[MR.FREEZ]

found something i was wondering about while researching for a profile, i always wondered were

the blood parrot came form, dont know how much truth there is to this but thought it was worth

a look.

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It is a popular opinion that the hybrid "Red Blood Parrot" was "created" in Tawain, in the late eighties, by breeding a (male) Cichlasoma citrinellum (Midas Cichlid) with a (female) Cichlasoma synspilum (Quetzal Cichlid)

from here

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[piranha45]

Others say its a severum and a midas.

that couple has really put alot of time into that site since the last time I saw it a year and a half ago.

[piranhasrule]

Theres hundreds of theories as to where they came from, some believable, others tatally rediculous. I heard one person say goldfish x pacu!
I think the midas x severum is the most likely, i say this as in my opinion you can see both of these fish when you look at a parrot fish. And the temprement can sometimes be aggresive like the midas, or sometimes pretty docile like a severum

[acestro]

Is this the link you intended Freez?

http://www.aquahobby...ry/e_parrot.php

[MR.FREEZ]

:laugh: yeah i found that one too when i was lookin for info for a profile

[fishguyeric]

I read some where that they are likely a mostly pure pink convict that has a wierd mutation and is dyed. Now i did not believe it for an instance until I found at a pet store an obviously sure red top zebra (Psuedotropheus or Metriclima sp.), with the same sort of head and mouth, which could have occured in a pure or a hybrid so i guess that doesnt prove anything, just stating an example and a theory i heard.

[Scarlet]

The orginals probably don't have Convict blood. However, in pursuit of the $$, people discovered that a female Blood Parrot crossed with a Convict produces fish which look tolerably like Parrots, but in greater numbers and more quickly. These fish are usually called "Jellybean Parrots," and unfortunately, are often dyed, as you say.

[VENOM]

severum is SA and midas/rd is CA.

I what traits from the redhead are on the parrot? oh yeah, red tex is BP x Carpinte i just learned that