Tail Fins - Dearborn Heights

[Regalblue]

Ok, I know I have been out of the fish game for awhile now, but what the hell is a "Midevil"? LOL

Midas and red devil cross.

To elaborate more.... a big orange Amphilophus that you have No reliable info on Which species it actually is. Because too many places have labeled them Red Devil & just mixed Labiatum & Citrinelum .

[GrizzlysDad]

"Midevil" ?    That's like the people that sell Yorkiepoo dogs, or any of the other "designer" dogs....while they may be cute to many people, THEY ARE A MUTT!!!!
I have nothing against a mixed breed dog, I have had several, but calling them by some fancy name just to sell it...

[Regalblue]

"Midevil" ?    That's like the people that sell Yorkiepoo dogs, or any of the other "designer" dogs....while they may be cute to many people, THEY ARE A MUTT!!!!
I have nothing against a mixed breed dog, I have had several, but calling them by some fancy name just to sell it...

Midevil isn't a fancy name to sell a fish. It's used to show that you have a hybrid, not a true Midas or true Red Devil & that all those Petsmart, PSP, Miejer, ect Devils are hybrid & you don't have a True species unless it was bought from a reputable source.

[GrizzlysDad]

"Midevil" ?    That's like the people that sell Yorkiepoo dogs, or any of the other "designer" dogs....while they may be cute to many people, THEY ARE A MUTT!!!!
I have nothing against a mixed breed dog, I have had several, but calling them by some fancy name just to sell it...

Midevil isn't a fancy name to sell a fish. It's used to show that you have a hybrid, not a true Midas or true Red Devil & that all those Petsmart, PSP, Miejer, ect Devils are hybrid & you don't have a True species unless it was bought from a reputable source.

Then why not call it exactly what it is...a Midas x Red Devil cross? My point using the dog analogy is I hate the stupid made up names. All the hybrid crosses in fish, and canines, do not use some contraction of the two names so why with certain ones?
Again, I think it's to market some "catchy" name.

[danielratti]

I have a eye biter red dragon cross. I shall name it dragon biter

[GrizzlysDad]

I have a eye biter red dragon cross. I shall name it dragon biter

Is that a Aulonochromis species? 

[danielratti]

Not sure body of a peacocl face and color of a eye biter. Id say its a laberdoodle

[Regalblue]

"Midevil" ?    That's like the people that sell Yorkiepoo dogs, or any of the other "designer" dogs....while they may be cute to many people, THEY ARE A MUTT!!!!
I have nothing against a mixed breed dog, I have had several, but calling them by some fancy name just to sell it...

Midevil isn't a fancy name to sell a fish. It's used to show that you have a hybrid, not a true Midas or true Red Devil & that all those Petsmart, PSP, Miejer, ect Devils are hybrid & you don't have a True species unless it was bought from a reputable source.

Then why not call it exactly what it is...a Midas x Red Devil cross? My point using the dog analogy is I hate the stupid made up names. All the hybrid crosses in fish, and canines, do not use some contraction of the two names so why with certain ones?
Again, I think it's to market some "catchy" name.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?367826-Please-read-before-asking-if-you-have-a-Midas-or-Red-Devil

[GrizzlysDad]

"Midevil" ?    That's like the people that sell Yorkiepoo dogs, or any of the other "designer" dogs....while they may be cute to many people, THEY ARE A MUTT!!!!
I have nothing against a mixed breed dog, I have had several, but calling them by some fancy name just to sell it...

Midevil isn't a fancy name to sell a fish. It's used to show that you have a hybrid, not a true Midas or true Red Devil & that all those Petsmart, PSP, Miejer, ect Devils are hybrid & you don't have a True species unless it was bought from a reputable source.

Then why not call it exactly what it is...a Midas x Red Devil cross? My point using the dog analogy is I hate the stupid made up names. All the hybrid crosses in fish, and canines, do not use some contraction of the two names so why with certain ones?
Again, I think it's to market some "catchy" name.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?367826-Please-read-before-asking-if-you-have-a-Midas-or-Red-Devil

This statement: " I don't recall who it was but someone on this site (MFK site) coined the term 'Midevil" for these fish and it's starting to stick."
is one of the things that bothers me...made up names.

By the same token, a person can't be sure if it truly is a cross between those two fish, which then makes that name incorrect....especially with the others from the Amphilophus complex coming into the hobby as the article states.
What's next, an Amphilophus sagilabinellum???

[Regalblue]

What's next, an Amphilophus sagilabinellum???

I wouldn't think so, as not too many New World hybrid common names include the Scientific Genus.
Examples:  Green Texas, FlowerHorn,  ParrotFish (I know a ParrotFish isn't actually a hybrid,  but it was thought to be for many years)

[GrizzlysDad]

What's next, an Amphilophus sagilabinellum???

I wouldn't think so, as not too many New World hybrid common names include the Scientific Genus.
Examples:  Green Texas, FlowerHorn,  ParrotFish (I know a ParrotFish isn't actually a hybrid,  but it was thought to be for many years)

I'm sure you already knew it but that was dripping sarcasm. My point is I absolutely hate the stupid made up names...especially the contraction style names.
This is a tangent relation to my previous thread regarding scientific names vs common names. While common names are less aggravating for me personally, at least a hybrid cannot have a scientific name other than species "A" x species "B".

[ballpython584]

I actually thought "Midevil" was just a typo!! Glad I'm not keeping fish anymore cause this crap (Midevil) would certainly get my dander up. Ahhhh the good ol days when a Midas was a Midas.

Gets off soap box to go play with his "balls".







For those of you who don't know me I now keep and breed Python regius or more commonly called ball pythons or "balls" for short!!

Gotcha!!

[Regalblue]

Ahhhh the good ol days when a Midas was a Midas.

Or so you thought. 

Gets off soap box to go play with his "balls".

Lol

[Aquaman19]

I stopped in there last week.  The store is still "under renovation." Or at least I thought it was.  The sign did not change out front, said it is still the pet station and there was a small sign out front said new owners.  The store seemed bare to me, prices were ehhh.  From the dates of the earlier reviews I am not impressed as to the speed of the renovation.  Who am I to judge though since I don't run my own store.

[gannmann101]

I stopped in there last week.  The store is still "under renovation." Or at least I thought it was.  The sign did not change out front, said it is still the pet station and there was a small sign out front said new owners.  The store seemed bare to me, prices were ehhh.  From the dates of the earlier reviews I am not impressed as to the speed of the renovation.  Who am I to judge though since I don't run my own store.

Ummm. I think you didn't look. There is a huge sign across the entire front of the store. Its red and has fancy lites so its visable.  Its been there for some time now.