Hi all, I noticed that when most people speak about breeding cichlids the main suggestion is to get a group of juveniles and let them pair up. While I think this is good it doesn’t take into account one of the main complaints we have, the lack of genetic diversity. Inbred fish usually/eventually are less robust, less true personality traits and are less colorful. That leads people to seek after wild caught specimens, that can lead to another set of problems. I understand that sometimes it’s hard to find juveniles, especially some of the more rare species, but a lot of people don’t put forth the effort to shop around. I understand line-breeding for certain traits. Am I missing something here? I would have posted this in the genre cichlid forum but evidently I don’t have “sufficient privileges” to post there.
