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The "electric blue" in everything is just an overexpression of guanine. There is no random and magic electric blue gene. Probably something that can be achieved in any cichlid. Defeating nature is easiest through hybridization. Could be as simple as crossing fish that have dissimilar pearl...

This looks like a low quality super red monkey, just get the real thing. The SEX of the fish does make a difference in it's appearance, just like every other creature.

Either a femal or male with prolapse. Hard to tell.

Incorrect They are pure species shortbodies.

Not hybrids and not sterile. Search the forum using the words "shortbody".

Never heard of this performed on cichlids but have personally hand spawned fancy goldfish many times. The milt can only be expressed once breeding behavior has been observed. Giving a male goldfish the squeeze when he is not ready to breed results in nothing. Same thing with females, they have...

Glad you got an sb out of the few you were able to grow. Carpintis that fit in 30 gallon tanks should be a pet store staple, yet this sb morph is much harder to find now compared to a decade ago. Cool project, please update once that little sb gets growing.

Beautiful fish and an interesting solution to this problem. You must be quite attached to these monsters. Sometimes planned pairs just won't get along, but there are some pairs that overcome this when we mimic nature (and tag team wrestling). The usual solution for overcoming incompatible...

75 gallon should be fine and the sailfin as a tankmate will probably work. Flowerhorn like to dig and move substrate so add a prefilter to your intake if you want to keep the sand. No feeder fish is a good rule. FH don't need live food and you risk infecting your fish with illness and disease...

Looks pretty freaked out by it's own reflection on that bare bottom panel. I hope someone does something as disorienting and uncomfortable to you someday.

Guys like this respond well to regular cichlid keeper habits, don't "pump" for growth and feed standard high quality cichlid food.

Cute little fatty. Got any plans on line breeding these? I am currently outcrossing sb escondido to regular Vontehillo (if the male ever decides he's ready).

Really pretty male. How is his temperament? That caudal fin is fat and nice, makes me believe this guy will have a nice boxy shape when mature.

This is a juvenile fish, long past the fry stage. Very neat that you can see a strain A x strain B in him despite it being sold as an f2 kamfa. It is important for fh keepers to have magical abilities like that. This fish had lots of potential. Just make sure it avoids the bad crowd at school...

You are correct.

Should end up with quite a few shortbodies. A mfk member proved the sb as a dominant, he created his line from a female x Escondido outcross.

A very lackluster and pointless hybrid, a pure midas is much better looking. Color is nothing special and is pretty much the most common result for a hybrid fader.

Use your language skills to decipher the meaning of the words in the name. Then look at the pictures. Nothing to do with parrots. Looks like a female.

He looks like a nice little fh. Red coverage is pretty extreme and the pearls really pop. I know this is a hospital or grow tank but I recommend not to fall for the sterile bottom meme, he will be much more comfortable, beautiful, and active with a little bit of substrate. Color will improve and...

Why do you call it an srd x rt? Looks like a red dragon. Did petco's supplier tell you this was a srd x rt?