Hybrid Convict

Our convict hybrid, one we kept, half honduran red point(blue convict), half convict. Vid a little blurry but his fins are a gorgeous translucent blue, with green in the top fin, very defined stripes with gret coloration. Little mael is about three months old at this recording.

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Pets & Animals

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• convict
• hybrid
• honduran
• red
• point
• blue
• cichlid

[4angelfish31]

I think my male is like urs check him out!

[GaToRxxx420]

Honduran Red Points are related to Convicts, but are a different species. The HRP's look considerably different when you see them next to Convicts. The term "Blue Convict" is referring to when they cross. I have some HRP x Black Convict fry in my 10 gallon tank right now actually. I plan to keep 1 or 2 and give a couple to a friend, but the rest will be fed to my flowerhorn and Dempseys.

[RickRude301]

color is awsome!

[ortamenx]

You've been breeding them for years and you TRUST wikipedia??????? Did I not say that the blues where bred that way? BTW There are "wild" blue cons, it is called enviromental adaptation, the same reason in parts of england you oly have grey moths, and in other parts there are white and gray moths. You said you bred your pinks with longer fins.

But enough, no point to argue on youtube.

[fromdust2dust]

the only real difference is where they are found on the earth and as far as wild ones having longer i have a pair of domestic breed pink convicts that have just as long fins as my old bared con the males have longer fins then the females dude i would know i have been breeding them for years and also there is no such thing as a blue convict cichlid the every day hobbiest created it

[ortamenx]

Yup red point is a blue con. Colored slightly different that a regular con, more blue gray, less visible stripes, unless they are showing thier colors. Fin size is also different, blues have much longer fins, bred that way. Where as the con not bred for the fins or looks are identical to the wild cons, short fins (because they fight and are territorial). Much like bettas, wild ones have very short fins compared to the ones we see today bred for color and fin length.

[fromdust2dust]

honduran red point is a nother name for the convict look it up on wikipedia and as for blue lips and red tail it sounds like a very colorful female

[ortamenx]

"Convicts with eggs" Dec 15 08, is a vid of this guy's brother breeding with a regular con, you can see the mix a little better, I have to convert my video for you tube so I loose some digital quality.

[ortamenx]

Honduran Red Point, or sometimes called a blue con. In the video there is a firemouth (just a tank mate), the big con in the video is from a honduran red point and con mix, I have newer videos of another mix just like this one breeding with a regular con, I also have older video of this fish's parents, but can't post links because youtube won't let me.

"Convicts and thier fry" Apr 23 07 is this guy's parents, and "Convicts with eggs" is this guy's brother breeding with a regular con.

[RickRude301]

what is a red point? the fish in the tank look like a fire mouth cichlid..