Never thought of that.. thanks for mentioning it...Zoodiver;687974; said:Just from another perspective - with South America soon to be shutting it's doors to ray export, we should focus on keeping pure strains of them going in captivity. Mixing often times results in genetic mutations which will have a negative effect later on down the line.
To answer your question though, yes - with in the potamotryon genus it's possible. I've seen a few mixed pups in the US.
I'll keep that in mind... thanks... Now I'm going to create a new breed of rays... hahhaah j/k...African_Fever;688096; said:With the shutting down of exports, I'm hoping that people will be more interested in keeping their lines of rays even more pure than just not crossing different species, ie. only breeding marble motoros with marble motoros, and not chain link or others. Many cichlids were bred for years with no-one caring about where they came from, just that they were the same species, and now there are so many hybrids out there that it can be hard to find pure specimens of some species.
Zoodiver;687974; said:Just from another perspective - with South America soon to be shutting it's doors to ray export, we should focus on keeping pure strains of them going in captivity. Mixing often times results in genetic mutations which will have a negative effect later on down the line.
To answer your question though, yes - with in the potamotryon genus it's possible. I've seen a few mixed pups in the US.