Hybrid cichlids

[Skinner87]

Hi a new here. Just thought I would post some pictures. I was sold this male cichlid as a Trimac X flowerhorn. Well I put him with a female Trimac and the nest day she laid eggs and I now have free swimming fry. Do you think the male is a cross or a pure Trimac. He is in breeding colouration at the minute. Thanks

 

[tlindsey]

Hi a new here. Just thought I would post some pictures. I was sold this male cichlid as a Trimac X flowerhorn. Well I put him with a female Trimac and the nest day she laid eggs and I now have free swimming fry. Do you think the male is a cross or a pure Trimac. He is in breeding colouration at the minute. Thanks

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Welcome aboard

Members will chime in with their analysis of the Cichlid being a hybrid or pure Trimac.

 

[Jexnell]

Welcome to the fishy family!

 

[incredibleMrLimpet]

like 10 years ago i remember they had flowerhorns called GRADE AAA here in bay area that were identical to trimacs and were mean but my red devils always dusted them off in the end. say that to say i believe FH to beat RD, so there are GRADE AAAs out there u may very well have one

 

[incredibleMrLimpet]

like 10 years ago i remember they had flowerhorns called GRADE AAA here in bay area that were identical to trimacs and were mean but my red devils always dusted them off in the end. say that to say i believe FH to beat RD, so there are GRADE AAAs out there u may very well have one

 

[incredibleMrLimpet]

like 10 years ago i remember they had flowerhorns called GRADE AAA here in bay area that were identical to trimacs and were mean but my red devils always dusted them off in the end. say that to say i believe FH to beat RD, so there are GRADE AAAs out there u may very well have one..
just out your flick the one with the JD looking pissed if its a female strong possibility hybrid, if male Trimac doubt if its hybrid, reason size of fish if crossed with GRADE AAA they'rd be that boxers knot on forehead (forgot official name for lump but u know what im talking about)

 

[incredibleMrLimpet]

Hi a new here. Just thought I would post some pictures. I was sold this male cichlid as a Trimac X flowerhorn. Well I put him with a female Trimac and the nest day she laid eggs and I now have free swimming fry. Do you think the male is a cross or a pure Trimac. He is in breeding colouration at the minute. Thanks

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Hees beautiful bro its Trimac id say
lack of boxers knot

 

[Skinner87]

Hees beautiful bro its Trimac id say
lack of boxers knot

Thanks he's a stunning fish and is just over 10 inches at the moment ?. The fry are free swimming now so will move them to a grow out tank

 

[Red Cichlids]

Beautiful pair. The male shows some extra pearling on his side that you don't really see in trimac, so I think he was correctly labeled as the cross when you got him.

I love hybrids myself, but the problem with them is that the 75% cross might look pretty close to the pure species and thus get absorbed into the genepool. (On a side note, I believe this actually happens in the wild, though at a much slower rate, giving us some of the diversity within species and locales in the wild.)

 

[duanes]

Since the first FHs were a cross between a trimac and something else......the term pure, doesn't really apply.