60 gallon cichlid tank\ 15 gallon Oranda Goldfish tank

[melkayetx1]

These are my tanks. I had to start over on my Big cichlid tank cause my husband did not turn the heater on while i was out of town. So I lost the whole tank .
So now this is my new tank. I desided to keep parrots and add a new fish to the bunch. so in the 60 gallon I have

4 parrots
1 jeweled cichlids
1 front (Cyphotilapia frontosa)
1 convict
2 feather catfish
1 pleco
1 ell

The three parrots were a charity case I took them just cause Nobody would buy them cause they were "JellyBean" parrots. Why do that to a poor fish they have now lost there bright color and are going back to a normal blood parrot color of orange or lighter. You can see them in one picture it was a bright yellow now a light color. I just love my fish.

The new project was my mothers tank. She always had goldfish well now she has cichlids woohoo....

[stilllearnin]

[quote]The three parrots were a charity case I took them just cause Nobody would buy them cause they were "JellyBean" parrots. Why do that to a poor fish they have now lost there bright color and are going back to a normal blood parrot color of orange or lighter. You can see them in one picture it was a bright yellow now a light color. I just love my fish.
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EIther you or the store has a misunderstanding of "JellyBean" parrots.

JellyBean does not mean dyed.
Dyed is dyed.
But Jellybean parrots are crossed to/with convicts to make smaller (on average) parrots.

"Why do that to a fish" is a matter of oponion - lots of people ask the same question about why make a deformed hybrid with internal issues to begin with and a majority are against dyed fish but variety makes the world go round I guess

[melkayetx1]

[quote="stilllearnin"][quote]The three parrots were a charity case I took them just cause Nobody would buy them cause they were "JellyBean" parrots. Why do that to a poor fish they have now lost there bright color and are going back to a normal blood parrot color of orange or lighter. You can see them in one picture it was a bright yellow now a light color. I just love my fish.
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EIther you or the store has a misunderstanding of "JellyBean" parrots.

JellyBean does not mean dyed.
Dyed is dyed.
But Jellybean parrots are crossed to/with convicts to make smaller (on average) parrots.

"Why do that to a fish" is a matter of oponion - lots of people ask the same question about why make a deformed hybrid with internal issues to begin with and a majority are against dyed fish but variety makes the world go round I guess [/quote]

Sorry but yes these are JellyBean or Bubblegum parrots which are double hybrids, and were dyed. They also call them Jellybean cause some times they come out blue or a pink color when born and are also born a white, so this makes them easy for dying.. So they kept the Jellybean name when they dye them. A Jellybean or Bublegum is a parrot/pink convict Cichlid. Usually a Female Parrot and a Male Pink Convict.. Pet stores sale them cause of the colors. People buy them thinking they will stay this color and when they fade they bring them back or flush them . I bought them cause they were brought back, cause of color fading. The owner of the store even told me that people have came in and look but said they are dyed and a waste of money.. I have done the research on all my fish........ Oh and if you look at them closer they are the Parrot/convict cross you can tell by the shape of the mouth and the shape of the dorsal fin.

[stilllearnin]

[quote]Sorry but yes these are JellyBean or Bubblegum parrots which are double hybrids,[/quote] Your saying the same thing I did


All I disagree on is Jellybean does NOT mean dyed.


I know the fish
(it's not exactly this simple - but simplified for posting)
Severum X Devil/Midas = Parrot
Parrot X convict = Jellybean (smaller on average parrots)
Parrot X FLowerhorn (quad+ hybrid) = Flower Parrot
Cut tails = sweetheart parrot

And so on and on
ALL can be dyed or tattoed


Where I say someone has a misunderstanding is if you look a supplier lists (foreign or domestic) Jellybeans in general are NOT dyed.



Cheap dyed Jellybean assortments are sold as just jellybeans when on sale.
Other wise the dyed ones come with fancy names like:
Voilet Jellybean
Strawberry Jellybean
Blueberry Jellybean
Lemon Jellybean etc........
And the undyed pink , orange,red or striped varities are called just plain old Jellybeans

They used the name Jellybean because they can come out a varity of color and they're small(er)


[quote]The Convict Parrot Cichlid (which is also called the 'Jellybean' Parrot or 'Bubble Gum' Parrot') is also sometimes available. [/quote]
Definition hybrid fans go by - note dye is not mentioned


Cut and paste from a prominant U.S. wholesalers list
[quote]Dwarf Jellybean Convict
Dwarf Purple Haze Jellybean Convict
Dwarf Strawberry Jellybean Convict
Dwarf Blueberry Jellybean Convict [/quote]


All are a marketing scam anyways
Most dyed fish are...
As are a lot of hybrids
Parrot cichlids were already a real/natural species formerly hard to find that had their name used for marketing