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[richardhmc]

Hey all. I want to try a SRT project. I got a pair of texas and a few parrots.
How does it go? A male texas with a female parrot or a female texas with a male parrot or both?

How do you tell which is male and female. One of them is significantly bigger than the other.

I have 3 bps... two of them are orange but one of them look a little bit redder.. So I am not really sure

My plan is to make the bps grow faster by feeding daily and oftern and feeding the texas less.

Should I just try to find a bigger red texas. It seems like TRUE red parrots are hard to come by and all of them or orange mostly.

What should I do?

 

[richardhmc]

Pictures of fishies the difference between the pair is that one is bigger and the other has strips sort of

 

[Davey_8313]

Hey, man, nice project. www.aquaticwonderland.com has some nice BPs and KKPs also. I don't know much about breeding tex or BPs so I'll leave it to the experts, but G/L man and nice fish...

 

[ayobreezie]

Those stripes on the Tex are probably stress bars.. and those are about as red as BP will get. And those BP look like they may be males.. if so, they're most likely sterile.. if you want SRT.. there's a guy on aquabid selling some RT's that are pretty red.. look like SRT with less pearls. I think they were like $30 - $40.

 

[metalslug]

easiest way, put them in the tank, and see if they pair up. It will take you a few generations to get something nice, but if your into it, go for it.

 

[richardhmc]

Can they pair up even if the blood parrots are 3 inches and the texas are like 7 inches?

and is it male texas/female bp or female texas / male bp

 

[daveolejnik]

There is a website called The blood parrot forum. Your going to have to do a search. But it has pictures to show you the differance between males and female blood parrots. I guess the males are almost all sterile, So they must breed a female parrot with ???. The females have a small apendage on there lower rear half.

 

[richardhmc]

How can i induce breeding and laying of eggs? any hints?

 

[ayobreezie]

You can't induce it really.. when they're ready to lay, you'll know... I hear Indian Almond Leaves help induce breeding, though.. that was from a discus forum.. and I know Betta breeders use it.

 

[richardhmc]

what are indian leaves?