Are parrots part convict?

[Brockway]

I was at the lfs a few days ago, and I got to staring at the blood parrots for a while. And then I stared at my convicts when I got home. Then I went back to the lfs cause I ran out of stress coat. And stared at the parrots some more. I am almost certain that parrots are part convict. They have the same sort of squished face as parrots, although they don't have the big eyes or non-closing mouth. Just stare for a while and you'll see it! So is it like a severum x convict?

 

[bobrob]

I dont think they are. Theyre said to be part severum and part red devil or midas cichlid.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Here are some combinations people think make the blood parrot

Midas Cichlid(Cichlasoma citrinellum) + Redhead Cichlid(Cichliasoma synspilum)

Red Devil(cichlasoma erythraeum) + Gold Severum
(Cichlasoma severum)

Red Devil(cichlasoma erythraeum) + Green Severum
(Cichlasoma severum)

Red Devil(cichlasoma erythraeum) + Quetzel
(cichlasoma synspilum)

Red Devil(cichlasoma erythraeum) + Gold Severum
(Cichlasoma severum)
+
Cichlasoma "theraps"
fenestratum

No Convict though

 

[Brockway]

Yeah, parrots would probably attempt to mate more if they had convict in them... I definitely see the severum in them, they were in the same tank as the parrots after all. Thanks for the input!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Heh. Sure would mate more if they had convict in them.

They'd look funnier too, have some stripes and part of them would be smaller seeing as though convicts are smaller.

 

[FreshFishKeeper]

The lady at my fish store, who says she is been in the business for 17 years, told me that Parrots are breed from a PINK Convict and a Red Devil. She then said that the offspring (Parrots) are sterile and that is why they sell for $28 a piece. Im not sure yet but that is what she told me.

 

[Managuense]

She then said that the offspring (Parrots) are sterile and that is why they sell for $28 a piece.

this seems like a reason to NOT sell them for such a high price doesnt it?

in all honesty, i think BP's sell for such a high price simply because they are so popular.

i have to admit that i am not too crazy about a fish that looks so deformed, but thats just me.

i really dont care about the fact that they are a hybrid, i just dont like them.
M

 

[Managuense]

you may find some answers on this site:

http://www.bloodparrot.aquariahobbyist.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?

this is considered "THE" blood parrot forum from what i hear.

once again i dont keep these fish or promote their breeding, but at the same time i dont care if someone else wants to keep them.
M

 

[FishMan10005]

They are just now coming out with Male parrots that a not sterile....i read that.

I really can't see the blood parrot coming from a convict and red devil seeing as though both of these have mean attitudes and the blood parrot is relitivly calm.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

My post yet again on my bro's name.........grrrrr he gets a beating for not logging out.

 

[Brockway]

I'm not interested in keeping parrots, I was just checking them out and thought their faces really resembled my convicts. I also have one more question, is there a white african cichlid with blue spots that resembles an mbuna (sorta kenyi shaped)? I saw a batch of some at my lps, and I have no clue what they are.

 

[AmazonTankz]

Cichlid-man...lol!!

I agree. I have only ever heard of the parrot being a cross between a severum and a red devil (which explains their aggresiveness) or the midus cichlid.

 

[dana307]

28$. ouch. got mine --- okay I admit it, I got one -- for 16$ which was actually a swap of extra cories, common pl.co, etc. I love her and she is very funny to watch.

 

[lightning]

my LFS has a batch of deformed parrots, some look like a bite got taken out of its back, they are messed up, and they started carrying those dyed ones now, green ,purple, i gave him a hard time but his response was that its what the people want, he's running a businees, and if they bring in the coustomers and money then he is going to sell them

 

[Brockway]

Poor fish

 

[Cichlidian]

No relation between convicts & parrot coz parrot is a hibrid of Severum (Heores Severum) & Midas Cichlid or Red Devil(cichlasoma erythraeum)

 

[SoulFish]

All parrots are deformed, they are hybrids that should not be bought or sold, they hybridized fish to make the parrots which cannot even close their mouths and then dye them all different colors because people think they are "cute", in my opinion they are the ugliest fish not because their looks but because what they are, supporting the sale of them only supports further hybridizing and dying and other immoral practices like bioengineering fish, such as the glow in the dark ones.

Above is my opinion.

 

[Managuense]

this topic is SO completely and utterly overdone...but i have to chime in on it once again.

All parrots are deformed,

i 100% agree with this statement and do not understand why someone would want to pay good money for a fish that looks like it got slammed in a car door when you can pay the same amount (or less in many cases) for a non-hybrid fish that are not deformed-- and are NOT STERILE.

they are hybrids that should not be bought or sold

i have to disagree on this for a couple of reasons.

i have yet to hear a good argument against hybrids that doesnt also apply to long-finned fish (male bettas are an often overlooked example of this), high-colors, lyre-tails, albinos, etc.

there is NO-- absolutely NO good reason to selectively breed albino fish other than the fact that people like them and will buy them.

i dont see how it is possible to be on one side of the issue and not the other..... and i will be the first to admit that i love long-finned angels and the many discus types available now.

plus, i am willing to bet that many people who are against hybrid fish probably own some type of dog--which more than likely would not exist if not for human selective breeding for what WE want from wolves and coyotes.

so, i cant say that i really care what someone else wants to keep in their fish tank.

the people who keep BP's love them and dont care about what other people say about them.

furthermore, this argument will never be resolved and usually only leads to BP keepers getting very angry...... so i have become quite apathetic on the issue.

M

 

[SoulFish]

i said it was just an opinion so i would not start an arguement, but i also like discus and long finned angels but that is different, they are line bred not hybridized

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Long finned discus are Nice......a lot of them are.

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