Have a question.

[Cichlidmaster]

I have had a Texas Cichlid for about 2 months I take it it's a girl, and around 3 half 4 inch's long.

I bought a Green Texas thats 4 inchs long, he I think its a boy because it changed his color's to match the Texas and he is shaking around courting her.

How much related are they what will the offspring look like if they mate?

Will they be fertle?

[fishmaven]

Evidently no one else is willing to post a response. Why is that??

Mike,
To live up to the screen name you've chosen, you might ask yourself the reason for such an experiment. Are they two different species?? What are your plans for the babies? Have you looked for existing photos online of mixing these two?? Are you looking for a prettier fish? Are you looking for a healthier fish? Are you looking for a more aggressive fish? Are you looking for one that tastes better?

If you can justify to yourself the reasons for crossing(?) the two, you don't need our permission.

In my opinion though, we really don't need additional fish in the tropical fish industry who's linage we can't distinguish.
Dan

[Cichlidmaster]

Lol what? I dude I just bought two fish with zero intentions of breeding them, mainly because I didnt even know what sex they where.

Apparantly the Green Texas is a male and my Texas is a female.

I picked the name because eventually with time I shall become a Master of Cichlids, however I am new and why does it matter?

I didnt ask for permission so kinda got me confussed, I just wanted to know if anyone has had this happen and if so any pics of the offspring or testimonies of any sort.

[Cichlidmaster]

I like to have a variety of differant species living together.

I don't go out trying to buy pair's of breeding fish and have 100 tanks to breed fish.

I like to enjoy looking at the variety of my fish and so do my kids.

Yeah if I find a breeding pair, sure I'll put them in a tank to hopefully get some babies.

Even then I would most likely keep a couple and try to either sell or just get rid of the offspring.

[baldtaxguy]

Mike - You have a true "Texas cichlid", Herichthys cyanoguttatus, and a "green Texas" which I believe is a common name for Herichthys carpintis, so you can see they are "related" in that they are typed to the same genus. Its quite likely your pair may breed and the eggs would take. I have not crossed these two species, but I believe it happens somewhat frequently, so its important to let others you hand fry off to aware of the cross. Its best not to pass along and just keep them as feeders or for your own enjoyment, since others down the road may not pass the word along of their origin. Good luck with them - both are cool looking fish.

And I like your screen name.

[chc]

Those species are so closely related that the fry will likely look very much like the parents. I'd guess the odds are they'll be fertile, but only time can tell.