Cross Breeding Convicts

[Mystix212]

Now that I have your attention.
What fish could breed with convicts? Or what small South American cichlids can cross breed? I want to make mutant fish!

 

[GuppyDude]

Heh, perhaps you are not the sort who should be cross breeding fish.

 

[xingumike]

or perhaps he should be encouraged to go forth and mulitiply..... lol

 

[GuppyDude]

Hah, lets hope not.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

i know they aren't cichlids or hybrids, but if you just want to try your hand at breeding "mutant fish" check out the Desert Goby (an Australian native fish). they're little yellow beasties with big rubbery lips; they need brackish water but are otherwise quite hardy!

http/www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfact...sh/ceremius.htm

--EDIT--
here's a sexy picture of them: http/www.metop-aquarium.cz/galerie/91,020.htm

 

[Mystix212]

L:et me rephrase my topic. What small south american cichlids can breed with a convict?

 

[GuppyDude]

Convicts will x with...

Texas
Fire mouth
Sajica
Jade Eye
Jack Dempsey

Please breed responsibly (the fish i mean), and if you do end up with adult spawn eventually, make sure those whom you sell them to know exactly what they are getting. Handing hybrid fish over to your LFS is irresponsible and a danger to the hobby of fish keeping. Have fun.

 

[idlefingers]

L:et me rephrase my topic. What small south american cichlids can breed with a convict?

Convicts aren't even south american. They're central american. So trying to get a convict to breed with a south american fish is even more unnatural than trying to cross breed two central american fish.

Heh, perhaps you are not the sort who should be cross breeding fish.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Mystix212]

I know about the hybrids and the do's and donts, I just wanted to know what AMERICAN cichlids or anything else can breed with a convict. The possible offspring would be raised in a 40 G tank with pleco's. I would only do 2 or 3 spawns and feed the low quality fish to my other fish. Then keep the best 4 or so from the spawns and keep them in a much larger tank.

 

[kubora666]

mutants are easy to make ul find convicts will readily breed with just about anything
ive perfected my mutant.
so far ive had about 700 Convict+sajica+jade eye hybrid spawn
really really agrressiv but really brightly coloured.
good luck with your hybriding

 

[Mystix212]

Thanks, I could probably do Firemouth and con. I dont get many american cichlids near me, just lots and lots of african.

 

[preDATor]

L:et me rephrase my topic. What small south american cichlids can breed with a convict?

Convicts aren't even south american. They're central american. So trying to get a convict to breed with a south american fish is even more unnatural than trying to cross breed two central american fish.

Heh, perhaps you are not the sort who should be cross breeding fish.

Couldn't agree more.

South american to central.....hello texas are from america and convicts are from central america but you can still get a texas Convict...so the chances of central to southern are just as good.

 

[bolty]

Convicts will x with...

Texas
Fire mouth
Sajica
Jade Eye
Jack Dempsey

salvini
red devil
flower horn

but sajica and jade eye are the same thing no?

 

[~T~]

Convicts will x with...

Texas
Fire mouth
Sajica
Jade Eye
Jack Dempsey

salvini
red devil
flower horn

but sajica and jade eye are the same thing no?

No sajica = t bar cichlid.

Have you any pics of con x FH, I have never seen any.

 

[bolty]

Convicts will x with...

Texas
Fire mouth
Sajica
Jade Eye
Jack Dempsey

salvini
red devil
flower horn

but sajica and jade eye are the same thing no?

No sajica = t bar cichlid.

Have you any pics of con x FH, I have never seen any.

Archocentrus spilurus = jade Eyed Cichlid

Archocentrus sajica = T-Bar Cichlid

no no pics i seen a con/FH on MFK a while back
also seen (and did see the pics of the eggs with thge mum&dad) a red devil x dovii, that there over on MFK in the Hybrid page