lol, jeeze I sure hope not. Ive heard parrot cichlids are some sort of genetic mistake or something, but I hope these will turn out to be something interesting.
Convict and Firemouth just spawned (pictures)
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Sorry to tell you, the hybrids you're creating are genetic mistakes just like blood parrot cichlids (though they are not blood parrot cichlids). That is why it is so important that you not disperse them.
if you are thinking blood parrot..no
blood parrots are a combination of two other species..
remember there is a 'true' Parrot Cichlid
Hoplarchus psittacus
and-or
Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
this combination(convict-firemouth) will result in a different Hybrid
I'd be interested in seeing how this turns out
livebearerfreak
you are hypnotized! LOL
yes save a few frys, i may buy some from you in he future lol. very interested in seeing the outcome!
I also had a convict and firemouth spawn. They had about 300 babies. We kept 5 babies and one is about 2 inches now. Looks like a convict but has some firemouth coloring, like blue gill markings, blue spots on fins and also flares like a firemouth. The others are really plain and look more like convicts. The rest I used as feeders for my MBU puffer.
Just a quick update: The eggs hatched a day or two ago. Ill get pictures up as soon as possible once the fry can actually be seen.
But anyways, the real reason for this update was that I had a question. The mother Convict is guarding her fry very intently. When there were eggs, the mother Convict would allow the father Firemouth to come around and I suppose help guard the eggs. Now that the eggs are hatched, the mother Convict wants nothing to do with the father Firemouth. In fact, every time the Firemouth comes close to the nest, they engage in a short battle which usually ends up with the male Firemouth backing off, but always coming back. The male Firemouth hangs around the nest but keeps a certain distance, once he crosses that line the female automatically goes after him. What causes this? Is it because the mother Convict sees the father Firemouth as a threat even though they're his fry as well? If it were a male Convict as opposed to a male Firemouth as the father of the fry, would the mother be more willing to let the father around?
But anyways, the real reason for this update was that I had a question. The mother Convict is guarding her fry very intently. When there were eggs, the mother Convict would allow the father Firemouth to come around and I suppose help guard the eggs. Now that the eggs are hatched, the mother Convict wants nothing to do with the father Firemouth. In fact, every time the Firemouth comes close to the nest, they engage in a short battle which usually ends up with the male Firemouth backing off, but always coming back. The male Firemouth hangs around the nest but keeps a certain distance, once he crosses that line the female automatically goes after him. What causes this? Is it because the mother Convict sees the father Firemouth as a threat even though they're his fry as well? If it were a male Convict as opposed to a male Firemouth as the father of the fry, would the mother be more willing to let the father around?
I have no answer to your question, but I am very interested in seeing how the fry turn out. I think that if it were a male convict, then it would probably be different as they are the same fish. I don't know for sure, don't quote me
Most likely she sees him as a threat. In reality he is. It is probably magnified by the difference in breed, but I am pretty sure it can happen in like breeds as well.
I've seen that behavior in my Kribs before (and they generally work together but every once and a while the male gets chased off). Seems like sometimes one of the parents just decides to consider everything a threat (granted the entire tank is trying to eat their children in my setup so they arn't wrong).
