At the lfs, they were marked as jellybean parrot fish? I have never heard of that before. I asked if you could breed them, they said no because they are high- breeds. What do you think?
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does that mean I cant breed them with my regular convict. I think they have already paired off. Sorry Im new to the breeding game. And if that is the case that they paired off what should i do...Thanks for your post
BReeding them should be fine. Just let them do what they do. pick a spot lay eggs wait for hatch they take care of their babies well...
It is a Convict Hybrid of some sort... Many such hybrids are sterile although I have no clue if that would be true with this fish or not...
big_tank_boy;3170182; said:
Jellybean convicts are not short bodied convicts...they are a cross between blood parrots and pink convicts. Breeding farms wanted a way to breed blood parrots but this is very difficult because the majority of males are sterile. Females, however, can usually breed with other species, most commonly male midas or RD.
However, because of the high fertility rate of convicts, someone got the idea to cross fertile female blood parrots with male Pink cons. This threw fry that had a much higher percentage of fertile males. These are sometimes dyed but often are sold in the pink coloration they are usually born with as you see in the pics.
Some of the fry have more of a blood parrot look while others look more like pink cons. You can see the differences though between the fish above and pure cons if you look close enough. The mouth looks to be a little higher than it should be and the body is proportionally rounder than a normal convict.
I do believe these to be hybrids.
pink con and yes you can breed i have a pink and a regular and i have to many little babies swimming around i hate it but o well free feeders.