short body texas and red parrot pair.

[csaechao]

looks like my pair of short body green texas and red parrot might have fertilized the eggs. i just looked at the eggs they laid the other night and took a couple snaps of the eggs with my camera phone but it's kinda blurry. also added a video of the parents. let me know what you guys think? is it fertilized? should i leave them with the parents or move them to their own tank?

 

[CAaddict]

any more pics of the SB texas? congrats on the spawn btw

 

[csaechao]

here's a few i just snapped of him.

 

[Armand]

Normally I dislike short bodied fish, but that Texas is a cutie......

 

[CAaddict]

hes actually kinda pretty... wat are the percentages that the spawn will be SB'ed with the parrots notched forehead ?

 

[izzy_here]

Don't know about the notched forehead but you will deff have sb fry, I'm guessing a very large percentage of these fry will be sb.


I currently am raising a few hundred sb Green Texas fry, I started this strain with an imported sb Tex female and a pure carpintis male. Mine look almost exactly like yours except the fins don't trail out so long as on your male.

First gen, normal dad, sb mom..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pZuS9gjtA2U

The fry I have right now are from the fish in the vid, oddly although all appear to be sb a few are definitely longer than either parent.

 

[csaechao]

thanks for the info izzy, i like sb's so i hope to have both. this is my first time breeding so i hope they actually grow out. lol

 

[FishFreak95]

Gonna make some nice F1 RTs. are you going to breed them back to dad?

 

[csaechao]

that's what i'm hoping to do if i can get them to grow out. my first time breeding so i just moved the parents over to the other side of the divider just incase they eat the eggs.

 

[csaechao]

just took a look at them carefully and saw about 5-6 wigglers on the bottom of the tank rolling around. i'm excited. lol