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ssmredman
05-28-2005, 1:05 PM
is it possible for my german blue ram cichlid to breed with a Double Full Red Cockatoo Cichlid in my 35 gallon tank?
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1084 the blue ram
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1664 thecockatoo
i have both of these fish at sexually maturate and are jaw locking and dancing with each other hope they will breed.
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piranha45
05-28-2005, 1:07 PM
Yes they can breed and prolly make successful fry.
ssmredman
06-01-2005, 1:42 PM
are you sure thry will breed
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are you sure thry will breed
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Of course he cant be sure. However based on what you have told its seems like they are getting ready to breed. And if they do odds are they will produce offspring.
Loubard
06-07-2005, 4:57 PM
I think it can not be done, these fish are from a complete other gender. I don't think they would attract to eatchother.
My opinion is however that you should not do it, i think a cross breeded fish isn't a good thing :cry: . But that's just mine opinion ofcourse.
ssmredman
06-07-2005, 6:44 PM
creating a new type of xixhlid would be awsome pet shops would pay big for them and they already have layed eggs on a piece os drift wood.
no pixs because of fish being scared of me and hiding when i come in my room and i dont want my Red Star flower horn cichlid to eat the eggs.
Kutty
06-10-2005, 12:55 PM
Yeah, the eggies will prolly be fertilised and hatch. I think you should remove all the fish in that tank excluding the pair. This way the eggs and resulting fry have a much higher chance of survival.
e!o!z!
06-10-2005, 4:22 PM
I think it can not be done, these fish are from a complete other gender. I don't think they would attract to eatchother.
My opinion is however that you should not do it, i think a cross breeded fish isn't a good thing :cry: . But that's just mine opinion ofcourse.
I hope the fish are two different genders :rofl:
riskistang
06-23-2005, 2:38 AM
An easy way to catch the fry and remove them with teh parents is to do a 20% water change and turn the filters, and air stones if you have them...thus taking the O2 out the water, the fry will be the first to notice and go striaght to teh top then scoop them up and move them to a safe tank so they can grow and see what you some up with. I have done this several times sucessfully...I got some horny a$$ cichlids.
cichlid_breath
07-12-2005, 9:50 AM
An easy way to catch the fry and remove them with teh parents is to do a 20% water change and turn the filters, and air stones if you have them...thus taking the O2 out the water, the fry will be the first to notice and go striaght to teh top then scoop them up and move them to a safe tank so they can grow and see what you some up with. I have done this several times sucessfully...I got some horny a$$ cichlids.
i 2 have breed fish this way
slavezer0
07-13-2005, 9:15 PM
another Xbreed?!?!?! WOW! tsk tsk tsk
N2Cichlids
07-18-2005, 7:27 PM
i always heard crossbreeding species was a bad thing. muttfish are very frowned upon in the fishstore world. i had mine do it by accident. i just kept them, and they crossbred with other fish in the tank. none of the cichlids are resellable now..you cant even tell who the original pair are. but, it weakens the strain, especially if you let it continue for too long.
That looks like an intresting cross breed..
Starfish
07-29-2005, 12:39 AM
they will breed in a 35g..they can in a 12g or higher.