HRP's at it again!!

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mine are on the second page those are juvies
 
If you read the whole thread:

BlueKiller82;1640292; said:
I bought all of them from Ken Davis who is a reputable breeder from what I have seen on the site. They are from his wild pairs. The two males and the dark female are from the same parents where the second female is from a different wild pair.
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If anyone doesn't know, Ken Davis is FishFarm.
 
BlueKiller82;1660391; said:
If you read the whole thread:



If anyone doesn't know, Ken Davis is FishFarm.
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Ok so your HRP are the rio mongo varient, i did say that in the thread in one of the posts(19) but do didnt confirm, also i must of over read the part saying you got them from fish farm, he i believe sells the rio mongo varuent. he also comfirmed mine was pure HRP as i had my douts with mine looking different to others.

BlueKiller82;1660416; said:
David
On the thread you posted, you can see a slight yellow hint on the female.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102407
What makes the male different in that thread?


I'm also gonna PM FishFarm and see if we can get his input on this.
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Yeah i was on about the varient of my HRP also yellow is different to orange:grinno:. i would also like to know what varient is mine as it is the most commonly seen.......
 
Hi Guys, let me clear a little of this up. There are several races of HRP in the hobby and if you know where yours are from you should not mix them with others as they should be kept pure. Mine are from the Rio Monga at Saba, Honduras, I have made 3 different collections there and use these fish as my breeders. Wild fish can range from grey to bright blue with slightly red fins to intense red fins, not all the females have red bellies either, When collecting we go for the bluer fish of course, but you don't know what the genetics of the wild fish are, they don't use the same criteria that we do when selecting a mate. In F1 spawns I have grown out I've gotten the gamit of color combinations from grey fish with red fins, grey fish with no color in the fins, blue fish with almost no red to a few blue fish wth nice red fins, those are the ones I keep for the next generation. If you buy 1" fry from me you won't know how they color up until they are about 2-2.5" inches, many pairs turn nearly black when they breed like the first pair pictured. Most of the commercial bred HRP sold in pet stores are of the Rio Danli race which is from western Honduras and they have somewhat longer bodies, through selective breeding more uniform blue but tend to not have as much red in the fins as the Rio Monga race. Over time lots of these have been breed to regular convicts by hobbyist so you dont know how pure they may be unless you buy them from a breeder who knows the origin of his stock. This race has been in the hobby for about 10-12 years, the Monga race was introduced by us in 2005. Ken
 
Well that should settle this discussion!!!
Thanks alot FishFarm for the clarification and indepth info on the different HRP's. :cheers:
What would we have done without you??;)
 
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