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Posted	Malawis and Convicts
30-10-2006 20:17 by zalanz	I have 4 Convicts [2 small males and 1 beeding pair] would it be feasible to keep in a 50 gallon tank with any Malawis? If not any other recommended ?
30-10-2006 20:50 by Cichlid Fury	i am going to cause a riot here, but i think it is possible, my chief concern would actually be diet requirements, if there is a breeding pair of cons, use on flower pot only and place it in one corner of the tank
30-10-2006 20:55 by Cichlid Fury	i think bloodworm and meaty frozen foods should be included atleast once a week, so i think with Malawi that may be an issue as for behaviour, one breeding pair of cons should be okay in a 50 Gallon, but in my 40 gallon i make sure when the convict fry are free swimming to take them out, as thats when the main agression happens. Altho with the diet thing, convics can live on non-meaty foods, i just think its a shame if they have to though
30-10-2006 21:01 by paul stevens	Dont give them bloodworm you will get malawi bloat as i did.
30-10-2006 21:18 by JOHANSWAN	malawi and convicts differ an lot they may stay alive as they are tough fish but convicts are cichlid with a ph off about 5,0-6 and malawis is in the region off 8 so it nothing to do with riot it is putting a fish in a enviroment that is unhealthy and it will only shorten their live lets rather try to keep fish to the best enviroments where they should be
30-10-2006 21:43 by Cichlid Fury	no, no, no, convicts are quite happy at ph 7.5.-8.0 pH is NOT an issue with keeping Convicts and Malawi together, DIET and TEMPERAMENT is, but I repeat Johan, PH is NOT an issue, the vast majority of convicts are tank bred to a variety of pH, you will not find many Convicts that will be bothered with the PH my friend Johan.
30-10-2006 21:44 by Cichlid Fury	Convicts DO NOT require a pH of 5-6, even wild caught convicts or red-points do not need a ph of 5-6 to flourish in aquaria
30-10-2006 22:33 by Ste	i have juvenile convicts in with my juvenile malawis, been together since they were fry no problems what so ever.
31-10-2006 08:22 by PaddyD	Convicts would actually require an alkaline pH. Never keep them in acidic conditions, they will die, While lots of mixes can work it is just a lot easier to not bother - you will get more success. The behavioural aspects are important, Convicts set up permanat breeding territories of abot 18" in diameter. and need this to successfully breed and perform life events. Malawis only have temporary breeding territorys and different behavioural signals. So the 2 types of fish just dont recognise each other in a way that makes sense.
31-10-2006 08:33 by RyanR	Dont even attempt it, seen it done and when those convicts spawn all hell will let loose, the diet, parimeters is totally different, your malawi's will get destroyed, my mates convicts have just killed is huge severum!
31-10-2006 13:48 by telboy	if ya not too worried bout parameters etc then it can be done!id consider diet to be main problem,but you will get agro once breeding starts,so is it really worth it?
31-10-2006 17:19 by TARTINJOCK	I have 2 Malawi dominant males and they killed my cons.
01-11-2006 11:02 by RyanR	Tartinjock has said it all here... Dont mix them!

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