cross breeding???

"Damaclese" wrote in message
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ive got an unidentified african that i got in a bulk deal. i have a 155
gallon bowfront. i think it may even be a southamerican im not too sure
buy
any way it has recently decided to inhabit one of my coconut shells as a
breeding ground. i found this out by being attacked by it while rearanging
a
fuilter output tube it has attacked me a few times since it doesent draw
blood but is extreemly protective. what i was wondering is is there any
chance that males of the same lake may be able to fertilize different
species ? ive never encountetred this info anywhere else so im guessing
the
answer will be a stong no

any input will be helpfull thanks people!


Some species of cichlid will hybridize. This is where Flowerhorns and Blood
Parrots come from. The results are horrible, malformed beasts whose
miserable, disabled existence serves only to pollute the bloodlines of real
cichlids. So yes, it is possible, but IMHO any offspring should be culled
immediately.
levittd