom feeders when breeding or get large tank
Very informative thank you.
Well thanks I will message you if I get the urge to make another iN-dEPTH. Tanks!!!
nice fish there, as a personal opinion don't like mixed tank with convicts they are one of my personal favorites but they will destroy everything else in any tank great for species only tanks
I've kept convicts on and off for years and just last year I bought a few, long story short, my pair had babies several times in the end only 2 survived (I let nature take its course, survival for the fittest), now I have two young males, one's bigger and he fights my catfish for territory! My other convicts died of a disease which I couldn't cure (inflamed fins, let me know if you know what that is)
I believe you cannot stop the circle of life with these little horn puppets. The only way would be to seperate them or just own the same sex of the species. Best of Luck!
I dont even follow or watch anything related to fish but this was in my recommended so ok, cool video nonetheless XD
I agree not all fish are blood thirsty maniacs, however, the general consensus is that the Convicts are an agressive fish and should be noted that they will be harm to smaller fish and even the big ones ;)
You should make a fire mouth care guide too! please.
Thanks!
one of my favorite fish , they are baby making machines
Great video
Nice. Read the same thing on google earlier only difference is this is like reading a picture book.
that firemouth is looking for a fight.
Well Done!
Sir, what about thorichthys species, such as thorichthys maculipinnis? They are very closely related. Do they need the same temperature for general keeping? I am wondering because I saw conflicting information online. Some recommend as high as 79-82 claiming it boosts the immune system, while other as low as 72-75 in order to increase oxygen saturation.
Agreed!
i have 2 female convicts who ive had for about 3.5 years. they tend to have their moments where they seem to fall out with each other and wont go near each other for about a day, then are back together.
She is quite a Beauty! Tanks!
Heyyy bunny here💙🐰💙 but why do you keep an oscar with them.. can they go together????
I have a 220L sand tank cycling for a pair so yah now I'm waiting! Thats a very cool video btw .. new subscriber here! ✌🏻🌻
Bunny out💙🐰💙
I have mine with my polar blue cichlids with no problems
very informative
I need more help in telling the difference in male and female especially when they're young?
Please help 🙏
Nice fish i planning to get black covint cichid
They are great fish
That oscars gonna eat those convicts when it gets bigger
a full grown oscar would have a GREAT difficulty eating a full grown convict. I've bred BOTH in the SAME tank
it is allready near to fit it in its mouth lol ... he is underating the appetite of the oscar xD
i like much your video and all you explain about the cichlids, i have just one male cichlid convict black streaps , i had another lind of fishs but he kill to all of them, now i do a 10 gallons just for him ,my question is why he remove all the gravel and make a hole and he stay there ?
im trying to find a same kind od him but female but how he is a bigger is no easy find it same size
I have a 200W heater for my 55 gallon tank. Best of luck!
Cool video! My pair just bred for the first time this month. At what stage should I remove the fry?
I give them to my Local Fish Store :)
Tanks boss!
Why did you say they should be kept on their own but there’s different types of cichlids in the tank
Will the convicts eat their fry, should they be seperated at some point , or can they be left in the same tank continuously? Thank great video, Ill be subscribing
I have mine in a 30 litre tank, they've recently laid eggs but is this sustainable in such a small environment? we had no choice we saved them from the porcelain express at a friends house :(
nice
I’m setting up a 40 gallon breeder tank for a pair of convicts. I see that you have a pleco in with your fish. I’ve been trying to figure out what fish I might be able to use as a clean up crew. Something that would be safe around parents and fry. I like cory catfish but I’m not sure how the convicts would react to them being in the aquarium
i have one male convict in my 66 US gallon Community aquarium which consists of 3 bala shark 1 Red tail shark 1 angel 3 diffrent african ciclids 1 sucking loach and 4 guppys which are left from cycling. it is generally a peaceful community apart from the fact the convict chases almost every fish in the tank most of the time but i dont wont to get rid of him so any ways to calm them down abit ?
Nice video, mine got swimming fry a day or 2 ago, when/what do you do when they get bigger, can i just leavm in tank?
and Tanks!
he could be a honduran red point their similar to convict cichlids but little less agressive and more colorful
i have 8 baby convicts in a tank now , will they all fight if they breed?
Question. I was trying to see if there’s any chance I can get a small “clean up crew,” for a pair, and I was wondering if Kuhli Loaches could possibly work. Kuhli loaches are nocturnal and hide during the day, and then at night they come out and eat, basically being out of the convicts way. Is this possible??
Yes! I have a Yo Yo Loach with my convicts and they get along fine
I love my cichlids I have 140 of them!! 😂😂
@Curt Jackson yep
I would be in fear for your blue crayfish as convicts can be very aggressive towards other inhabitants in the tank when they have there fry near by. Best of luck :)
as soon as i introduced the male to the famales tank... the male lost most of his color,, and started pumping his gills/flaring his gills. is this normal?
and great upload
Very nice fish you have and great info, it got a thumbs up and a subscribe.
What do you usually do with your extra fry?
I grew them out and gave them to the local fish store ☺
+Sterling Peterson (Aqua Hound) I have a beautiful long finned Male Convict and I am going to buy a nice colorful long finned female to pair with him. I am moving out all the other fish hopefully today and will have an entire 38 planted aquarium dedicated to the pair. My question is do you sell your fry to one specific lfs or multiple different stores? I know convicts breed often, so does the lfs just keep taking them or?
I have a convict that I'd like to breed in my 55 gallon although my tank is shared with about 6 blue crayfish that love to hide in my clay pots.. Would the fry be in danger of getting eaten?
Yeah nothin like a little protein snack for the oscar!
ohh and i dont mean to bomb your vid like this but ill say another thing.The male convict doesnt hang around much after the 3rd or 4th fry.I have 3 female and one male and before the fry get any real size he leaves them and starts another fry with one of the other convicts.I find jewels are much more agressive when they have fry,they take just about half the tank.But this is only their 2nd fry.All mine are about 3 inches.Right now i have 4 convicts,1m/3f
3 jewels,1m2f.....and 3 yellow labs1m2f...and U might not believe this but all 3 sets of fish are having fry at the same time in a 60g tank.The convicts and the jewels usually have them a week apart like this time,the lab is holding hers in her mouth as we speak.Imma make a video of them when they spit them out and yu can see them clearly.
This was the best convict vid ive seen yet on youtube.GJ.
Thanks for the comment hombre and convicts seem to be most aggressive when it comes to the baby making process. Afterwards they are great parentals like you stated.
im looking for a rare pair to breed.but i guess we all are,lol.
O the ol green pair eh? They ain't cheap, but if you get a good pair you might be able to make back some of that hard earned money spent those little beuties. Cheers
I need that driftwood
Do both males and females dig pits in preparation for egg laying?
My mating pair wont stop by time the babies get 5 weeks old, they are ready for another round of fry unfortunately around the same time the now 5 week old are getting eating by their parents is this common
I just got 2 small ones with nice orange and blue on the bottom, I didn’t know those were girls. I was hoping for 2 pit bull type that can tolerate a very mean green terror. But I doubt 2 small girls can take the abuse. We’ll see
@ JD Smith. None in a 5 gallon. That is too small. Keep some shrimp or a few guppies in your 5 gallon.
cool video I subbed
I noticed there is a pim pictus cat in there I have 2 convicts one of each sex one angel 2 malawis one Malawi's killed the third after some serious time together weird 2 silver sharks one multi synodontis 3 plecs that's it any recommends should all these be OK? They seem to be so far
do convict fry grow up to be juvenile delinquents ? ?
lmao ur just reading from the wiki page!
Are you kiddin me man, I never spoke so much bull latin in my life haha. It's a lot of facts but that's what this kind of is, plus a few personal experiences with these baby makin machines. Take care Sammy boy!
Only toke me a year to reply lol.
Sammy boy! I'll give u Sammy boy! Haha. Na FairPlay mate this video did actual help me out last year so thumbs buddy.
So thumbs up buddy*
Hey man I have 10 new Convicts. I have in my tank currently I have 3 african cichlids 1 rainbow shark 5 regular goldfish and sailfin molly 2 tetras and 10 new convicts i got from a guy free and about half of them are baby and are about a 0.75 of an inch i have the kind you have but the biggets ones are the black striped ones and I only have a 1 inch pink or white conict and also half of the babies are black striped convict and are white convict and I have a 55 gallon tank is good for babies
Someone did their homework
I had a male with my german blue rams and hatchet fish didnt work so good I temporarily stuck him into a 5 gallon octogon has enough room for the time my male german ram would get picked on by him and this korning found the ram dead earlier I found the hatchetfish dead and whats funny is none of my original 3 fish in the tank got killed I had a ram a hatchet fish and a catfish he didnt touch them but he really likes his new tank I will buy him a gallon and a female thanks for tips wish I would have know sooner of their ogressiveness
Holy shit they can take on oscar that size lol
thank you, for a good video. can you tell me what PH, suits this fish ? What is your PH ?
Could I mix other cichlid whit my Black Convict Cichlid like:
Kenyi African Cichlid
Electric Yellow Labidochromis
Bumblebee African Cichlid
Acei Cichlid
Albino Tiger Oscar Cichlid
Blood Red Parrot Cichlid
Tiger Oscar Cichlid
Jewel Cichlid
Jack Dempsey Cichlid
Red Oscar Cichlid
Red Devil Childhood
That would be a Firemouth :)
How do you prevent them from breeding?
I don't got one of them but maybe someday :)
What do you do with all the fry?
Is that right??
Can I keep them with a red tail black shark?
Slap it in the gill plate no I honestly don't know how to simmer the aggresion in these creatures. My male takes on an Oscar that is 3 times the size of it's own body. Cichlids just tend to have this aggression, but may calm over time.
how many gallons is this tank?
i got 4 of em if you need video i got 2 golds 1 electric blue jack dempsey and 1 regular
Thank you very much for the information, it is very useful, I am planning to get these fish for my new fish tank,what is the minimum size tank that is required for them?
He read that off of Wikipedia
how about a indepth jack dempsey
And you will have many more soon if they are a cute couple.