Jack Dempsey X Parrot Cichlid

[devilfish]

Hi would this work if i tried 2 cross my jack dempsey with my parrot cichlid . I'm not sure of the sex of the jack dempsey but i have 3 sother shud be a female in there. I no my parrot cichlid is a male but i dont no whether he is fertile. Thanks Matt

 

[kubora666]

right... two problems wrong with this...the two fish that suposedly make this fish are both " cicholasama" (soz for spelling ), the severum formerly being " heros " but the JD is of a family of usually large and aggresive fish called the " nandopsis " such as the jaguar cichlid, the dovii, and the salvini.
i dont think its posible. but they may pair... its just the eggs wont be fertile.
hope that helps

 

[devilfish]

Thanks it has answered my question .But what would breed with my parrot .Thanks Matt

 

[kubora666]

if it is a male, nothing most likely, MOST male bloodparrots are infertile..... but that leaves alot of open choices with the females, they can deffinetly cross breed with a convict, and possibly some other cichlosama fish, ive heard of texas and BP before but i have yet to actually see a picture,
yourt best bet to deffinetly get young would be a male convict.
i supose other fish in the convicts family could also such as the sajica and the jade eye, or my babies wich are a cross between all three of them!
i sugest it will be trial and error, but you will find a mate for it eventually.

*edit* there is always a chance that your male bloodparrot will produce fertile eggs with a female fish of anotehr species, only this is alot lower percentage.

 

[vancouver]

I'm pretty sure jds and parrots can cross breed.. but you'd need a female parrot

 

[~T~]

Thanks it has answered my question .But what would breed with my parrot .Thanks Matt

The severum thing IMO is bull.

BP's can cross with many cichlids so I dont see why a JD wouldnt work.So far the only fish I have seen to cross with a JD are convict and texas although there probably is more.

 

[kubora666]

a male jd would completely batter to within an inch of its life if not kill the female blood parrot.
i wouldnt advise it, but in theory they probably can crossbreed.

AND i didnt say the parrot was a RD and a SEV, i meant its the most common theory behind it, we all know that the bloodparrot is a hybrid between several south american fish such as the flowerhorn,
if youve seen a VIEJA+MIDAS hybrid they look like kongs only less deformed.... if not a GOOD kong.

 

[~T~]

a male jd would completely batter to within an inch of its life if not kill the female blood parrot.
i wouldnt advise it, but in theory they probably can crossbreed.

AND i didnt say the parrot was a RD and a SEV, i meant its the most common theory behind it, we all know that the bloodparrot is a hybrid between several south american fish such as the flowerhorn,
if youve seen a VIEJA+MIDAS hybrid they look like kongs only less deformed.... if not a GOOD kong.

JD's are not as mean as a lot of people think, I used to keep a large male JD with parrots(3 at the time)and they were not interested in each other in the slightest.The JD would however pick fights with the jaguar cichlid I had in there(who the parrots would stic up for).Many people keep and breed flowerhorns with parrots and they are a million times more aggressive than jack dempseys.

 

[devilfish]

Mine is in with 2 more JDs and my parrot and they dont seem to be nasty only the parrot chases them around abit.

 

[kubora666]

FH+BP ? never heard of or seen that before.... any pics or a site?

 

[~T~]

FH+BP ? never heard of or seen that before.... any pics or a site?

Have a look on www.flowerhornusa.com in the breeding section.BP's are used to breed with FH very often.