Ellioti x Convict Hybrid

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
A

Azedenkae

Piranha
MFK Member
Apr 19, 2012
1,891
72
81
Washington State, United States of America
www.sosofishy.com
So I was bored one day 3 months ago and decided to do something fun - i.e. trying my hand at breeding cichlids.

I noticed that there's a distinct lack of Thorichthys species hybrids (besides the common firemouth) so I decided to start there. :D Specifically, T. maculipinnis/ellioti looked to be the best looking Thorichthys species, so I obtained a male of the species and stuck it into my tank. :P

So anyways I never breed cichlids ever before so I decided to go with something common and relatively unexpensive for my Ellioti to breed with in case anything goes horribly wrong. XD Convicts were very common, cheap, and I've kept them before, so I sorta know how they are. Hence about 3 months ago, I obtained 3 females to go with my Ellioti.

Anyways the Ellioti paired up with one of them (let's call her Convict #1). She laid eggs three times, but none of the batches were fertilized by the Ellioti.

About 2 weeks ago though, a different Convict laid eggs (let's call her Convict #2) and her batch was fertilized! Funnily enough, the Ellioti is still paired with Convict #1.

Because it was stressing out Convict #2 to have three other cichlids in with her that sorta hated her guts, I removed all three. Last Sunday evening I came home to see most of the eggs gone. Disappointingly, I removed Convict #2, hoping that I can at least save some. When I returned to the tank tho, I noticed things wriggling in the gravel - and lo and behold, cichlid fries!

It's been 7 days since then, and the fries are now free swimming. :D So yeah, I now have about a hundred or so Ellioti x Convict hybrids swimming around happily in my tank. Mind you, this is my first time breeding cichlids (as stated) so I don't really know what I'm doing. But they're still all alive (or so it seems), so that's good. :P

A few pics and vids:

IMG_1852.jpg


Momma (Convict #2)99

402016_4120673371337_83912275_n.jpg

P8110071.jpg


Poppa

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v320/Azure_Dragon1990/?action=view&current=IMG_1838.mp4

Momma 'fighting' Poppa + Convict #1 (Ignore the sound, that's from Eureka)

IMG_1865.jpg


Fries - Day 6. Kinda hard to see them against the gravel.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v320/Azure_Dragon1990/?action=view&current=IMG_1870.mp4

Fries - Day 7. Now they swim all over the place. :))

Still entirely unsure as to how they'll turn out, but given the number of fries swimming around I do hope at least a few turns out really nice. :))
 
wow neat mix cant wait to see how they turn out keep us updates!!
 
Haha thanks. Yeah they're still way too small to really tell how they'd turn out. :P Seeing how many of the firemouth hybrids retain the sprangles (what little firemouths have), I'm hoping that the Ellioti sprangles will show clearly in the hybrids. Would be awesome. :P In general how long do cichlid fries take to not look generic?
 
Congrats. Ellioti are my favorite thorichthys. I want to try a similar project some day but with ellioti and multispinosa. How big is that ellioti?
Keep its updated!
Sent from my SPH-D600 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
 
Thanks. :) Yeah Firecons do indeed look cool, I'm hoping that these Ellicons will overshadow the Firecons bwahahahahaha!

Also small update:

Day 8 - Fries still doing well, growing larger. Not really much of an update at all. Guess I'll include a pic. :P

488303_10150993282451504_1666115203_n.jpg


A portion of the fries (sorry bad pic, took with iPhone). I estimate that there's probably about 150-200 fries.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom