Blood Parrots anyone?

eda · 04-10-2005, 10:17 PM

Anyone here own blood parrots?
anyone know how to breed them?

**Cichlid Man** · 04-16-2005, 07:34 AM

I've kept them bofore, a breeding pair in fact but the eggs were always sterile. Best this do do if you want to breed them is to get two adults, and the larger the tank they're in the more likely it is for them to breed, and for the frys ultimate success, don't keep any other fish with them apart from mabye other smaller parrots.
If you want a successful breeding pair then best to get an adult group and let them chose their own partners, gradually decrease the adult numbers by getting rid of the subordinates without mates and breed the remaininf one or two pairs.

Jason_S · 04-17-2005, 09:35 PM

male blood parrots are usually sterile and can't fertilize the eggs. I believe people have the most success breeding a female blood parrot with a male midas/red devil.

fishgfish · 04-24-2005, 07:27 PM

You can breed parrots, most of the blood parots are stirle, however king kong and doarmo parrots have a high percent of fertile males. All female parrots could be crossed with many other cichlids. I have crossed a kk parrot male with a pink convict, every spawn hatched, working with second generation now.

**Cichlid Man** · 04-30-2005, 06:15 AM

The hybrids you have diasplayed have been bred from convicts and aren't the same genes as
blood parrots.

Jason_S · 05-03-2005, 12:41 AM

the fish that fishgfish has posted appear to be jelly bean parrots, which are a cross between a blood parrot and a male pink convict. blood parrots were crossed to pink cons to create the jelly bean parrot for many reasons, but one particular reason was to increase the fertility rate of the males and thus increase the chance of being able to breed them.

fishgfish · 05-03-2005, 08:42 PM

I have bred both parrots together and crossed with other fish. The pics I had pisted are pink convict and King Kong paoort mix. They are almost the same as the jelly beans but the mouth is normal on them and there is no bump that looks like a parrot beak.

Doghund · 07-10-2005, 11:18 AM

Me and my mom both own blood parrots. But all of ours are boys so...

04-10-2005, 10:17 PM	#1
eda Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 5	Blood Parrots anyone? Anyone here own blood parrots? anyone know how to breed them?

04-16-2005, 07:34 AM	#2
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Re: Blood Parrots anyone? I've kept them bofore, a breeding pair in fact but the eggs were always sterile. Best this do do if you want to breed them is to get two adults, and the larger the tank they're in the more likely it is for them to breed, and for the frys ultimate success, don't keep any other fish with them apart from mabye other smaller parrots. If you want a successful breeding pair then best to get an adult group and let them chose their own partners, gradually decrease the adult numbers by getting rid of the subordinates without mates and breed the remaininf one or two pairs. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

04-17-2005, 09:35 PM	#3
Jason_S Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Columbus, IN USA Posts: 29	Re: Blood Parrots anyone? male blood parrots are usually sterile and can't fertilize the eggs. I believe people have the most success breeding a female blood parrot with a male midas/red devil.

04-24-2005, 07:27 PM	#4
fishgfish Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: rochester Posts: 55	Re: Blood Parrots anyone? You can breed parrots, most of the blood parots are stirle, however king kong and doarmo parrots have a high percent of fertile males. All female parrots could be crossed with many other cichlids. I have crossed a kk parrot male with a pink convict, every spawn hatched, working with second generation now. Attached Images

04-30-2005, 06:15 AM	#5
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Re: Blood Parrots anyone? The hybrids you have diasplayed have been bred from convicts and aren't the same genes as blood parrots. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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05-03-2005, 12:41 AM	#6
Jason_S Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Columbus, IN USA Posts: 29	Re: Blood Parrots anyone? the fish that fishgfish has posted appear to be jelly bean parrots, which are a cross between a blood parrot and a male pink convict. blood parrots were crossed to pink cons to create the jelly bean parrot for many reasons, but one particular reason was to increase the fertility rate of the males and thus increase the chance of being able to breed them.

05-03-2005, 08:42 PM	#7
fishgfish Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: rochester Posts: 55	Re: Blood Parrots anyone? I have bred both parrots together and crossed with other fish. The pics I had pisted are pink convict and King Kong paoort mix. They are almost the same as the jelly beans but the mouth is normal on them and there is no bump that looks like a parrot beak.

07-10-2005, 11:18 AM	#8
Doghund Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Louisiana Age: 18 Posts: 10	Me and my mom both own blood parrots. But all of ours are boys so...

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