Will a retic and motoro breed

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Will the two mate? I know they are two different breeds but just wondering
 

hereticlosmorte

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they technically COULD, yes.
will they? it's hard to say. the mating might end up stressing the female too much if she's the retic, because she'd be much smaller than the motoro. if male retic and female motoro, maybe.
though to be honest, i don't know why you'd want to crossbreed them, as the value of retics is quite low, and would drop your pups value as well.

it all comes down to your fish really.
 

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they technically COULD, yes.
will they? it's hard to say. the mating might end up stressing the female too much if she's the retic, because she'd be much smaller than the motoro. if male retic and female motoro, maybe.
though to be honest, i don't know why you'd want to crossbreed them, as the value of retics is quite low, and would drop your pups value as well.

it all comes down to your fish really.
The value of retics is low due to their likelyhood of dying. Cb retics are automatically worth more. There are no retic crosses so that would make them one of a kind. No one knows what a retic cross looks like, could become a hot item depending on how the pups turn out...
 

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Who was it on here that had a retic crossed with a hystrix but the female either died or the pups were born dead. I cannot fully remember who it was. Think their name started with grape.

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Mr. Allgood

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Yeah, grapedinox. They were still born, likely due to a heater malfunction during the pregnacy
 

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Was just wondering.. Not that I want them too. I wish I would have bought a male and female retic.. But the motoro just caught my eye. Thanks for input
 

hereticlosmorte

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The value of retics is low due to their likelyhood of dying. Cb retics are automatically worth more. There are no retic crosses so that would make them one of a kind. No one knows what a retic cross looks like, could become a hot item depending on how the pups turn out...
agreed that CB will fetch more value than WC, but they still wouldn't go anywhere near even a motoro value. it wouldn't boost all that much overall.
 

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Cb retics sell for the same price as motoro pups... if it is one of a kind, it is worth whatever someone will pay.
 
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