Unintentional X breeding.

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Diamondhitch;425213; said:
What I would realy like to know is which ones to split up to reduce any chance of X breeding.
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Cichlids will breed, almost like rabbits, male and female, no matter what species....When I got deep into cichlids, about 15 years ago, I was surprise to find the many "accidental" Xbreeding....Keep those fish together, and you will soon figure out how most of these Flowerhorns were created....I am pretty sure that most of those fish will hurt, or even kill, each other for territory before any breeding hamones kick in....Get your 180 by summer time, these fish are not your basic "dentist office" fish....I am guessing by summer time, before all hell brakes loose....
 
When I posted this question a couple years ago I was just getting into the fish thing.
I now have the 90g set up with my girlfreinds african peacocks and frontosa. I have my 180g set up and have been tweaking as time goes by to keep things compatible. I now have a 14" sailfin pleco, 14" Pacu, 12" Festae, 10" Lyonsi, 10" JD, 5.5" GT, 4.5" leoporinus somethingorother, 3.5" FM, and an 8" red claw lobster. everything has been stable in this tank for a year now and counting. The Pacu gets chased and beaten at one time or another by almost all the cichlids and they leave each other alone.
The leoporinus was bought as a dither but is so agressive that no one but the FM bothers him and they have divided the tank in half and each keep to their own side.
No Xbreeding so far, My Lyonsi and GT are the only females and have no interest in pairing up with anyone so no problems. When I posted this I had heard horror stories of breeding pairs decimating the population of a tank overnight when they decided to spawn but I know now that this is not a common or likely occurrance.

Thanks to all who posted.
 
you may get some to breed..maybe slim chance but really slim chance that fry would excape being eaten before you would have to worry about it..
 
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