Parrot?

[AdamWH]

I just visited a fish store near the city and they had a fish marked as "red devil x synspillum". I thought that these two species crossed to form red parrots? I am really tempted to go buy this fish but would it be safe with my conventional parrots? The fish in question looked like a young synspillym with sharper mouth and pretty vivid colours for a female. The guy in the shop said he had some of its siblings at home and that they were becoming quite spectacular. Is this basically a flowerhorn? Would any of you buy it?

Adam

 

[vancouver]

I'd probably buy it if I had the space... weird hybrids are always interesting to buy when they're young..

Just to see what they'll look like when they grow up.

 

[AdamWH]

i did some googling and a site said that a cros between these two was called a "rose queen". is that true? are they nice looking fish?

Adam

 

[Suicidal_AZN]

i googled it up no such thing as a rose queen.

 

[vancouver]

I've seen rose queens before... the ones I've seen looked like purple-ish colored red devils...

I wasn't really impressed with the ones I saw.

 

[AdamWH]

Yeah, some sites say they are just dyed devils while others say a strain of flowerhorn. In the pics I have seen i can see both the devil and quetzel influence.

http/www.cichlidmadness.com/forums/index...showtopic=16390

http/www.jactropicalpetplace.com/puroquci.html

http/www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auc...&1186471795

See, they do exist!

 

[vancouver]

Not the most exciting looking fish, but I guess personality-wise they could be alright.

 

[HornyFlower]

Not the most exciting looking fish, but I guess personality-wise they could be alright.

If their personality is anything like a parrot that would make a good reason alone to get one IMO.