My Red Monkey + questions

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Truong Seung

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Dec 18, 2023
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Wanted to show this little red monkey I got 2 weeks ago, stood out to me since most LFS in my area if they get any bring in a 8" or more monster male but this one looks female based on the vent. In the past few days she's been digging pits like crazy so it got me thinking about if I'll ever spawn it.

There is very little info on SRM on the internet but I assume most males are infertile like with most amph x vieja crosses. What other fish would produce some nice looking fry, any suggestions? Best looking imo that keep a similar look were from some pics on Chris Rounds FB were SRM x red syn but fertility is also iffy on male red syns. Maybe a fader ZZ can make some nice classic kamfa faders.

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Maybe try and Festae. You may get the males bright blue spangled scales.

Here is a male Festae I had.
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If you don't like that maybe a carpinitis
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The reason I mention these is to get some more pure genes
 
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The reason I mention these is to get some more pure genes
Makes sense, thats a great looking carpintis. I imagine they'd come out similar to F1 red texas if red monkeys have more vieja genetics maybe the fry could express more vieja traits compared to texas x bp crosses.

Unfortunately festae are too big for my tanks but that'd be an interesting cross.
 
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