Ruby green hap

[Regalblue]

They are getting to the size that the dominant male will start to show some color.

We got real lucky when we had troubles and lost our Ruby Greens... the fry that survived were 1 male and 3 females.  Hoping they "hook up" and we can get some more.

Is that a wise move - in-breeding ?

as long as the fry produced are good quality. 

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

They are getting to the size that the dominant male will start to show some color.

We got real lucky when we had troubles and lost our Ruby Greens... the fry that survived were 1 male and 3 females.  Hoping they "hook up" and we can get some more.

Is that a wise move - in-breeding ?

as long as the fry produced are good quality.

Hum - you learn something new everyday...

[Mission Man]

I heard you're not supposed to breed past F4. That's when the deformities start to show. I try to introduce new bloodlines As often as possible.  It makes for healthier fish.

[Ron]

^Those are good generalizations. 

[Kaia]

I heard you're not supposed to breed past F4. That's when the deformities start to show. I try to introduce new bloodlines As often as possible.  It makes for healthier fish.

Try? Come to find out Blair's ruby greens and my ruby greens both came from the same place. They are probably related. also when buying a group from a LFS they are probably siblings. Unless you get them from someone who has wild caught or someone from another state they are probably related lol

[Regalblue]

I heard you're not supposed to breed past F4. That's when the deformities start to show. I try to introduce new bloodlines As often as possible.  It makes for healthier fish.

Explain Brichard & the Yellow Labidochromis then.
http://cichlid-forum.com/articles/l_caeruleus.php

Stuart Grant only collected a few specimens, but refused to mass-collect and export them because of the population's small numbers, fearing that they would be pushed into extinction. Then two Swedish collectors paying a visit to Stuart Grant noticed these beautiful, bright yellow mbuna in his tanks and requested that he collect and export some for them. The story is that when he declined, these two Swedes bribed some of his divers, who knew right where they were located. They then returned to Sweden with two yellow labs, unbeknownst to Grant

From what I have read, these two yellow labs were then given as a gift to Pierre Brichard, who was very impressed by them. This is where the story gets really interesting: Brichard then took them back to his fishing operation in Burundi, along Lake Tanganyika (of all places!) and bred some 20,000 fish, all related to that pair. Quite amazing. And he did this in less than six years time. Then, in 1986 he made them available to the public, selling them for a hefty price from what I hear. Brichard ended up making a good dollar off that pair, while Stuart Grant on Lake Malawi, who found the fish in the first place, was left holding the bag.

[saddleproductions]

I have 6 Ruby Greens I got about 5 weeks ago from an Aquabid auction.  Came from Geiler(?) in Florida.  They are just starting to show color at about 1.5"  Wanna trade a couple to try and prevent the line breeding?

[Kaia]

I would be willing to bet that they are all related anyhow unless they've been imported from the wild?