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i have 3 convicts in a 30 gallon i know its bad but its what i had to do becuase they were beating up my oscars in the 55 so now there in there BUT i have 2 males and a female and oneof the males breeded with the female and is now beating the other male up pretty badly and what should i do with him??? should i put the beat up one in the 55 or will that result even worse??

help me before he dies

Move the injured male. In a 30 gal. set-up the fighting between the males will get only worse. If you are only putting one of the three back in the 55 gal. things might go better with your Oscar (no promises). But if you leave him in the 30 he's doomed!! A breeding pair of decent sized cons will feel that a 30 gal. tank is their entire territory so that leaves no room for a lonely male. Well good luck with your decision!!:D

i just dont know where to put him because i put him in the 55 and the oscars chased after him

Any kind of caves will work, rocks are the best to use as they dont' move easily. Make sure they are low down so only the convict wil get into it. Don't make it closed at one end so he can get in and out easily when danger is near..The Oscar wil stop chasing him when he tires of the chase..Convicts are smart. he will survive if you give him places to hide in..

I don't mean to be harsh, but
[begin rant] we need to start thinking ahead when we plan aquariums. Problems like this occur when we fail to do the research while planning! These aren't just "fish", they are live animals that need to be cared for and given proper habitat. One hour of internet research before you go to the LFS to buy fish will tell you what you can and cannot buy. If you know that 3 cons are "bad" in a 30, and that an Oscar in a 55 will terrorize smaller fish (both facts easily researched), then you don't put the poor fish in that situation in the first place. Barb's suggestion in regards hiding places is good, but the real solution is to sell/give away the outcast male Convict or quickly buy him a new aquarium. If we would have done the same thing with predatory dogs in a small back yard, we could be fined and possibly jailed![end rant]

Research while planning a setup solves a lot of problems!

--Mark:cool:

first of all when i bought the 55 it came with the convicts which i did not want but the tank was only 100 bucks with every thing encluded and 2nd i bought the 55 for the oscars and the person who was supposed to take the convicts did not take them. so i ended up in this situation and did not know anything about convicts. now my brother is taking all three so problem solved.

Originally posted by wemery12
first of all when i bought the 55 it came with the convicts which i did not want but the tank was only 100 bucks with every thing encluded and 2nd i bought the 55 for the oscars and the person who was supposed to take the convicts did not take them. so i ended up in this situation and did not know anything about convicts. now my brother is taking all three so problem solved.

That's good, I hope they have a good home. Sorry about being so harsh, it just bugs me when these poor animals are put in situations that are cruel to them. I realize that sometimes we find ourselves in situations that we did not ask for, as you did here. --:cool:

put the convict being bashed:broke: back into the 55gal. and add some more caves(if not many already)

you won't even notice the convict in the 55gal.
you'll only see him when feeding

well you can try to put alot of hidding spots in there. you could even try to put another female in there. but i more hiding spots will work.