Red Texas
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i dont really think so. i think the process is much more complex than that. i mean you could try it who knows.
I mean I know that I have to keep breeding for the traits that I'm looking for(good reds, size of pearls, and worm spots.. But will they be sterile because they are hybrids ? In my research I found that when ppl try with parrots some offspring are sterile. How do I know my batch will be able to produce offspring or not?
Anything I come out with will be for my enjoyment only.. Unless I can come out with something worthy
I've heard from my buddies that they usually try to get the base color from the female and the pearls from the male.
to my understanding the Red Texas is created by breeding a male Green Texas/Pearl-scaled/Lowland cichlid to female Red Devil. You never can tell until it happens though....genetic material can be so sparsely distributed or heavily concentrated it's a total toss up. I've seen so many different species of animals produce offspring so different I couldn't believe they were from the same clutch/litter
I have heard that a red mammon female and Texas male is a key mix. I've also seen nice fry from red devils and fader females with Texas males.
Male Texas or titanium flowerhorn for blue pearls.
Good luck. You may only get 1 or 2 from each batch of fry. Select the best and keep breeding. Color from the female and pearls from the male.
Male Texas or titanium flowerhorn for blue pearls.
Good luck. You may only get 1 or 2 from each batch of fry. Select the best and keep breeding. Color from the female and pearls from the male.
he's concerned about the offspring being sterile, which IDK about. I suppose it's possible, but I thought it was mainly warm-blooded animals whose hybrid offspring are sterile. There are several "species" in reptiles amphibians, fish, etc that strictly ARE "hybrids".
A place where 2 species or sub-species overlap ranges generally will have intergrades, which is just a naturally occurring hybrid. TMK, the 1st one comes to mind is the Gulf Hammock Ratsnake, which is a cross of Yellow (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) and Grey (E.o.spiloides) which occurs in the NW Florida panhandle and adjacent areas. The entire population is fertile.
Do you know of "FHs" that couldn't produce fertile eggs or sperm? I've never heard of it in ectotherms
Yes. I have a gorgeous red based, blue pearled kamfa from Thailand that unfortunately is sterile. He's with a kamfa female that lays eggs every month or two but they never hatch. He has white eyes which I was told is a sterility indicator.
Many hybrid Cichlids are sterile. Blood parrots often are too
Many hybrid Cichlids are sterile. Blood parrots often are too
I suspect it's the male that is sterile. I had a flowerhorn buddy tell me that if a female can and will lay eggs she's almost always fertile. The sterile females usually won't lay eggs. Not 100% on this but he's pretty into breeding flowerhorn so I trust him.
He also said males are far more frequently sterile than females. Maybe someone with more experience can chime in.
You should check out caligrob threads. he breeds nice flowerhorn and red Texas crosses
He also said males are far more frequently sterile than females. Maybe someone with more experience can chime in.
You should check out caligrob threads. he breeds nice flowerhorn and red Texas crosses