why exactly? im still learning and get alotof info so if u would tell me why? is it a bad idea?
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So i have another question on this....i seen that it was said mbunas and duboisi can not breed...im just curious bc all day my ob was shking his tale end at the duboisi and like almost rubbing up agaiinst eachothers sides and he kept luring the duboisi into the cave...why would they be doing this if anyone knows? if there not breeding what could be the next answer?
Could be fighting, they quiver up next to each other when fighting.
Even if it is breeding behavior nothing will come of it. They are from different lakes and are too distantly related for any viable offspring to occur.
It isn’t exactly bad to sell hybrids, but it would muddy up an already messed up trade. Most Africans you are buying aren’t pure, so selling back hybrids only further confuses it. Also, most hybrid mbunas are generally poorly colored and undesirable.
There isn’t anything wrong with selling hybrids so long as the purchaser doesn’t mind.
I think the Africans I buy are pure. I carefully stock the tank to avoid hybrids since I don't have tank space to keep them all for their 8 year life spans and since Africans produce so many fry.
One of the interesting things about the African Rift Lakes is how the fish evolved in a very short time from a few species into lots of species after the geography changes cut off the populations. It's good to preserve the newly evolved species and not mix them up again.
One of the interesting things about the African Rift Lakes is how the fish evolved in a very short time from a few species into lots of species after the geography changes cut off the populations. It's good to preserve the newly evolved species and not mix them up again.
Purity probably depends on where you buy them. Mine were from petsmart, so I can’t be certain my red zebra was 100% a zebra. Or Auratus, johanni, etc. I like to think so though. My general idea is that if bought as a particular species, you can be pretty sure, but if you get “mixed mbuna,” no matter how much it looks like a certain species you can never be 100% sure.
I do agree that preserving species is nice, especially considering how easily mbunas can be hybridized (even in the wild).
