Is it possible to hybridize these species?

[cryptoheros 12]

I’ve started a project to hybridize some Central American fish, and I’d like to know if it’s possible to cross these species: Cryptoheros spilurus, Amatitlania nigrofasciata, Thorichthys meeki, and Vieja zonata. Looking forward to your advice!

 

[fishhead0103666]

duanes

 

[abominus]

duanes

already mentioned him in the same twin thread.

 

[duanes]

So you want to create more unidentifiable mutts, to muddy up an already murky market, and consider it a a positive thing?
And people wonder why I had to move out of the US to where only wild fish are.

 

[FINWIN]

Even I have to agree with duanes on this one. I don't see the purpose or point. To do what with these fish? I'm not trying to sound hostile, just trying to understand your long range plan.

To my dismay I've seen some short body oscars that look like goldfish moors on ebay. Completely insane.

 

[james99]

Closing you other thread on the same subject.

 

[cryptoheros 12]

¿Entonces quieres crear más mestizos no identificables, para enturbiar un mercado ya turbio y considerarlo algo positivo?
Y la gente se pregunta por qué tuve que mudarme de Estados Unidos a un lugar donde solo hay peces salvajes.
[/CITA]
I'm not in the U.S. right now; I'm living in a Central American country for the time being. Some aquariums here sell these fish, and it's worth mentioning that they're bred for this purpose, not wild-caught. I have no intention of reintroducing species or anything like that. I just find it interesting that some of these species can hybridize, and from what I understand, some of these hybrids even occur naturally. I don't plan to sell or create anything new, and if I did, it would just be for my own interest.

 

[cryptoheros 12]

Incluso yo tengo que estar de acuerdo con duanes en esto. No veo el propósito ni el sentido. ¿Qué hacer con estos peces? No intento sonar hostil, solo intento entender tu plan a largo plazo.

Para mi consternación, he visto algunos Oscar de cuerpo corto que parecen páramos de peces de colores en eBay. Una locura total.
[/CITA]
Didn't Flowerhorns and Blood Parrot cichlids start out pretty much the same way?

 

[FINWIN]

I believe so, yes. Not sure how far back they go but I read something about the 90s.