Jellybean cichlids are Hybrids
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No they are not. Blood Parrot x Pink Convict is to be considered Blood Parrot x Pink Convict. Dyed or undyed Jellybean Parrots, the fish commercially sold at local fish stores, are nothing more than Pink Convicts with the short body deformity gene. Blood Parrot x Convict MAY be called Jellybean Parrot but they are not same fish as the fish sold in local stores. Will breeding Parrot x Convict produce something similar to these "Jellybean Parrots"? Yes they will but they are only similar and NOT THE SAME FISH. Two different fish, two different genetic makeups. Is it possible someone local breeds Parrot x Convict then takes them a local store which inturn are sold as Jellybeans? Yes, I do believe that happens but on the whole these are not the same fish that are supplied to fish stores by wholesale.
These fish pictured, the ones that are COMMERCIALLY SOLD to local fish stores are nothing more than short body Pink Convicts. They are pure, deformed, convict.
SOME of the Short Body Texas Cichlids sold are hybrids and but MOST are "pure" Herichthys Texas. Not way to tell if they might be crosses of Carpintis or Cyano but they are pure at least to the genus Herichthys.
Short Body Green Terror are pure at least to their genus but again are not hybrids with Parrots. Its impossible for them to hybrid with Parrots, much less with any other Central American Cichlid or even South American other than those within their genus.
Disregard any common names like Jellybean Parrot. My whole point is
1. The fish being sold at local stores everywhere are Leucistic Amatitlania Nigrofasciata (Convict Cichlid) with a short body deformity.
2. Just because you breed Fish A x Fish B does not make it Fish C. The fish you bred are not the same kind of fish being sold by local fish stores.
These fish pictured, the ones that are COMMERCIALLY SOLD to local fish stores are nothing more than short body Pink Convicts. They are pure, deformed, convict.
SOME of the Short Body Texas Cichlids sold are hybrids and but MOST are "pure" Herichthys Texas. Not way to tell if they might be crosses of Carpintis or Cyano but they are pure at least to the genus Herichthys.
Short Body Green Terror are pure at least to their genus but again are not hybrids with Parrots. Its impossible for them to hybrid with Parrots, much less with any other Central American Cichlid or even South American other than those within their genus.
Disregard any common names like Jellybean Parrot. My whole point is
1. The fish being sold at local stores everywhere are Leucistic Amatitlania Nigrofasciata (Convict Cichlid) with a short body deformity.
2. Just because you breed Fish A x Fish B does not make it Fish C. The fish you bred are not the same kind of fish being sold by local fish stores.
Lol you are mistaking im looking at those exact pics that you posted of the socalled shortbody convicts on google and yahoo images and in the caption it says results of pink convict male and bp female, I did the pairing bro and its no mistake that pink convict x parrot offspring look like the socalled shortbody gene they look alike because there is no shortbody any convict that has shortbody had an encounter with a BP.
Texas x parrot shows the exact same thing, and i never seen texas x texas yeild shortbodies by them selves.
Texas x parrot shows the exact same thing, and i never seen texas x texas yeild shortbodies by them selves.
Jellybean cichlids were originally blood parrots with food coloring injections but when the pink convict x blood parrot pairing came along they started calling them jellybean cichlids.
When it comes to hybrids Chris is always right. I would stop arguing now before you look insanely stupid and I agree those r just short body convicts
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One thing i learned. Or rather, two.
Do not debate nutrition with RD
do not debate hybrids and " oit of yhe ordinary cichlids " with chris.
Time lost. They know their stuff.
Do not debate nutrition with RD
do not debate hybrids and " oit of yhe ordinary cichlids " with chris.
Time lost. They know their stuff.
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