Question on hybrid cichlid babies

[ricomambo]

My Malawi Eye Biter has been constantly spawning in my community tank... one time I was cleaning the tank and she spit out some of her babies... I was able to catch a few of them and moved them to a 20 gallon tank... only one survived, the rest were eaten by the other fishes in the 20 gallon...

the one baby who survived has body patterns similar to a Venustus (I have 2 confirmed males in the 200 gallon tank that also houses the Eye Biter)... is it possible for my Eye Biter (female) to crossbreed with my Venustus (male)?... anyone had a similar experience in the past and know how they look like adult size?

i will try to post some pictures of the baby fish tonight... thank you for reading and would appreciate any comments...

 

[kay-bee]

... is it possible for my Eye Biter (female) to crossbreed with my Venustus (male)?...

Yes.

how they look like adult size?
Hard to say what it the hybrid will look like, though.

If I had to guess I'd say probably similiar to the dimidiochromis compressiceps/crytocara moorii hybrid on this page
http://burnel.perso.neuf.fr/horreur_hybrides.htm
(5th photo from the top) but with venustus-like patterns or possibly the OB dimidichromis compressiceps (4th photo from the bottom).

 

[ricomambo]

Thanks Kay-Bee... I took a picture of the baby last night, notice the Venustus patterns. Yet I got the baby out of the Eye Biter when she was mouth brooding...

Sorry about the lousy pic but the fish is too small and my camera was having a hard time focusing when I zoom in...

 

[zebvance]

I excited about seeing a pic of this thing fully grown

 

[Fish_Man_Dan]

updates?

 

[spyke]

ca-ute.....i wish mine would do that, just for my own enjoyment really, that will be a very pretty fish if it's a boy...but i'm luck i guess in a tank filled with lots of fish, my compressiceps bred with each other so i have 50++ little eyebiters growing up!

 

[Brian_Indiana]

A LFS starting carrying OB Compressiceps. They have a spotty pattern a lot like a OB Zebra, but not orange.

 

[b show]

cull them, I am against crossbreeding.