callum Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 I currently have 7 yellow leleupi adults pairing off. And theres this very big female orange leleupi almost the same size as the biggest male yellow Leleupi and i would like to know that if they cross breed what would the young turn out like and if it would actually be sellable or would they just be hybrids that no one wants? thanks Callum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Yep they will cross breed. Are they then a hybrid, I can't answer that. Leleupi can show different colours ranging from yellow to orange. All to do with diet etc. There are different colour morphs in the wild, depending on what part of the lake they are from. So to answer your question,I don't know. As I don't know what they were bought as, their lineage.... If they are different morphs, then yes it is cross breeding. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I would keep the colours true if I were you - its not very easy to find good strong colours in NZ and personally I think it would be a bit of a waste to cross them. A to the whole possible hybrid debate - I don't think they would be classed as hybrids either, but I still think you should keep them separate to retain the more interesting variation in our limited gene pool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 As all the lelupi in nz are most likely mixed and brought in without locations etc wouldn't it be fine to breed the orange one with the yellows.. I mean wouldn't it be like breeding a orange guppy with a yellow one, I haven't seen many oranges around so maybe if you stuck the orange to a yellow and then line bred some babies you may get some of the orange ones.. I mean I dont want to produce hybrids as dont agree with mixing fish from known differing location's but as we already have a mixed bunch in nz would it make any difference? I haven't managed to find much info on the orange vs the yellow lelupi as to wether they are a strain or a different species altogether.. Might be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I remember Lelus came in through importers rather a while ago now... probably within 2 year period. They were really nice. Nice deep vibrant lemon/yellow. A local shop that no longer is running ordered some in. They were certainly worth buying if they weren't so darn expensive at the time, close to $50 each. I wouldn't go mixing the orange with the yellow, as I doubt ALL in the country have been mixed as in yellows to the orange variation. I would go and search for some more orange variation and work on them that way, I had heard they are floating around somewhere. And keep your yellows to yellow. I have seen some really muddy looking Lelus in the past, yellow with muddy patching almost and muddy looking mask, would be nice to see the nice rich coloured ones kept going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I agree 100% I've had Lelus and although the ones I had very nice nice you could tell that at some point in their past they were a cross of different colours which just seems like a waste... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Did anyone see the one that was at Jansens Mt Eden.... I think.......It was like firecracker orange/red freakin awesome colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I mean wouldn't it be like breeding a orange guppy with a yellow one, What?!?! Oh so its ok to breed one type of peacock with another then. Just different colours in some cases? The guppy example you gave is just like the discus amongst others. Most are hybrids, come all are discus. What is 3 wild types? Then line bred to form a new trait. There are a few different types of Leleupi's. If some were imported as yellows, some as oranges, then chances are they are different forms. Yes they may not have locations, but they are usually imported as colour. {Old school naming again lol} Be best to keep it that way. Especially if one trait is hard to come by. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooloo Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 easy way out is to sell me the orange one, then you wont be tempted to cross breed..... :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Haha! Good call Mooloo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine456 Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 The orange one they're talking about is mine! I agree with all the different view points, and its probably best not to mix them So yeh.. still got a orange one for sale if anyone is interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aae1 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Hi Guys. Just to let people know that the Lelupi that janine456 has for sale is a stunner! It used to be mine and I had a lot of positive comments about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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