Talk:Blood parrot cichlid
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[edit] Reasons for the controversy
Could someone who is knowledgeable about this subject explain the controvery? Why is it a "Frankenstein fish?" Is it because it is a cross-bred fish, or are there other reasons? (And if it is because it is a cross-breed, why is that so bad?) --12.154.39.254 14:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's because this cross breed results in various anatomical disabilities. These are detailed in the "Physical Description" section, but I've added a bit more clarifying language to the sentence that introduces the idea of the controversy. -Stellmach 17:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. Good article, by the way.--Raulpascal 23:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article name
Should the second word really be capitalized here? Dekimasu 13:44, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yes 74.241.140.49 07:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I have moved the article to Blood parrot cichlid per the examples of Firemouth cichlid, Electric yellow cichlid, Convict cichlid, Keyhole cichlid, Red devil cichlid... and to correct the capitalization issue. Please contact me if there are any problems. Dekimasu 05:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Breeding
"until the brood develops fungus, at which time the eggs will be consumed" sorry I didn't get this one. Does that mean their eggs won't be able to live anyway so they guard them till they die and then eat them?! What a stupid, stupid breeding habit (but maybe it's just that I'm stupid because I didn't understand this sentence) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.44.0.208 (talk) 22:34, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- The fish don't know that their eggs are infertile. They still have a cichlid breeding instinct. Fertile cihlids guard their eggs, and if any of them show signs of fungus, they'll eat them to keep it from spreading. Infertile cichlids (most blood parrots and flowerhorns, cross-species mated pairs when they arise) do the exact same thing, but since the eggs never hatch, eventually they eat the entire clutch.--97.84.177.161 (talk) 20:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
