Convicts

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A couple of years ago, I bought 4 beautiful black and grey striped fresh water fish called Cinvicts, from Petsmart. I payed about under a dollar for each of them. I had a 55 gallon tank and thought they would make a great additon to my bumblebees and gouramis. Little did I know the next year would entail about 30 broods of babies! I had 2 females and 2 males, but didn't know it. Both females would lay a brood every 3 weeks or so. The kids oved it cause they could watcht he development from the time they were layed, to hatcking and them growing. At first, it was kind of neat. Each brood was MAYBE 10-20 eggs. We would scoop the babies out when they got bigger and I would take them to pet stores in the area. I put adds on freecycle all the time for people to come take as many as they wanted. About 3 months later, the bigger female payed a brood of so many eggs that she covered the entire rock! When they hatched, the water was cloudy!! Then, the other female layed a brood about the same size! It was TERRIBLE!! What was fun at first had turned into this massive chore of constant scooping and giving away. A few months after that no one in the area wanted my fish any more....I see adds on freecycle all the time with people that I gave fish to, trying to get rid of their babies! LOL! I guess I find it kind of funny, and I will never make the mistake of buying a group of fish without researching them first! They were worse than guppies!!