75 Gallon - Firemouth Cichlid & Blood Parrot Cichlid - Spawning Again

Here's my Second video of the odd couple... my female Firemouth and my Male Parrot spawning. The first time this happened, the parrot just kinda swam around the firemouth and didn't show any interest in fertilizing the eggs (this can be seen in my 1st pawning video)...BUT, this time, the Parrot Cichlid is showing natural spawning activity as seen in this video. After the firemouth lays a group of eggs, the parrot swims up against the rock and fertilizes the firemouth's eggs on it. Also, this time, the parrot is helping the firemouth guard and chase away anything that comes near the rock. So who knows...maybe this time there will be some babies! I'll put up an update if anything hatches from the eggs.

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• blood
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• cichlid
• firemouth
• cichlids
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• Fry
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• bloodfin
• blue
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• bamboo
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• procambrius
• alleni
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• juvenile

[leolux10]

Question. Does anyone actually know which two fish make up the blood parrot? I can see traits and character from the Red Devil cichlid. Also, why are the males infertile but not the females? o_O Educated insight preferred. Thanks in advance.

[BingX14]

@leolux10 more than 90% of the blood parrots you find is pet and fish stores are hybrid combinations of the Red Devil cichlid and the Gold Severum. Thats what mine is. thats why parrots can go either way with aggression. Some can take after the Red Devil genes and try to terrorize tankmates, while other blood parrots can take after the severum and be very peaceful and just go about their own buisness.

[Rob10321]

actualy BingX14, male parrots cant fertalize eggs even parrot eggs, however other types of male cichlids could ferlaize them but this is rather rare.

[BingX14]

@Rob10321 yes thankyou i'm aware of this like ive said in earlier comments (see below) , i know that male parrots are infertile. females however have good eggs that can be fertilized by other male cichlid species so you are correct. i've seen a male Texas cichlid sucuessfuly fertilize female parrot eggs before, but you're right its very rare

[wisam1269]

just to let uk that the firemouth is the male ;)

[BingX14]

actually I'm 100% positive that the firemouth is the female. I've watched the her lay eggs very closely. This wasn't the only spawn these two had. they have spawned 3 times and no babies have been produced because the male parrot, being a hybrid, is infertile. Also, although she's colorful, the firemouth's fins are much shorter than those of a male and her overall size is smaller than an adult male. I have added at juvenile male to the tank and the differences are already becoming visible

[TheTypewritergenius]

Hey, can anyone help me? I just got to blood parrots from petsmart. The smaller one,s and they are really scared, I have had them for 5 days, and they havent came out yet. Has anyone else had this problem, please help me i have no clue what to do. I have 2 of them in a 60 gallon tank with a fluval 305. Please help.

[Mrdynamite777]

a day or 2 before the female gets ready to lay eggs does the papilla show.

[leolux10]

pinkish*

[leolux10]

I have a pair of parrots (blue male/publish orange female). They show the behavior of a mated pair. It's just too bad they may never produce. Let's hope for a miracle! I just hope my blue male lives long. :/

[elektroraver143]

thats fucking crazy i never seen a parrot and a firemouth mate before so it is possible my parrot and daimon teaxs are in a casstle fighting everybody ether they have eggs or they are going to mate they act wierd its kool if they have eggs thoe

[sfdvlam68]

Nice, I did not know that a firemouth can be compatible wiht blood parrot. Please update us with videos of the fry and how they turned out if viable. I am curious to find out. If it turns out viable batch, what cool colors that would be.

[elektroraver143]

kool i never seen a parrot spawn with a firemouth

[The0Burger0King]

My Green Terror and Blood Parrot attempt to spawn all the time. She always ends up abandoning the eggs cause they don't hatch.