I’ve started a project to hybridize some Central American fish, and I’d like to know if it’s possible to cross these species: Cryptoheros spilurus, Amatitlania nigrofasciata, Thorichthys meeki, and Vieja zonata. Looking forward to your advice!
Welcome to MFK!I’ve started a project to hybridize some Central American fish, and I’d like to know if it’s possible to cross these species: Cryptoheros spilurus, Amatitlania nigrofasciata, Thorichthys meeki, and Vieja zonata. Looking forward to your advice!
Spilurus and nigrofasciata can likely hybridise; meeki x nigrofasciata crosses have apparently been bred before, but it's difficult at best to induce spawning, from what I've heard.I’ve started a project to hybridize some Central American fish, and I’d like to know if it’s possible to cross these species: Cryptoheros spilurus, Amatitlania nigrofasciata, Thorichthys meeki, and Vieja zonata. Looking forward to your advice!
Every CA cichlid is able to hybridize, it's just a matter of getting them to breed. Vieja sexually mature way larger than most amatitlania/cryptoheros. In theory it would be possible with a large enough male of those species since most of them get 6-8".Spilurus and nigrofasciata can likely hybridise; meeki x nigrofasciata crosses have apparently been bred before, but it's difficult at best to induce spawning, from what I've heard.
I don't think you'll get anywhere trying to cross a vieja with a convict, lol.
Hybridfish7 works with a lot of Cryptoheros/Amatitlania.
I personally dislike hybrids, and feel as though they're unnecessary and harmful if not strictly regulated, but there's certainly a market for them, and some of them are admittedly rather pretty.
Macracanthus are making their rounds nowadays, they are constantly on Aquabid and I see a few vendors selling them.As for Spilurum they aren't in the hobby because there isn't enough interest therefor no money to be made to make it worth to collect them, like most new world cichlids. They are very common in their range I've caught them in Guatemala and Belize wo even trying…another good example would be Macracanthus i heard and was told was very uncommon fish which also was the first fish in the net in Guija…