Interbreeding Questions

[Cammo X]

well im getting a fish room soon hopefully, and i want to breed atleast one fish, i was thinking of cons and kribs interbreeding, will this work? i got told it would.

also if i interbred red forest jewels (Hemichromis lifalili) and cons or kribs. would trhis work?

and does it matter which species the famale should be or male?


thnx in advance


Cammo X

 

[Mystix212]

Convicts are Centeral American cichlids whilst Jewels and Kribs are African. There is no way for these two fish to breed together.

Its probably the same as asking a Gorilla and a Giant Panda to mate.

 

[Cammo X]

would jewels and kribs work then?

Cammo X

 

[Alistriwen]

Same problem, I believe Jewels and cons will cross though.

 

[Toby_H]

I'm not speaking from experience nor education...

But I don't believe that a West African Cichlid (Jewel) will cross with a Central American Cichlid (Convict)...

Convicts are willing to breed with anything... but I think biology is working against this one...

 

[Alistriwen]

Yup you're right. I thought jewels were S.A. my bad.

 

[Toby_H]

A lot of people mistake West African River fish for SA or CA as these rivers have similar water conditions to SA/CA... but much much different than the African rift lakes...

I've been keeping Jewels as Dithers with my SA/CA Cichlids for a while... they work great...

But I digress... this is in the breeding section...

 

[icecube]

i dont think that cons and jewels will breed,nor will cons and kribs.

 

[Cammo X]

well whats a small fish that will interbreed ?

Cammo X

 

[johnny_1993]

breed pure strains !

lots of africans will interbreed. red zebs and electric yellows.
most psuedotropheus species will interbreed with eachother.