Fruju Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I was wondering what sort of hybrids have been bred here, overseas I have seen a texas/jag cross and a jag/dovii cross and thought they looked pretty awesome. Does anyone here have some interesting hybrids? Saw a jd/jag cross on tm not too long ago but it didnt look spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 i am popping the popcorn as i type :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I love these threads. Waiting eagerly for everyones opinions. Everyone is super divided when it comes to hybrids! Loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 convict and parrot cross and dempsey and jags cross are two I know of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 zebra and pearl danio cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 red texas cichlid: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxnz Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 hey bro, you just landed a great negative and postive debate! :lol: i love to see a good a HYBRIDS..i think its ok, there'r lots of excitement on hybrid breeding.. I jumped over the wall, so can a fish! :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 lol no comment on the hybrids they can create some cool morphs but cause issues when they get out there and end up with different names or confusion over ID.. There was a wicked thread on cichlid forum a while ago with all the hybrids people had created and there were some awesome fish in there I can't seem to find it now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I tend to agree, but flip back and forward, im generally fine with the hybrids, im generally not fine with people selling them on. Breed them by all means, but cull the fry that you dont want and keep a cool specimen for yourself and a few responsible individuals. Otherwise you will end up with the hybrids mixing with the 'true' spp and mixing up the gene pool... Well i guess thats what could happen in nature anyway, so is it so wrong?? Oh the debate. Im having a mad internal debate of my own :facepalm: Flowerhorn anybody? haha Out there now and maintaining themselves as a spp. Few blue/normal dempsey hybrids (and a whole heap of fry) on tm at the moment that i dont think should be let out to the public. Will probably just get sold off as normal morph JD's by the new owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 There is a website dedicated to the crossing and recording of Loricariidae, funniest part was most crosses appeared visually similar or the same to already assigned plecs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 When you get a red texas David let me know Well, I think that when a line becomes too diluted and the quality of a strain becomes poor is when hybridisation is a bad thing. Also, when the original specimen becomes scarce in the hobby and the genetic pool shrinks, I think that is another bad reason for hybridisation. On the otherhand it is possible to create some really mint crosses, personally i am no fan of parrots or flowerhorns, but these ones are cool: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... guar+cuban http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... ool+hybrid http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... ool+hybrid http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... ool+hybrid http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... ool+hybrid http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... ool+hybrid http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... rid&page=2 http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... ool+hybrid This is an interesting article too: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... ool+hybrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Betta splendens has been crossed with B. imbellis, smaragdina and mahachai to produce the first dragons and metallics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 I know this is in the cichlid forum, but how about endli X ornate?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Jeez that hybrid forum on MFK is a whole different world of fish keeping, so many new/different names/hybrids/morphs etc. They seem pretty ruthless with what they breed together and keep going for generations with the crosses/line breeding/selective breeding/inbreeding etc etc The end product must be such a mixture of alot of things that many crosses/generations on. Some nice fish there, some not so. Liking the bichir hybrid dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Yeah I agree with Jaxxnz on that one, the endli/ornate cross is probably the nicest hybrid bichir, I also like ansorgi/lapradei which looks good too. I would be keen on seeing arowana crosses, I think a fusion of the black and silver aros could turn out some really interesting colour differences especially in the fins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Back on track though, can anyone share a hybrid that they have or an interesting morph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxnz Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Back on track though, can anyone share a hybrid that they have or an interesting morph? I gottaa: 1x jag 1x red devil 1x festae 1x black belt 1x Vejia 1x JD 1x G/Terror just waiting for 1 of them to be real drunk so they can pop the can! :lol: by the way those pic from MFK are soo cool.. !drool: !drool: !drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hybrids bro! Hybrids :lol: :roll: They are all just normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Haha ya gotta start somewhere. Seen the old parrot cross red devil around, but thats nothing special. Cross the jag with the festae Jax are all those fish in the same tank? Got pics? May want to start a new thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Fexus is the way to go Dunc!! I'd love to see someone with an interest in arfican cichlids stop being such a purist and start selectively breeding and crossing to make some interesting morphs. Look at what has been done with [by comparison] relatively drab wild discus, imagine starting off with fish as vividly coloured as electric yellows etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 i have accidentally had some africans cross, culled most of young while still small kept a few separate to grow on just to see what they looked like some were ugly a few were very nice tank space and time stopped me continuing down the track to fix a strain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Fexus is the way to go Dunc!! That actually sounds gangsta, how about a Miaguar (midas/jag cross). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I'd love to see someone with an interest in arfican cichlids stop being such a purist and start selectively breeding and crossing to make some interesting morphs. Look at what has been done with [by comparison] relatively drab wild discus, imagine starting off with fish as vividly coloured as electric yellows etc... Plenty of people overseas already doing this this is where our dragonsbloods and other random peacocks come from It would be cool to try and breed something new and try and fix it but it would take a long time and lots of tanks to get anywhere and you would question if it was all worth it, well I know I would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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