Ymir Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Pseudotropheus demasoni and Metriaclima pulpican. The second species was formerly Pseudotropheus sp. "Kingsizei". If fish behave the same as plants. There is a high possibility of interbreeding. However, I wanted to check before I passed up the chance of obtaining some of these guys and gals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Possible but unlikely, there is always the chance that all mouth brooding african species will cross given the chance the chance is higher when keeping fish of the same family together (ie 2 different zebra or peacock species in the same tank). As both the fish you have mentioned are mbuna then there is a good chance.. Have you managed to find a good source of pure kingsizei? I have purchased a few of them over the years and found them to be random blue zebras coming out all sorts of colour patterns and shapes and also throw random babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidmad Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 so what do you suppose had been crossbred to get the unpure kingsizei you got ryan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 I don't have a clue it is impossible to tell nor does it really achieve anything if I did know what made them up, the ones I brought were direct from the wholesalers as kingsizei, and another batch from a well meaning enthusiast I don't know where he got the name from either. Who knows I brought 6 of them from the petshop for $24.95ea and sold them as hybrids to someone to go in their mixed zebra tank for $5ea it happens. I cannot guarantee they weren't kingsizei but they didn't match anything I had ever seen of that name on the net and there was alot of variation in shape/colour between the originals and in the fry. I find there are an awful lot of people who get a random blue zebra from a petshop jump on the net find a photo that matches and they instantly rename that fish to breed it and pass it on as that. No regard for the very likely possibility that they are hybrids and could have thrown back to resemble something that made them up in the previous generations. Of course there is every possibility that we have pure kingsizei here I have just never seen or kept any that I would call pure which is why I was asking Ymir if he had found a good source of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ymir Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 They never returned my questions when I got more specific about them, so I let it slide. I have some beautiful fish in my tank (thanks Ryan ) that are what they are suppose to be. I don't want to start adding fish that aren't. I also would like to be able to breed in the future and would like to say with 100% certainty that they are the species stated. I don't want to compound the problem further for others and breed hybrids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I don't want to compound the problem further for others and breed hybrids. Kudos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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