Flame Tail Convict
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Fish on Fire;1812317; said:
Are you saying that you think the fish is a HRP? If so, I beg to differ, if not some people might find this interesting.
The HRP was originally discovered by Harry Specht, Russ Socolof, and Rusty Wessel. Thom Grimshaw was the first to breed them commercially and introduce them to the hobby. They display varying amounts of blue based their locale. The really blue ones come from Danli, Honduras. This information is from Rusty Wessel himself. According to Rusty:
"The best way to recognize a hybrid is by color. The Honduran red point has bright blue coloration and the males have reddish wine colored fins. They reach a size of only 4 inches and begin to breed at just under 2 inches. The red coloration in the tail fin near the caudal peduncle kind of forms a point, hence, the reason Socolof, Sphect, Grimshaw and I nicknamed it the Honduran Red Point. We wanted to make sure the fish was kept distinct and separate from the other convict types available in the trade of which there are many. Our efforts sort of worked but occasionally hybrid strains do show up in the trade. The hybrids are a result of an unknowing hobbyist breeding a blue convict with a regular convict. The net result is a more aggressive hybrid convict that does not show the brilliant blue coloration. Another indication of hybrid verses non-hybrid is the true blue convict has a broken black stripe in almost every case. The third stripe from the eye coming across the shoulder has a broken black band. This broken stripe exists on all Honduran red points including the wild strains still existing wonderfully in Honduras. Most species of nigrofasciatum have a continuous bar across the face and head and do not have the broken stripe. However, this is not a sure fire way to tell if you have a hybrid or not. Aggression is a super determiner for Red Points for true 100% red points just simply are not aggressive. As a matter of fact I have never had a casualty from fighting and the fish have been maintained in captivity for 16 years in aquaria."
also
"The egg size is smaller and the number of eggs produced is much smaller than the regular convict."
Hope this information is useful. This is taken from an article that Rusty sent me and should not be used without credit to him.
Fish on Fire;1812317; said:
Like I said they are have HRP blood and this is an isolate trait from the HRP but they are not pure HRP. Minus the coloration of the tails they look like a normal convict and they are small and developing so its hard to say the extent of HRP blood has on them such as overall size and aggression. I would like to also add looks like the females also have red tails as well which is not normal for an HRP.
OK update,
So far these fish have been chill and they all hang with each other. The pinks have developed slow and I think thats because of the SB blood of the mother. Initially I though they were all going to be standard pink cons but as they are developing I am seeing the SB trait in some and have separated them to ensure I keep some. Cant wait for the next gen of these!
NICE!!!! i should get a couple HRP females for my short bodyed pink con male AKAJB parrot and see what the frys become of that!!
The Pink is the mother of the pink flame tails
the other is a pic of a female flame tail I will use to breed she is still young and will show her red tail soon and a shot of a smaller flame tail.
I will post the pinks in a couple weeks when they start to show red
the other is a pic of a female flame tail I will use to breed she is still young and will show her red tail soon and a shot of a smaller flame tail.
I will post the pinks in a couple weeks when they start to show red
Nice Danz. I likE the red tail a lot to bad im not into convicts :<. But any way i wish you the best of luck in creating a new strain of convicts.
Thanks bro 
Convicts are not for everybody but hopefully can offer some new options for people over barred and not barred heh.
Convicts are not for everybody but hopefully can offer some new options for people over barred and not barred heh.
