weird.........

tbarblover

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so.....i have posted recently about my algae problem in my tank and so i decided to pull all the ornaments and plants and toss them in a 10% bleach solution and clean them up all while rearranging my tank........ in my tank i have 2 convicts but they dont get along.......i do however have a gold severum who is best friends with the smaller convict and they share a log in the tank.....they are also very aggressive often chasing my green terror around........anyhow, as i am removing stuff from the tank, my gold severum is extremely angry even going as far as to actually bite my finger(keep in mind this severum isnt even three inches yet) !!!!! i go toss everything in the bleach solution and proceed to cleaning all of it when i notice that the log that the two share is covered on the underside with eggs which are now toast because i tossed them in a hot bleach solution.......now i know why the sev. is so mad!!!!! but now i am confused because i didnt think that the severum and convict could breed......trust me when i say they share the same log even when the two barely fit in it and they are both very aggressive........what do you guys think?
 
cichlids often hybridize in tanks. if there is not a mate available that is the same species, some fish will go to other species.

thats how blood parrots were first discovered. you have come across a new hybrid. they could turn out to be cool fish, but only save one or two of the fry and keep them as your own personal pets, dont sell them to an LFS.
 
it is possible to create a hybrid in captive tanks...tho you may want to keep a few and grow them out if they hatch and if they make it.
you need to be aware that you can spoil a gene pool with hybrids..
but theres a lot of if's
 
unfortunately i cant keep any because i inadvertently tossed the log and eggs in the bleach solution.......now those two are sooooooo mad.....they are going crazy in the tank digging everywhere looking for their babies.......
 
unfortunately i cant keep any because i inadvertently tossed the log and eggs in the bleach solution.......now those two are sooooooo mad.....they are going crazy in the tank digging everywhere looking for their babies.......
they will breed again dont worry... convicts will breed like rabbits.
 
I read somewhere that blood perrots are actually convict or red devil / severum hybrids ,will try to find that article and post
 
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