Thanks for the compliments on my Devil Justarn! He is indeed a legit F1 male
The fact of the matter is that midevil is no way an insult (as a matter of fact it seems to be becoming a species in itself). People are beginning to accept the fact that if the fish is bought without wild provenance which may indeed be midas or devil but without proof there's no way of knowing exactly what you have due to how closely these fish are related and how similarly they look. I have nothing against someone calling their fish what they want, but when we start talking about breeding and then distributing fry to people proper identification is the name of the game. I dont want to buy a juvie parachromis (all look similar @1") as a dovii and two months later i have a jag. Same goes for amphs, I dont want to get a fish labeled as a midas when in all reality it may be a mix of several species even though it may resemble a midas. Its all about proper representation in the hobby and responsibly distributing fish as what they are. I will not breed my male rd with a fish that looks to be a devil and sell as red devils. I will order from rapps and sell fry as true devils with 100% certainty and people will get what they asked for.
You, among others in here, put it perfectly well.
Awesome fish, everybody, by the way!
Now, i have Bulls that look exactly like the most hardened Midas in here, and i have Bull that look like the most hardened RD's in here...
Can i say i have both breeds? I cannot. I do not know their linneage. I can consider, between me, myself, and i, that i have Midas and Red Devils.
But i cannot take it further than that.
The big difference between some of you and some of us, is that some belive in so called 'true lines'. I do not.
I think the possibility of a certified true one entering in out tanks is small. After it is in our tanks, forget it.
As already said, ( and i could care less ) the hobby has created a new amplhi species, imho. Midevil.
