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philuponthepho
Captain
Posts: 1059
Location: Arlington
Favorite Fish:: Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| | Subject: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/7/2010, 8:58 am | |
| This is really weird but my male convicts tail is turning blue. Like a darker hue of blue. At first, I thought I was tripping, but it kinda is blue! Pics will come later after superbowl, oops i meant Superbowl(has to be capitalized because its awesome) |
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Joe Reborn
Staff Sergeant
Posts: 185
Location: Dallas/ Richardson
Favorite Fish:: Red Festae, Frontosa, Red Zebra, Green Terror
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/7/2010, 9:26 am | |
| weird but i have a Green Terror whos tips of the Dorsal fins and tail fin are white. Not the Orange that most are. |
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CajunGator
Moderator
Posts: 5834
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana
Favorite Fish:: Cichlids, WC Syn Petricola, Shellies, Festae, Mbu Puffers, Koi Angels, ABN, Piranha, Mermaids
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/7/2010, 9:31 am | |
| Post some pics... let us see the variants!!! thanks **********USAfishbox.com*************   |
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fabfish
Sergeant
Posts: 113
Location: graham , washington ( by seattle )
Favorite Fish:: my favorite fish are my 15 inck king kamfa breeding pair of flowerhorn
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/11/2010, 9:45 pm | |
| I HAVE A COLONY OF THE SAME TYPE , AND MINE HAS TURNED PURPLE AND BLACK , ITS KILLER , ALL THE LILER ONES R STILL BLUE BUT ITLL TURN PURPLE WHEN BIG |
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Rachael0805
Captain
Posts: 1021
Location: Sacramento
Favorite Fish:: Red Devil, Red Terror, Green Terror...
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/11/2010, 9:50 pm | |
| My female convicts tail is a mix of green and blue, kind of like a peacock feather, it just turned that way within the last month or so |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/11/2010, 9:58 pm | |
| mine are green and blue, they look really preety |
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swizzlestick69
Private
Posts: 5
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Favorite Fish:: New World Cichlids, and preditory fish...
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/20/2010, 10:34 am | |
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ricardorocks
First Lieutenant
Posts: 671
Location: los angeles
Favorite Fish:: halfmoon bettas and any nice looking cichlids
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/20/2010, 4:43 pm | |
| any pics let us see what u have |
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misplacedsooner
Private First Class
Posts: 36
Location: stillwater, oklahoma
Favorite Fish:: central and south american cichlids
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/26/2010, 12:56 am | |
| wondering if they arent honduran red points?? i have seen some convicts with more blue than others too, could be collecting point or as said maybe red points, i have bred those many times.
joe, sounds like you have the silber saum variation rather than the gold. here is an updated artical on them, i put the thread from okaa as the conversation is easier to follow to get the general idea
http://64.120.174.85/~okcaaor/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7581&sid=421476b8106834fb1ddd18001ea809ad |
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CajunGator
Moderator
Posts: 5834
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana
Favorite Fish:: Cichlids, WC Syn Petricola, Shellies, Festae, Mbu Puffers, Koi Angels, ABN, Piranha, Mermaids
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/26/2010, 4:29 am | |
| Come on Phil u can post a pic **********USAfishbox.com************* |
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RedDeadDuster
Corporal/Specialist
Posts: 86
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/26/2010, 7:12 am | |
| | misplacedsooner wrote: | wondering if they arent honduran red points?? i have seen some convicts with more blue than others too, could be collecting point or as said maybe red points, i have bred those many times.
joe, sounds like you have the silber saum variation rather than the gold. here is an updated artical on them, i put the thread from okaa as the conversation is easier to follow to get the general idea
http://64.120.174.85/~okcaaor/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7581&sid=421476b8106834fb1ddd18001ea809ad |
I picked up one myself a little while back that shows nearly no stripes and a very light purple in the fins. Nicest( ie kind) convict (so far) I have ever seen, too.
I seriously doubt these are Honduran Red Points. I have those. HOWEVER, it would not surprise me if somewhere down the line they were crossed with Hondurans or something simliar. With the way convicts breed there is no telling. |
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misplacedsooner
Private First Class
Posts: 36
Location: stillwater, oklahoma
Favorite Fish:: central and south american cichlids
| | Subject: Re: Convict Cichlid with blue tail?? 2/26/2010, 11:23 am | |
| good call there reddeadduster, i agree. convicts and red points...actually most of the genus sure are horny arent they?? |
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