Convicts! Show me your pairs. Looks at mine

[Fishbrains]

Im a big convict fan, and the fact that you think that HRPs are a different gene is really funny. Jeff Rapps and any other big breeder will tell you that an HRP is a color mutation just like the pink version lol how can you even think its a different species when its a basically a blue convict? there is no difference between a regular convict and an HRP except the color.

I'm a big bronco fan.... Maybe I should contact John fox and weigh in on his game plan....

 

[Fishbrains]

I have fry swimming in my tank and I wanted to know how can I do a water change?

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do you use a python or similar device for your water changes? If you do I have found that stretching a piece of women's nylons over the vacuum end and rubber banding it on helps prevent accidentally "beaming up" your fry. You still have to watch it closely to make sure you avoid getting them caught in the nylons. But the mother usually does a great job of keeping them away. This method does not work well if you are only using natural siphon to pull water. It seems the nylons restrict water flow a little too much.

 

[dogofwar]

+1

Anyone (other than Jon Clark) have any pairs of known provenance (e.g. Rio Choluteca)?

Matt

Ernie, you are the one that needs to do a little more research. I've had conversations with Sam Borstien, Dr. Eric Hanneman, Rusty Wessel, and Ken Davis (do a Google search if you don't know who they are) about HRP's (and a variety of other fish that were collected by these gentlemen and introduced into the hobby) and all believe that HRP's are a separate species. In fact, the convict group has recently been broken into 4 separate species, and it is likely that there are more. I've personnally kept more than 6 different wild type convicts in addition to a number of other cryptoheros, and I can see differences in the fish from a physical and behavioral perspective (which I understand doesn't make them a different species, genetics does). Jeff Rapps does not think HRP's are a color variation of convicts based on how he lists them by scientific name on his price list. Not sure what other "big breeders" you speak of, but I have not come across them.

Get your facts straight before you put out more incorrect information.

 

[CrimsonFog]

Speaking of HRPs, here is one of my pairs...

 

[TheGinge5]

Mom and Dad

Dad a little larger


One of their fry all grown up

 

[Andrew1002]

My male

My female
They are making some awesome babies! All big fat convicts
-Andrew

 

[gus_fish]

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Mom and Dad
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Dad a little larger

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One of their fry all grown up

The male came out better than the father Noice!


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[gus_fish]

I'm going to be getting some my self soon


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[ErnieG]

Those hrps look great

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

This was a beastly male I bought at a LFS about a year ago... Sadly I came home from work one night and he was dried up on my floor

My first pair that bred
male

female (she was a complete psycho)

My big male HRP

And my cutteri pair (tho they haven't bred in 2 months)