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Pink Convict (Archocentrus)
$4.00 – $12.00
Description
Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, ‘Pink’, the Pink Convict Cichlid, is a cichlid from Central America. There is a lot of confusion about the scientific name for the species. We use https://www.itis.gov/ because America laws refer to it, and that agency uses the above. Complicating things, this fish has been in the hobby a long time and may be a hybrid. We acquired this fish a long time ago from a source our records don’t show. Males are much larger than females and some grow a nuchal hump. They often reach 15cm (6 in.). Females are about half that size and don’t grow humps. Unusually for cichlids, males are less colorful than females, which often display blue, orange, and yellow bellies. Juveniles resemble males in coloration.
The pink form of this fish caused by a recessive mutation limiting melanin production to the eyes and resulting in a pink-gold body color.
Convicts are substrate breeders and form pairs bonds that often last a lifetime. A pair will defend a territory from other fish and when ready to spawn will clean a space on a rock or sometimes in a cave. The pair will lay 100-200 eggs. The pair guards the eggs and keeps them clean until they hatch. The pair then diligently defends the resulting fry from predators. This species is among the easiest of the cichlids to breed.
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Charlotte –
My pair of reg Convict Chichlid spawned a couple mo ago. Almost all of the fry are Pink.
charles –
Charlotte,
While that is unusual, it’s not impossible. For any of the fry to be pink, both parents must be carrying the recessive pink allele. In such a mating, you’d expect ratio of three blacks to one pink. Those are the odds. It is possible to have such a spawn where all the fry are pink, but that is extremely rare. When you get unexpectedly skewed ratios, there may be other factors at work. It could be that both parents were carrying a recessive lethal allele of another gene located close to the black allele on the chromosome. That would reduce the number of black fry. It could be something as simple as one or more parent (or another fish in the tank) considering black fry to be food.
Do you have a count of the black and pink fry?
Charles
Wolfman🐺 –
Hi Charles it’s me wolfman I had one time put a male pink convict cichlid into the tank will my male red terror cichlid my red terror cichlid didn’t like that he tried to kill it so I moved it to another tank then I realized it’s not just Texas or carprintis cichlids my Hybrid (RED PHOENIX KING CICHLID 👑) will take on my hybrid to other people and cichlids will be hard to figure out with aggression cause on one hand someone could think the red terror side of it will be weak with a red devil or Midas in their tank but that’s when the red tiger Motaguense in it will take over. and if that have convict cichlids that’s when one or both mixed in will take over.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Wolfman🐺 –
Charles what is your favorite Central America cichild.
Wolfman🐺 –
I will also put a male pink convict cichlid with 3 flier sunfish, 4 firemouth cichlids and rulers of the tank a pair of Suwannee bass.
Wolfman🐺 –
Yup I will also have a big single male pink convict cichlid with the Suwanee family the Suwanee bass pair😆😆😆😆 HAA HA HA HA HA HAAAA