kasman Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hey guys I have an african display, with mainly Saulosi, and some single males - Hongi, Pulpican, Maingano and a peacock. I occasionaly strip a mouthful from a Saulosi female. I have a slight difference in some of the fry from different females. One batch is a clean bright yellow with no visible bars at 10mm-20mm. I have no doubt these are Saulosi. But some other batches are an off yellow, even just slightly brown, with some very faint light barring. These guys range from 10mm-30mm and all look the same. Do I have some possible hybrids here?? Maybe with the Pulpican? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 yep, lots of africans will cross, and given that you have males in there with no f/ms of there own kind, the chances are they will be hybrids, if you want to breed i'd move the extras out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 More than likely they are hybrids, sound like your Kingsizei did the job on one of your female saulosi. Only some species that not or unlikely that is cross breed with your saulosi are Demasoni, Red zebra, maingano and colbalt blue zebra maybe more but not a guarantee they won't cross breed just very unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanoz Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 My Mpanga (M) and Demasoni (F) breed all the time the little buggers. BTW - Ryan if you have the opposite sex of what I have please let me know so I can stop this, mind you the others get a good feed out of their babies atm! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I have some nice Demasoni male problem is he only 3-3.5cm but already want to breed with others female. How big is your female demasoni? In term of the Mpanga, I do have some as well but don't really able to tell only best guess or rough ideas which one is female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanoz Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 She would be about 6cm at a guess....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasman Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 thanks guys, so my thoughts confirmed. The hybrids will be a good protein supplement for my americans. I might post a pic tonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 She would be about 6cm at a guess....... In that case my male is too small for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 thanks guys, so my thoughts confirmed.The hybrids will be a good protein supplement for my americans. I might post a pic tonite. You can keep 1-2 nice to see how they turn out maybe good for display but not for breeding. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutters187 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Gotta love the hongi, gigalo of the fishworld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Gotta love the hongi, gigalo of the fishworld lol my vote is for red empress. have seen them cross with basically everything! A male Pulpican, in breeding colour, does look a fair bit like a big male saulosi. I recently had a marmalade cat trev male cross with a saulosi female the resulting fry were 7 different colours!!!! all started yellow and then BOOM they went stripey black or stripey blue or orange ob or pink/purple ob or orange or yellow, or an even blue. interesting to see such a crazy looking tank of just one batch of fry but ya aggro angry psycho hybrid mbuna lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
