The skull of the false Parrot cichlid

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Biased people give biased opinions. Yes most Blood Parrots have a mouth deformity but typically doesn't hinder them. Then are are ones that have very deformed mouths that should have been culled but this isn't the majority. The person who posted the article is obviously biased and posted picture of a very deformed Blood Parrot (probably intentionally to serve his point) but that shouldn't be taken as an accurate representation of a Parrots skull.

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Chrisplosion said:
Biased people give biased opinions. Yes most Blood Parrots have a mouth deformity but typically doesn't hinder them. Then are are ones that have very deformed mouths that should have been culled but this isn't the majority. The person who posted the article is obviously biased and posted picture of a very deformed Blood Parrot (probably intentionally to serve his point) but that shouldn't be taken as an accurate representation of a Parrots skull.

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It is what it is. Some people like mixed pets others like a pure line. I'm sure the op was not intending to start anything.
I have no interest in hybrids therefore im neither here nor there
 
yogurt_21 said:
interesting, I never really liked the look personally but this isn't going to sway me, its too much opinion and not enough (or any) fact. For starters if you bring up hybrid as an issue it would be nice to actually list the species its a hybrid of and trace their origins to see why exactly making such a hybrid is a bad idea. He does nothing of the sort. Instead he blabbers on about nothing really for several paragraphs.

No facts = not buying.

edit: a better article
http://cichlidresearch.com/parrot.html
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I agree with your interpretation of the article, it seems to be more opinion based than fact. Though as a I'm a BP fan of course our preference in fish is different, but I don't fault you for your choice and I can tell by your sentiment you don't fault me mine despite not sharing my opinion. I'm glad that for the most part as a community I think we at ]v[Fk are respectful of our differences and preferences.

Back to the article I will admit I find the skull picture disturbing but I'm also hard pressed to take it at face value as a representation of an average or typical BP's skull. Perhaps I'm deluding myself because of my fondness for BP's but it's also because out of the BP's I've owned it's hard for me to believe that so much of there head structure would be made up of muscle or some other tissue rather than bone. I say that because the skull shown is very compact almost flat as well as being pinched horizontally and it's hard to imagine my BP's chunky face being supported by such a small amount of bone. I'm personally of the opinion that the skull shown is either more deformed than average or perhaps a young juvenile before full development. Still I'll aqueous and say again perhaps I'm deluding myself.

I'll also state that while perhaps BP's may not be suited to survival in the wild they seem to be suited to aquarium life. I've kept them with Red Devils, Synspila, Green Terrors, Zonatus, Severums and various other cichlids many times in a community successfully. Despite many of the others dwarfing my BP's they managed to not only thrive but often times became the Alpha in the tank. 10-12 inch Synspila, Zonatus, Pearsei and Green Terror being dominated by a 4 inch BP gives some credence to their viability in captive surroundings. So does the fact that the most often chosen tankmate for a Flowerhorn is a BP by Flowerhorn breeders. It's a testament to their over all hardiness and irrepressible nature. While other fish may whither and die because of constant stress caused by aggression from SA/CA's or Flowerhorns the BP doesn't. It seems the harder a fish tries to repress them the harder they fight and they are just as capable of being comm'ed with more peaceful fish another testament to their adaptability. They seem to mold themselves to any situation they're put in. Add that to their overall hardiness and almost supernatural ability to heal and it becomes a little easier to understand why a serious fishkeeper might consider them a worthy addition, deformities aside. So while they may not be up your alley look wise perhaps they deserve to be acknowledged for what they do offer. Just my opinion on the matter and I hope food for thought.
 
fishnutham said:
It is what it is. Some people like mixed pets others like a pure line. I'm sure the op was not intending to start anything.
I have no interest in hybrids therefore im neither here nor there
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I wasn't talking about the OP but rather the person who wrote the article.
 
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Pretty sure that is a deformed one. I recently revived one to look after, freak has like a swim bladder issue when ever his not trying to breed or fight fish 2 times his size his swimming around upside down or something. made me like BPs a little =P

they do have very awful mouths still...
 
i read theories that parrot cichlids are actually "ballooned"(inbred) reddevils and are not even hybrids
 
syddakyd said:
i read theories that parrot cichlids are actually "ballooned"(inbred) reddevils and are not even hybrids
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Its a bs theory though, they posses and pass on traits not found Midas/Red Devils. Theres no doubt jn my mind they are the results of line breeding Midas x Synspilum.

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