I have a 10-11" colored Midas and have been looking for a female for a long time with no luck.I found some good sized female barred Midas that I would like to breed with my male but wanna see what people think about it.Im not trying to make hybrids seeing as how it pisses me off that every midas listed in most stores are Midas/RD x's and never turn out beefy like pure a Midas.I really wanna start getting some pure Midas available in my area.Is this a bad idea?
Messing up the Citrinellun breed?
- Thread starter jmatthewvan
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Correct me if Im wrong but Midas (citrenellum) + Barred Midas (citrenellum) = citrenellum..... I think its cool.
its not really crossing since they occur both barred and colored naturally. If you breed two barred midas some of the spawn will turn out colored.
Collection location is more important than "species" with many cichlids....
If all of the fish in question are tank raised fish of unknown provenance, then your guess is as good as anyone's with regard to them being what they're supposed to be...
Matt
If all of the fish in question are tank raised fish of unknown provenance, then your guess is as good as anyone's with regard to them being what they're supposed to be...
Matt
Go for it, crossing varieties makes no difference. Make sure to keep us updated on breeding them and raising the fry. 
It depends on how anti-hybrid you are. The deffination of hybrids includes mixing same species/differant races (ie Costa Rican dovii x nic dovii). Many in the aquarium hobby tend to ignore this part of the deffination though.
darth pike;3549102; said:
Actually,I'm not anti-hybrid if the breeder wants to keep a few for themselves but thats usually not the case.Not a fan of BPs,FHs or EBJD but have owned a few sweet hybrids,peticularly a Jag/Dempsey X. I also just went and picked up a couple 3" Midas from a lfs that came from Rapps,I'll post pics....
Probly end up with some Piebalds. Check out Jeff Rapps' Library.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201317
But I am with the others. Your not making Hybrids.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201317
But I am with the others. Your not making Hybrids.