Are convicts good parents????

heres a video of what my male did to my female convict......they were in a tank together for a good while and have spawned multiple times......all of a sudden the male freaks out and eats all the fry and tries to kill the female....heres the day it happened and the following day also....

and yes shes still alive

looks like they need a divorce. lol

and trust me if i would have known this was gonna happen id have seperated em, but they ben together since about 1.5inch and never had a problem

This pair you'll have to seperate after breeding.

Generally they are awesome parents. but a couple things could of happened.

If mom or dad think the other parent is hurting the fry they will attack each other. Something sucking a fry into thier mouth clean it turns into a battle between mom and dad. Dad could of thought mom was eating the fry.

The other thing, if the convict thought there was a threat, net, hand, cat watching through the glass, tv too loud by the tank, ect. . . . . . . . then they are apt to eat thier own fry. That way the predator gets no meal, and they can re use the energy to produce another batch. If one parent thinks there is a threat, and the other doesn't they will battle over the saftey of the fry.

Possibly dad wanted to breed again, and mom didn't. That will cause a fight, and the male to kill the fry to try and get the female to breed again. These personalities have to be seperated from thier fry.

And occasionally you get a bad parent. This is the first time I've seen this happen with convicts. I have seen them attack fry after they get bigger, and they see them as a threat to thier mate/territory.

Glad mom was ok.

see thats the deal though, they have been together for a few years now together and never had a problem, also their in a tank in my bedroom and theres hardly any disturbance at all to them in there.

all i can think is maybe for once he wanted to spawn and she wasnt ready. whatever happened it sucks lol