heres the female still spawning

and heres a good shot of her colour, not any where near as bright as in person but still, the reason she is so colourfull is because she is an F1 convict, no this doesnt mean she races f1 cars it means her parents are wild caught fish

Congratulations! The second pic of the fish is beautiful!

Congrats on your spawn! You'll have to keep us updated when the birth happens!!!

Congrats kev

Congrats on the spawning! Your convict is a beauty. What size tank are they in?

Congradz Kev! how exacly do they take care of there eggs
or fry? Do you have to take them out so the fish don't eat them?

they are in a 30 for now, they gaurd their babies, they wont eat them themslelves but they keep other fish away from them so that they cant eat them either !

the first couple of times they *can* eat their own, but they are only learning and normally get the hang of it very soon, 3 spawns tops.... im not sure where they hid the babies right now but theres a few more days before they become free swimming, this being their first spawn i was going to have the babies in a breeding trap, i saw one of the babs yesterday but by the time i had my net i lost him again