Gannet Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 just had this scary thrgt that this could happen and creat a whole new type of hybrid arggg plz tell me it cant happn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 mbuna and haps? I have read that any african mouth brooder can cross breed someone had a tropheus that used to breed with mbuna. I keep them both together and I think if you provide enough females for each male then they will be ok but there are always issues. The only way to breed pure fish is to have species only tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I have yellows, acei & demasoni in together in a 4x2x2. They don't cross breed at all & they are all mbuna. I believe that if you have colonies of fish that aren't to close eg; variants of peacocks together, or elec blue with litho then you should be fine. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 oh ok... i have a comunity tank (mbuna) i have one in hospital and thats also my quantine tank... in that tank i had a mbuna and i added my 1st hap and when it was still in the bag the mbuna did tht shaky thng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 yeah like frenchy said if they're quite different its less likely.. But I would still try and keep pairs of each so they try and breed true.. Also the shakey thing you talk about could be dominance as one fish in a tank and then adding another it will go and try and be boss as its had the whole tank to itself.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 oh ok well at lease she isnt try to mate him... its my rule that if i get any babies in my tank they will be culled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 yeah, I had a duboisi mate with a kenyi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 yeah thats what i was thinking about.. When everyone would say they are too different to breed... I guess everything can happen especially with africans.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 hmm i gess it can... well its opened my eyes alot more. its nice to breed fish but only the propper way, we have enough hybrids al ready and im not going to add to the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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