Just by my knowledge I will try to teach people how to choose your pair of (american) cichlids to hybridize.
Most people don't really like hybrids, but sometimes they come out to be nice or interesting, like flowerhorns and BP's.(~Hybridfish7)
pretty much all central american cichlids (like amphilophus, amatitlania, etc) can hybridize as long as they look similar. However if you are looking to hybridize a pair, here are the basic guidelines to pairing two species:
for central american cichlids, you can go by this for pairing.
pair looks similar, around same size, same family- (for example midas x red devil) good chance they will hybridize
pair is just in the same family- (for example small hrp and big t-bar) good chance they will hybridize
they are from different families- (for example a texas and a convict) possible but not a very good chance
different family, different appearance- (for example a jaguar and a convict) possible but not a very good chance
one is bigger and more aggressive than the other- (jack dempsey and an HRP) little to no chance
central american and south american- (pink convict and an electric blue acara) not possible, sorry
two hybrids- depends on what they are a hybrid of, a flowerhorn and a BP can hybridize well since they both can get around the same size and both have amphilophus genes in them.
as for south american cichlids, they can only hybridize within their families.
for example an electric blue acara can hybridize with a green terror as long as they're the same size, they're both acaras.
sorry, no angel x discus hybrids...
hope this helps, if you have anything to add on or correct let me know...
one thing I do want to try one day is a marble HRP with a sajica. That would be beautiful if I could get a perfect mix of body shape and color.
Most people don't really like hybrids, but sometimes they come out to be nice or interesting, like flowerhorns and BP's.(~Hybridfish7)
pretty much all central american cichlids (like amphilophus, amatitlania, etc) can hybridize as long as they look similar. However if you are looking to hybridize a pair, here are the basic guidelines to pairing two species:
for central american cichlids, you can go by this for pairing.
pair looks similar, around same size, same family- (for example midas x red devil) good chance they will hybridize
pair is just in the same family- (for example small hrp and big t-bar) good chance they will hybridize
they are from different families- (for example a texas and a convict) possible but not a very good chance
different family, different appearance- (for example a jaguar and a convict) possible but not a very good chance
one is bigger and more aggressive than the other- (jack dempsey and an HRP) little to no chance
central american and south american- (pink convict and an electric blue acara) not possible, sorry
two hybrids- depends on what they are a hybrid of, a flowerhorn and a BP can hybridize well since they both can get around the same size and both have amphilophus genes in them.
as for south american cichlids, they can only hybridize within their families.
for example an electric blue acara can hybridize with a green terror as long as they're the same size, they're both acaras.
sorry, no angel x discus hybrids...
hope this helps, if you have anything to add on or correct let me know...
one thing I do want to try one day is a marble HRP with a sajica. That would be beautiful if I could get a perfect mix of body shape and color.
