Breeding Malawis

**Cichlid Man** · 07-13-2005, 09:00 AM

Does anyone know if you can breed melanochromis auratus with melanochromis johani. I bought a male yesterday and I woundered if it will breed with my female auratus.

**TheOldSalt** · 07-15-2005, 11:17 PM

Oh, yes, they'll cross, but you won't like the results. UGLY! They look like bluejean denim with peanut butter smeared on them.
Crossing them is no problem. Keeping them FROM crossing is the hard part. LOL!

Lexus · 07-15-2005, 11:37 PM

Wow thats what those blue fish are I see come in at Walmart crosses of them! Hmm

**Cichlid Man** · 07-16-2005, 08:06 AM

Oh, so it's common practice then Oldsalt. Have you any pics, or know of a site were I can see them?

**Osiris** · 07-16-2005, 09:21 AM

I was under the impression that they will not cross. I will have to double check my findings on cichlidforum.

Orbital · 07-16-2005, 09:52 AM

Any malawi cichlid has the possibility to cross breed, even peacocks and mbuna, mbuna and haps. Although it is rarer, they will usually goto their own species unless single males and females of a species are housed. Hybrids are frowned apon by most hobbyists because they can be hard to tell apart after being bred x # of generations. They also end up at pet shops where they are sold as fish that they are not. Most people that keep and breed these species want pure bred colorful fish. Some hybrids are colorful, but alot I've seen are not. If you cross breed, please keep them for your own personal tanks or use the fry for live food.

**TheOldSalt** · 07-17-2005, 12:54 AM

Hmmm... no, no pics or knowledge of where to find some. Sorry about that. Orbital is spot-on, though. I might have made it sound a little too easy, but crossing them really is "too easy" when you consider the big picture.

07-13-2005, 09:00 AM	#1
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Breeding Malawis Does anyone know if you can breed melanochromis auratus with melanochromis johani. I bought a male yesterday and I woundered if it will breed with my female auratus. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

07-15-2005, 11:37 PM	#3
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,406	Wow thats what those blue fish are I see come in at Walmart crosses of them! Hmm __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 5 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 9 Neon Tetras 13 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 2 Snails

07-16-2005, 08:06 AM	#4
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Oh, so it's common practice then Oldsalt. Have you any pics, or know of a site were I can see them? __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

07-16-2005, 09:21 AM	#5
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,725	I was under the impression that they will not cross. I will have to double check my findings on cichlidforum. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-16-2005, 09:52 AM	#6
Orbital Pimpin' fish ain't easy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Quad Cities, IA/IL Age: 30 Posts: 138	Any malawi cichlid has the possibility to cross breed, even peacocks and mbuna, mbuna and haps. Although it is rarer, they will usually goto their own species unless single males and females of a species are housed. Hybrids are frowned apon by most hobbyists because they can be hard to tell apart after being bred x # of generations. They also end up at pet shops where they are sold as fish that they are not. Most people that keep and breed these species want pure bred colorful fish. Some hybrids are colorful, but alot I've seen are not. If you cross breed, please keep them for your own personal tanks or use the fry for live food. __________________

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07-15-2005, 11:17 PM	#2
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,378	Oh, yes, they'll cross, but you won't like the results. UGLY! They look like bluejean denim with peanut butter smeared on them. Crossing them is no problem. Keeping them FROM crossing is the hard part. LOL!

07-17-2005, 12:54 AM	#7
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,378	Hmmm... no, no pics or knowledge of where to find some. Sorry about that. Orbital is spot-on, though. I might have made it sound a little too easy, but crossing them really is "too easy" when you consider the big picture.

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