kiwiplymouth Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Warning: If you are one of those purists that hate hybridization then read no further :lol: My Amphilophus labiatus male and my Red Parrot female have spawned today in my 8 footer. I am not sure if the eggs will be fertile but I have removed them and plan to attempt to grow on any surviving fry just out of interest. A pic of dad when he was younger And mum when she was young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elusive_fish Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 From what I understand, many parrot fish are infertile but some can breed. Ive read that spawnings are more likely to succeed with a non-hybrid parent... and as your labiatus is thought to be one of the fish the hybrid parrot was created from id imagine you'd have some chance of babies developing. Let us know what happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 guesses on what the babies will grow into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Less parroty parrots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Yeah I thought parrots were part red devil anyway so wouldn't expect the resulting fry to be anything out of the ordinary probably just as Phoenix has said parrots tending towards a red devil, you may even get some which resemble red devils it will be interesting to see. Are the eggs darkening up yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 hopefully dads shape and mums colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Day 2 The eggs are a nice light brown and only one or two have fungus-ed so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elusive_fish Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 hopefully dads shape and mums colour I had a 'blood red parrot' when I lived in Canada. The only thing is it didnt really have the real parrot beak shaped head... I think he was just a red devil, or at least was very much more that than whatever else it was bred from. It had an amazing pinky orange colour, not yellow like pictured here. It was the coolest fish I have ever owned. It attacked my hand, the scrubbing brush, moved bits of wood around like a dog, spat gravel against the side of the tank to get my attention... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Most of the eggs fungused just prior to wiggler stage. I do have 6-8 wigglers so at least I know they are a fertile pair. I will try some different methods of hatching the eggs in the future and hopefully get a better survival rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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