Jelly Bean or "Painted" BP?

[~T~]

Thanks T.
All of them I have seen can't close their mouths...I actually feel kinda bad for them...It's funny how certain hybrids are so accepted in the fish world, and some peopl think other hybrids should be destroyed...like flowerhorns and BP's are accepted and some even sought after....while certain cichlids will breed together and people think they should be destroyed before they can breed again...then again, aren't BP's sterile?? Maybe they just don't want hyrid cichlids taking over all of the purebreds while BP's cannot breed anyway so there are no worries about it.

Yeh I know but you can see their point, any hybrids I create are either culled, kept or given away to friends I can trust not to put them back into the hobby.Almost all male BP's are sterile although both of my females have produced fry from other male cichlids.Hybrids facinate me because they shouldnt be, I love the way you tend to see the mix of both parents(most of the time anyway).It annoys me that people will swear blind that crossing a pink convict to a BP will produce the little JB's but none can ever say they have done this and show any proof.

 

[_Sushi_]

Yea she can close her mouth, and I noticed that her mouth is a regular old cichlid mouth.

You know me Kara, even with my livestock I keep hybrids. Stickers is getting quite handsome again!! lol

I almost wonder how they get little JB's.... are they just mis-shapen convicts like mine? or mini BPs?

This is off topic:
Kara, Amy's trying to get on the table to eat the pumpkin guts from one of the ones we're working on!! lol

 

[~T~]

Yea she can close her mouth, and I noticed that her mouth is a regular old cichlid mouth.

You know me Kara, even with my livestock I keep hybrids. Stickers is getting quite handsome again!! lol

I almost wonder how they get little JB's.... are they just mis-shapen convicts like mine? or mini BPs?

This is off topic:
Kara, Amy's trying to get on the table to eat the pumpkin guts from one of the ones we're working on!! lol

Yes they are just mishapen convicts like yours. Breeding a pink convict to a BP creates a different fish altogether, I know because I have done this.They look like mutated convicts and they sure as hell aint pink.

 

[_Sushi_]

but that's my favorite color!! lol

So technically she IS a JB, and a JB is just a deformed convict?

(BTW, her name is Jellybean, lol)

Do you have any pictures of that breeding? I think everyone would benefit from seeing them, and disproving convict/BP parentege for JBs

 

[~T~]

I'll post some pics when I get home from work tonight.

 

[~T~]

I'll post some pics when I get home from work tonight.

Heres a few pics, the result of crossing a pink convict to a blood parrot.

Edit only one pic works i'll try and find others.

 

[_Sushi_]

That one looks cool!! ^_^

I want one!! lol

would BP be compatible with my little con? Or would I have to have a pink con that wasn't dyed?

 

[~T~]

That one looks cool!! ^_^

I want one!! lol

would BP be compatible with my little con? Or would I have to have a pink con that wasn't dyed?

I keep cons with my BP's so yeh I would say so.

 

[KeithB]

Has anyone got pics of a pink convict and blood parrot or KKP cross?