Is it remotely possible a Jack Dempsey and a...

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...Parachromis Friedrichsthalii could pair up? I have one of each and they're behaving like attracted male and female. I think the Dempsey is the female. She'll nudge him and encourage the Freddy to win confrontations with a Green Severum.
 
...Parachromis Friedrichsthalii could pair up? I have one of each and they're behaving like attracted male and female. I think the Dempsey is the female. She'll nudge him and encourage the Freddy to win confrontations with a Green Severum.
I wouldn't doubt it's possible.....they are somewhat related, just not that closely.
 
Since they are both Heroine cichlids, and both evolved from the same basal ancestor, why not.
But whether or not you actually want to allow any fry out of your house is the important question.
And if not, whether you have the stomach to do (what I would consider the best thing to do would be), is to cull any survivors you do not want to keep.
My opinion is there are too many, unidentifiable mutt cichlids out there already.
And all the many "help me ID the unidentifiable" posts on MFK only serve to (I believe) prove my point.
 
Since they are both Heroine cichlids, and both evolved from the same basal ancestor, why not.
But whether or not you actually want to allow any fry out of your house is the important question.
And if not, whether you have the stomach to do (what I would consider the best thing to do would be), is to cull any survivors you do not want to keep.
My opinion is there are too many, unidentifiable mutt cichlids out there already.
And all the many "help me ID the unidentifiable" posts on MFK only serve to (I believe) prove my point.
Yeah seems like there's a big difference to being partial to eachother vs. having a spawn that turns into viable free swimmers. Either way most likely not interested in keeping any of them if that were to happen. That is unless they can talk and tell jokes.
 
Since they are both Heroine cichlids, and both evolved from the same basal ancestor, why not.
But whether or not you actually want to allow any fry out of your house is the important question.
And if not, whether you have the stomach to do (what I would consider the best thing to do would be), is to cull any survivors you do not want to keep.
My opinion is there are too many, unidentifiable mutt cichlids out there already.
And all the many "help me ID the unidentifiable" posts on MFK only serve to (I believe) prove my point.
I use all of my babies as feeders personally.
 
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