My FH and Oscar," Bonnie and Clyde"
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Wctroublesome561;4650346; said:
Only way is to vent it, which requires taking it out of the water, flipping it over and looking at the breeding tube. But even if it was a male and they spawned the eggs wouldn't hatch.
Chrisplosion;4650341; said:Oscar can certainly hybridize, just not with anything you will find in a petstore. You and your facts
If I didnt know what I was talking about I would ask you to find a picture of an O hybrid, but its not possible. Astronotus cant hybridize outside their genus. Period.
FishingOut;4650396; said:If I didnt know what I was talking about I would ask you to find a picture of an O hybrid, but its not possible. Astronotus cant hybridize outside their genus. Period.
I know this. An Astronotus crossing with a different kind of Astronotus is still hybrid. So technically your original statement is false.
FishingOut;4648692; said:
Should have worded this better.
Chrisplosion;4650416; said:
Now your getting into something rather controversial. Some scientists claim Astronotus is all 1 species, Ocellatus, and all other forms are color morphs and isolated sub-species. Some will say the classification of specimens is into the two known species A. Oscellatus and A. Crassipinnis.
O's arent my thing so I dont want to dig any deeper, Was just curious how you came to that assumption, or is it just a generalize rationalization? Do you have a DNA analasis that suggests this? or what reference are you going off of?
