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jasonpisani   *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003   | Has anyone bred Red Parrots?. Thanks in advance. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
 Posted 14-May-2006 08:53 |      |
Fish Guy  Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004  | Are you talking about the hybrid species, or the actual parrot cichlid. |
| Posted 14-May-2006 15:51 |  |
bettachris  Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004  | red parrots are hybreds, either convict/red devil(i think) convict/severum etc.... anyway, i have had 2 groups of 14 inch adults over a 7 year period and the groups were around 8 (typical cichlid breeding, but this was not breeding intensional just pets) anyway i did have a pair/pair off but i dont think that they can breed, as most of them are sterile. |
| Posted 14-May-2006 21:12 |  |
| jasonpisani *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003 | I am asking this question, as a friend of mine breeded them & the fry looked like white Convicts. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
| Posted 14-May-2006 23:21 | |
Jason_R_S     Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001  | sounds like your friends' were probably jellybean parrots. these are blood parrots that have been crossed with a pink convict to make them hardier and to increase fertility.  |
| Posted 22-May-2006 09:59 | |
| jasonpisani *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003 | Thanks alot for your reply. Jason. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
| Posted 26-May-2006 20:53 | |
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