View Full Version : Monster grand daddy...NOT!
RockyGoldy
05-19-2005, 12:52 PM
Hi MKFers...today was greeting by a pleasant surprise when I returned home from the office...wanted to feed the fishes in one of my tank and found that a pair of my King Kong Blood Parrots had laid eggs..literally almost covering the whole big dfirtwood!
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010240.JPG
The male is still trying to 'fertilise' the eggs. We all know that there is no way the eggs will hatch as all parrot fishes are sterile:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010239.JPG
Close up shot of the eggs...I am not sure how many eggs are there...but its sure a hell yeah lots of them!
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010241.JPG
The proud parents guarding the eggs:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010242.JPG
The tank shot...My Red Asian Aro hovering over the top and the rest of the tankmates seemed to be respecting the parents and not get too close to the breeding ground:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/P1010243.JPG
Hope u all enjoyed the pics..tot I would be Grand Dad soon if the eggs were to hatch...hahah...
piranha45
05-19-2005, 12:54 PM
slick! Sucks that they're gonna be forced to eat all their own eggs in a bit though.
redtailfool
05-19-2005, 12:55 PM
Good luck! Happened to me several times 2 years ago... unfortunately none
hatched. My pair were sterile.
RockyGoldy
05-19-2005, 12:57 PM
slick! Sucks that they're gonna be forced to eat all their own eggs in a bit though.
Yeah..but i think I have an albino sucker in that tank that would be more than happy to suck them all away tonight!!
:grinno:
The TRUST
05-19-2005, 1:03 PM
DANG!!!!!!!!!! that is a lot of eggs!!!!
RockyGoldy
05-19-2005, 1:09 PM
DANG!!!!!!!!!! that is a lot of eggs!!!!
So..is that a good thing or a bad thing dear ol brudder of mine?!?!
:grinno:
bro, remove all the tankmates except the pair of KKBP and your aro....the chances are still there for them to be hatched!
Good luck to you......... :)
WckedMidas
05-19-2005, 9:51 PM
why do u say there not fertle. how are they farm raised if there sterle/
slapper
05-19-2005, 10:13 PM
I dont think parrots produce parrots.I think a severum and red devil produce parrots.
slapper
05-19-2005, 10:18 PM
Rockey, your parrots are the best looking i've seen. Where'd you get um?
RockyGoldy
05-20-2005, 12:29 AM
why do u say there not fertle. how are they farm raised if there sterle/
Turst me pal..u try breeding them..there wont be any hatchings...
they are artificially inseminated on the females to produce frys..all the males are not fertile at all...
RockyGoldy
05-20-2005, 12:30 AM
bro, remove all the tankmates except the pair of KKBP and your aro....the chances are still there for them to be hatched!
Good luck to you......... :)
Brudder..no way the eggs will hatch..as explained above..
RockyGoldy
05-20-2005, 12:32 AM
Rockey, your parrots are the best looking i've seen. Where'd you get um?
thanks for the comment..got em in Singapore..they are not the normal parrots..these are the bigger dudes with more pointed mouths..they call them King kong parrots here..
rayman45
05-20-2005, 12:38 AM
a lot of ****ng eggs
RockyGoldy
05-20-2005, 12:46 AM
a lot of ****ng eggs
I really think i need my sucker in there to finish them up....this morning..theres even more!! and they are still protecting the eggs....
WckedMidas
05-20-2005, 12:52 AM
one of our sponsors had the king kongs over the winter selling them
RockyGoldy
05-20-2005, 12:54 AM
one of our sponsors had the king kongs over the winter selling them
Cool...anyone here owns King Kongs as well?
shrienki
05-20-2005, 10:51 PM
You might just end up with a fertile male.....
shrienki
05-20-2005, 10:52 PM
I only went through a few before... ;)
RockyGoldy
05-20-2005, 11:05 PM
I only went through a few before... ;)
U hatch BPs before? true BPs?
Vitaliy
05-20-2005, 11:24 PM
There is a fish store around here that has like 10+ adults.. those things are HUGE.
they look cool i like them becaus im pretty sure a blood parrot and an red devil make a flowerrhorn and i loooove flowerhorns
=chook
RockyGoldy
05-21-2005, 1:42 PM
they look cool i like them becaus im pretty sure a blood parrot and an red devil make a flowerrhorn and i loooove flowerhorns
=chook
Well, to each his own...for me, i pretty much prefer BPs over FHs....
guesswho2005
06-03-2005, 1:41 AM
Very nice set-up thanks for the pictures I really enjoyed them. I see in one pic what looks like a basket hanging about 10" in the tank. Are you introducing a new fish to the mix and is this your perfered way to introduce a new tank mate??????/
RockyGoldy
06-03-2005, 2:07 AM
Very nice set-up thanks for the pictures I really enjoyed them. I see in one pic what looks like a basket hanging about 10" in the tank. Are you introducing a new fish to the mix and is this your perfered way to introduce a new tank mate??????/
Glad that u enjoyed the pics...
oh, that is a holding tank for my tigrinus cat...due to its small size, it is better that it dwell in holding tank till it gets bigger.
Actually, by end of this week, I would be releaseing the dude into the main tank.
Nice tank!
Blood Parrots will breed willingly with large male pink convicts, though.. :) You want to know what the fry look like? Regular convicts with an interesting body shape.
Hasta,
Miles
RhomBeusBoi
08-01-2005, 10:38 PM
What's tha word....Have they spawned again?
RockyGoldy
08-01-2005, 10:42 PM
What's tha word....Have they spawned again?
I had seperated them into various tanks now....to prevent them to spawn again cus their aggression level is at the highest when they are spawning....
RhomBeusBoi
08-01-2005, 11:08 PM
Have they injured any tankmates?
domdes
08-12-2005, 12:23 AM
Hi MKFers...today was greeting by a pleasant surprise when I returned home from the office...wanted to feed the fishes in one of my tank and found that a pair of my King Kong Blood Parrots had laid eggs..literally almost covering the whole big dfirtwood!
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010240.JPG
The male is still trying to 'fertilise' the eggs. We all know that there is no way the eggs will hatch as all parrot fishes are sterile:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010239.JPG
Close up shot of the eggs...I am not sure how many eggs are there...but its sure a hell yeah lots of them!
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010241.JPG
The proud parents guarding the eggs:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/P1010242.JPG
The tank shot...My Red Asian Aro hovering over the top and the rest of the tankmates seemed to be respecting the parents and not get too close to the breeding ground:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/P1010243.JPG
Hope u all enjoyed the pics..tot I would be Grand Dad soon if the eggs were to hatch...hahah...
people need to stop saying parrots r sterile, that is not the case always, many people overseas breed the parrot with flowerhorn cichlids with great success, so it is not true that parrots r sterile
RockyGoldy
08-12-2005, 12:46 AM
people need to stop saying parrots r sterile, that is not the case always, many people overseas breed the parrot with flowerhorn cichlids with great success, so it is not true that parrots r sterile
Dude..we are not saying the ALL parrots are sterile...the females are not..but the males are...
so, the female needs to lay the eggs..and the male of another cichlid type can fertilise the eggs...
wickedworm76
08-15-2005, 4:30 PM
true true true