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The cichlid society’s mandate is the furtherance of information to the members of the Society and about the Cichlid Family in general to all its members and anyone wishing to listen and NOT, I repeat NOT the breeding and keeping and selling of HYBIDS!! If intergeneric crosses are allowed to be kept and bred without any consideration as to the damages these do to the original strain they come from, taking into consideration that we will never be allowed to import the original species again, then I pity what will happen over the next couple of decades, when I retire from this Industry. I do however, draw the line on intergeneric crosses whereby you come up with species like Flower Horns, Red Parrots, and D. There are also heaps of other species that are developing “albino” strains of other tropical species overseas that are being accepted the World over eg, Tiger Barbs, Angelfish, Discus, Bristle Nose catfish and all its various shapes, Corydoras cats, Paradise Fish, Oscars, Albino Rainbow Sharks, Glowlight Tetra, Pristella Tetra, just to name a few, and all of these are completely acceptable in the Australian Industry. The white form (not albino, as some lists state) of Convicts are a man-made species as I don’t believe they live in the wild, with almost all of them being developed overseas from individuals that have been hatched from the original strain, which in most cases are a recessive gene, as in the Gold Severums.Īlbino forms are not as strong as the original strain, and have been killed off pretty quickly, eg O.”Albino” aureomarginatus mentioned earlier, with some others being much hardier eg, White Convicts, Albino N.leleupi, just to name a couple. The Paracyprichromis nigripinnis has an albino form as well, but this is a home grown one as none exist in the wild, as is the albino form of Melanochromis auratus. Sure there have been reports, but until I see one, I am not convinced of its existence. I have heard of an albino or white form of the Cyphotilapia frontosa in the wild, but am yet to see one in captivity here in Australia, or overseas. Recently, the “Electric Blue” blue ramerizi has begun to appear on the market, and it is a another coloured variety of the normal blue rams, but some of them have shown a golden sheen to them, which means that they have both the blue and gold genes in their genes, and the Gold Ram is not a wild caught species either. However, there are other hybrids that are being traded, eg, Flower Horns and Red Parrots and Dimidiochromis “marbled” compressiceps, to name a few that are certainly cross-bred species that I believe are causing problems within the Cichlid Keeping fraternity, especially the Flower Horns and Red parrots, with the former being one of the most aggressive species of hybrid ever known to man, as where you see these fish, and they are mainly in asian stores, they are tanked singularly showing to the viewer that they cannot be kept with each other, let alone with other species. albino red face macropthalmus and as well as the Gold Severum that is a recessive gene of the Green Severum, as none of these albino forms or the Gold severum exists in the wild as they would be too conspicuous and would soon be eliminated by other predatory species. The same goes for any albino form of cichlids eg, Aulonocara “albino” species, Neolamprologus Albino brichardi, Otopharynx auromarginatus “albino, and recently Albino Psuedotropheus pindani, as well as Psedotropheus Albino greshakei, and P. I believe it should remain as a viable species for all cichlid keepers to hold and breed. The Marbled Peacock is now well and truly entrenched in the Hobby and it breeds true to shape and colouration, although some are more colourful than others, but that is the same with all Aulonocara species. The same goes for A.”dragon blood” from overseas development, as well as Aulonocara “eureka red” jacobfreibergi that was developed in Germany from wild caught specimens in the Lake itself. The Tangerine Peacock was developed in Sydney by Henry and Elaine Pinkowski, and called Pink Peacocks at the time, from a recessive gene from Aulonocara mbenji, and in the early years it had “throw-backs” of the A.mbenji in the progeny, but over a number of years the Tangerine colour has become more fixed and is in fact an Aulonocara species “tangerine”. I have been asked to reply to a question from Tony Corr about the sale of cichlids eg, Marbled Peacocks, Dragon Blood Peacocks and Tangerine Peacocks etc, etc.
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I came across this article in Auscichlids Forum and thought it was a good read. Please note this thread is about wether there is evidence of marbled peacocks being hybrids, not about wether you like them