Resty and Cueball (pure bred baby Blood Parrot Cichlids)

[Haggisman]

This is for all you Blood Parrot lovers out there!!

One of my members has had fry from her pair of BP's, they were actually found living in an internal filter a month or so after the fry from the pairs spawning dissapeared.

So there you go, you CAN get fry form BP's if you are lucky enough to find a fertile male

When they were first found(about 1" long)

More recent pics

Resty

Cueball

The Proud parents (adonis and Charlotte)

Read about their discovery here Fish in a box

Its kind of a feel good story

 

[DarthV]

You can definitely see some barred midas or convict blood in one of the fry.

 

[Haggisman]

Yeah I'm pretty sure they both started out striped like that.Shes hoping to get a full brood next time, they have bred and produced fry several times but usually the parents or other fish have eaten them.

 

[ChilDawg]

Let's hope that they get a full brood next time, haggisman! Those are some beautiful fish!

 

[Rare Cichlids]

Many more fry can be raised if the owner were to siphon out part of the fry once they have been hatch for a couple of days. The fry can then be placed in a small aquarium, 10g or less, and fed crushed flake and pellets once they are free swimming.

 

[Frameshift]

(pure bred baby Blood Parrot Cichlids)

Isn't that an oxymoron?

 

[ChilDawg]

Nope...not if it's a BP X BP cross!

 

[Haggisman]

Originally posted by Frameshift


Isn't that an oxymoron?

Not exactly, it means they have bred true(e.g the babies look the same as the parents).If Blood Parrots are hybrids(which they may or may not be)then the babies would still be hybrid.

 

[Tightdog1]

once again confusion with hybrids.

 

[scott]

If Blood Parrots are hybrids(which they may or may not be)

Blood Parrots are hybrids period. They do not occur in the wild. They are a cross between two species.