painted parrots

[hozb]

i have 3 blood parrots which i love to death (two yellow and one a pinkish yellow- loosing colour)


one of the yellow ones colour has deepend since i got it (they were nearly transparent)

anyway i was thinking of getting more parrots but if there all painted i really dont want to they were advertised as parrot cichlids when i got them


are the ones i got painted and is there anyway of achieving 'natural' undyed ones i love them but cant bear the cruelty

 

[cometcattle]

When I got my un-dyed parrot, he was black/grey and yellow (sorry, no pics of that).

Now he is bright yellow:

If I had to guess, I'd say your yellow one is not dyed.

 

[hozb]

Thanks the yellow one is just like the one in the pic at the minute

any ideas on the pink one

 

[fufanu360]

well usually even if they are died, its all gone by the time they are liek 4 inches

 

[mwm]

If they even make it 4 inches before they die

 

[Opcn]

death by dyeing sells un-dyes Jellybean parrots, barring that you could breed some of your own, cons and some cichlid thats not a hybrid but has parrot in the name as I recall

 

[Synirr]

death by dyeing sells un-dyes Jellybean parrots, barring that you could breed some of your own, cons and some cichlid thats not a hybrid but has parrot in the name as I recall

I've heard lots of theories about how to make a BP... The one I've heard the most is gold severum X pink convict, but i've also heard convict X midas/red devil... who knows

 

[Jason_S]

the most widely accepted opinions are that blood parrots are the cross of a gold severum and midas/red devil. jellybean parrots are the cross of a blood parrot and a pink convict. jellybeans were "created" because of the low fertility rates in blood parrot males. jellybean parrots are much more fertile.

 

[Ben]

i foudn this on the Death By Dyeing site.

Jellybean Parrotfish are a hybrid species between the Convict Cichlid and the Blood parrot (which is a hybrid of the Severum and Red Devil) that was developed specifically for being dyed. Having 50% Convict blood, they are tougher then regular parrots and can withstand dyeing at a younger age, which is why they were developed.

HTH

DD

 

[Vip]

i still dont see proof in the midas/sev deal i still say they are deformed midas/red devil cichlids.

 

[Jason_S]

i still dont see proof in the midas/sev deal i still say they are deformed midas/red devil cichlids.

imo, there definitely has to be more than one species involved. if "blood parrots" were a deformity from a red devil/midas breeding they woulnd't be able to be bred as readily as they are. I can see the severum in them because a blood parrot's body shape is much more oval than a red devil or midas.