Rose queen X red devil

Chyron

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So I bought my wife a female Rose queen we found at our LFS, it was pink so ofc she needed it. I threw it in the tank with my male red devil, figuring they should at least get along. He's pretty tame by red devil standards at least. Anyway, boy did they ever get along! They bred 2 days later and now I have no idea what to even call the fry or what color they'll end up.

Are they red devils again? (3/4 RD afterall)
Are they Red rose queens or something?
Anyone have a clue what color they'll grow up to be? I've never hybridized anything and dont know much about fish genetics here.
 

sikoko

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It's a surprise :popcorn: keep us updated
 

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Yeah, just call them what they are, RD x RQ hybrids. In fact, if your "red devil" wasn't sold as being a pure A. labiatus, it's probably a citrinellus x labiatus hybrid cross as well. The latter is quite common in the trade, to the point that many members refer to them as Midevils.
 
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Chyron

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They've had a second brood (born yesterday) and the first brood still isn't showing adult colors very much. Body shapes theres some blood parrot looking babies and some more the traditional amphilophus shape. The colors so far are dark red dorsal find on a lot of them oranges and maybe light blue from the firehead half of things. So I think Zion was right, just a mix of things. Kinda cool, cant wait to see adults!
 

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They've had a second brood (born yesterday) and the first brood still isn't showing adult colors very much. Body shapes theres some blood parrot looking babies and some more the traditional amphilophus shape. The colors so far are dark red dorsal find on a lot of them oranges and maybe light blue from the firehead half of things. So I think Zion was right, just a mix of things. Kinda cool, cant wait to see adults!
Any pictures?
 
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