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Polar Blue Parrot cichlid
Carterton
3 days
£5
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Carterton
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For sale
Age
7 months, 29 days
Breed
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Polar blue parrot cichlid babies born in May 2024
Collection Carterton
This fish is not found in the wild and seems to be the result of selective breeding short-bodied Convicts and Honduran Red Point cichlids. This short-body trait is similar to that seen in Parrots and has led to speculation that they might be hybrids, which would lead to much larger adult sizes which have not yet been seen. As this fish is still quite a novelty we've yet to see them get any larger than the standard sizes expected for convicts. The strong blue tones and reduced aggression would certainly hint at them being mostly HRP in ancestry. The established existence of short-bodied convicts often artificially dyed and traded as Jellybean convicts would seem to be the logical origin of the trait in the polar parrot.
The aquarium should be large enough to allow any tankmates to escape the potential breeding territory of a single pair, with a much more spacious tank required for multiple specimens. Filtration should be efficient with areas of moderate water movement, along with some quieter resting spots out of the current. Companions can include shoaling fishes including livebearers such as Swordtails and Goodeids, other cichlids should not be too aggressive in order to prevent damage to these bolshie little hybrids, which may well start a fight that they're ill-equipped to finish. Avoid keeping this fish alongside close relatives such as other Amatitlania or Cryptoheros, to avoid hybridisation, although the horse has long since bolted from that particular stable.
Feeding
Omnivorous. Try to keep it varied with good quality flakes, small sinking pellet foods, and a mixture of frozen foods such as white mosquito larvae, vitamin-enriched brineshrimp, Mysis and chopped prawns and cockles.
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