Convict Cichlids

[DirtyPaws949]

Hey guys!
I’ve been growing out some Convict fry, and several of them appear to be oddly colored. Both of the parents are the regular silvery-grey with bold black stripes, however most of the breeding adults in my tank were previously owned by someone with breeding pink convicts.
I think it would be interesting to explore the genes further, however I’m not an expert on convicts, so I’m asking you guys if they’re anything out of the ordinary. And also, since this is my first batch of successful babies, if their colors will change. I’m starting to look for new homes for the fry and would like to know if I should keep some.

First image is of the father
Images 2 and 3: “blue-ish male”
Images 4, 5, 6: “chocolate” female
I call her my Halloween Baby

 

[tlindsey]

Hey guys!
I’ve been growing out some Convict fry, and several of them appear to be oddly colored. Both of the parents are the regular silvery-grey with bold black stripes, however most of the breeding adults in my tank were previously owned by someone with breeding pink convicts.
I think it would be interesting to explore the genes further, however I’m not an expert on convicts, so I’m asking you guys if they’re anything out of the ordinary. And also, since this is my first batch of successful babies, if their colors will change. I’m starting to look for new homes for the fry and would like to know if I should keep some.

First image is of the father
Images 2 and 3: “blue-ish male”
Images 4, 5, 6: “chocolate” female
I call her my Halloween Baby

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That's pretty common you will have the different color morphs.

 

[DirtyPaws949]

That's pretty common you will have the different color morphs.

What color morphs are they called? I’m searching the forum for “convict morph” but falling short on images. Right now I have then posted for $2 each, does that sound about right?

the group I kept in with the parents and other adult fish have grown much faster than the ones I moved to a grow out tank. I might see if I can integrate them back into the main tank.
I thought the parents would start eating some, but the mom continues to guard them, the dad tolerates the fry and backs her up if need be.

 

[tlindsey]

What color morphs are they called? I’m searching the forum for “convict morph” but falling short on images. Right now I have then posted for $2 each, does that sound about right?

the group I kept in with the parents and other adult fish have grown much faster than the ones I moved to a grow out tank. I might see if I can integrate them back into the main tank.
I thought the parents would start eating some, but the mom continues to guard them, the dad tolerates the fry and backs her up if need be.

What it means you will get striped and a few pink convict fry.

 

[AqAnwar]

May I know what chiclid is it, I am confused.

 

[AqAnwar]

Please help me out with the name of this chiclid

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

I also own a pair of breeding Convicts and get similar results. And to the person asking about the fish identification. The first one is a "Gold Severum" a South American cichlid and the second one is some African cichlid. I don't know exactly what its name is.

 

[duanes]

The convicts with the orange/yellow on their belly's are simply females.
What you have are not really color morphs, they are simply variations that occur with many aquarium strain convicts all the time.
Because many LFS convicts are mixes of many Amatitlania species, so having some look like versions of their ancestors is not unusual either.
For years many aquarist thought many of the Amatitlania (convict look alikes) were only one species, A nigrofasciata.
As it turns out, there are at least 3 species (probably more) that look very similar to each other, so were inadvertently allowed to hybridize.
A sequia
A kanna
A nigrofasciata