I've found conflicting information on this, but is it possible to keep different species of ram cichlids together and not have them hybridize? Or are the differences in water temperature requirements too great that this would be a bad combination altogether?
Ram species hybridizing
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Do you mean like blue, gold, German, pitch black? They will definitely hybridize. In fact pitch black rams produce 50/50 black and gold offspring generally.
If you mean keeping Bolivian rams with the other rams o mentioned then no, they probably won’t hybridize, especially if kept in multiples of their own species
If you mean keeping Bolivian rams with the other rams o mentioned then no, they probably won’t hybridize, especially if kept in multiples of their own species
In actuality there are only 3 species of rams, Mikrogeophagus altispiniosus, M maculicauda, M ramerizi.
All the blues, golds, pinks, long fins etc are not separate species, just aquarium variants and color strains of the 3 same natural species.
Just like red oscars, blues, copper, long fins are not separate species of oscars, (although there are a number of sparate species of oscars)
the ones listed above are just in-bred aquarium color strains, produced by aquarists selecting for certain colors or shapes, and can all interbreed.
Just like guppy breeders select reds, fan tails, black etc etc, they are all just fancy, man induced color, tail shapes variations of guppies
All the blues, golds, pinks, long fins etc are not separate species, just aquarium variants and color strains of the 3 same natural species.
Just like red oscars, blues, copper, long fins are not separate species of oscars, (although there are a number of sparate species of oscars)
the ones listed above are just in-bred aquarium color strains, produced by aquarists selecting for certain colors or shapes, and can all interbreed.
Just like guppy breeders select reds, fan tails, black etc etc, they are all just fancy, man induced color, tail shapes variations of guppies