strange co-incidence you post, i was going to update this thread last night, then didn't.
I think there was 8 fry that survived altogether, they very much look like just small normal convicts. I am taking the liberty of putting one of them (currently only about 1cm) in my planted community, there's nothing in there it can breed with and i'd like to see it's development.
The other's are still in the small plastic fry tank, the growth has slowed right down, they are all about 1cm to 1.5cm with the traditional blue/black colouring
I've raised hundreds of pure Convict fry in the past and had multiple breedings pairs of convicts.
These fry (half convict, half jellybean) - which i guess makes them 75% convict and 25% parrot in a weird way seem to behave differently than previous pure Convict fry i have had. They are a little aggressive with other (chasing about the fry tank, no damage done though) but show no aggression towards the x3 Guppy Fry i put i there about 3 weeks ago, they completely leave the Guppies alone. This is in contrast to my previous experiences when trying to mix fry temporarily (convict fry would harass, kill and eat guppy fry of same size)
Every single Jellybean (short bodied convict) i've ever had have been less aggressive (including when breeding) as normal convicts. Still a little fiesty and will defend eggs/fry, but generally not as aggressive as normal convicts.
So..... i am thinking that these fry maybe, will be a little less aggressive with other fish, i am going to monitor the one small fry in my community tank and see how he/she learns to interact with all the tetra's, guppies, platies, corydoras etc in that tank.
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