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Originally Posted by dmm28  .Just did some looking around and your a little limited as to what you can put convicts with,they're quite aggressive. |
Agreed. Convicts get extremely territorial/protective when breeding... and it seems like about all it takes to get convicts to breed is a male, a female, and some water
Unfortunately, just about anything that can hold it's own against a breeding pair of convicts would be too large for a 55g. From cichlid-forum.com:
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A spawning Convict pair is only really assured of long-term, adult sized compatibility with each other, when stocked in four foot long aquariums. To keep more than one pair together of this feisty little fish in an aquarium, a six foot long tank is considered the minimum size. Stocking a spawning pair of Convicts in 'mixed' species community tanks, should probably be considered a 'challenging' undertaking, at best. They are very protective - aggressive - parents. A six foot long tank is recommended as the minimum size for keeping this cichlid as a spawning pair in a tank set up like this. Keep with tank mates that are 'robust' and hardy in nature, but not so large in size they will just simply eat your pair!
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