hi ..just thought i would let you know after the severum and parrot bred sucsessfuly i looked at the tank tonight and low and behold the acara was laying eggs and the sijica was fertilizing them!!!!!!!!!!! i originaly thought and was told the sijica was a female but they are aparantly impossible to sex outside breeding ..but i now know that its DEFINATELY A MALE the jade eyed sijica cichlid is reportadely a rare species and its a shame i dont have a pure female instead of the female acare and hybrid fry (if it gets that far)as they are in a community tank .....but its still very interesting dont you think???????

Amazing! it will certainly be interesting to see what comes out of this.

Blimey, not only are you a top man for giving advice on here but your also cross breeding loads of different fish.
i wonder how the little hybrids will look.
fingers crossed they come through it.
Well done mate

this guy and his unintentional hybrids.... haha lots of luck again!

thanks metalhead ofl and glen for your interest:)

any fry from the parrot severum cross yet????

no prob. i actually saw a 3'' or so sijica in the store today. ive never seen one before and i recalled u saying it was rare (which id agree with cuz this was the first time ive ever seen one) it was priced at about what a jack dempsey or oscar of its size would coast. i wanted to buy it but i dont have a home where it wouldnt be torn apart. i was surprised that such a rare fish would be sold for so cheaply

necromancer4 wrote:



the eggs were burgled in the night by the others !!!!!!they were brown /fertilised but my tanks in turmoil at the moment!!!!!!!im 30 days into a cycle and a planaria outbreak that im clearing(they will desimate an egg clutch) and of course 100galon water changes EVERY DAY for the last 30 days too much disruption at the moment but they are paired up and in about 14 days i can allow the tank to settle and let them have another go

MetalHead88 wrote:



i am not disputing you in any way but a very common mistake with the JADE EYE sijica is to be mistaken for a T BAR sijica lots of experienced fishkeepers mistake the two as they are VERY SIMILAR AND ONLY SUBTLE COLOURS sepperate the two ...but they dont cost a lot anyway ..i dont know why they are cheap but a 3"-4" would be about £20-£25 in the uk ........ thanks for your interest

biggamehunter wrote:


very interesting mix!! but won't there be a problem selling the fry? (if they make it next time) for example, i've had different malawicichlid breeding with eachother and i couldn't sell the fry. noone wanted them.

smikeb you are probably right about getting rid of the fry.......i think that i will struggle as you said but unfortunately my local chemist is sold out of sijica size condoms!!!!!!!!!!! so i have put a prescription in for acara contraceptive pills !!!!!!!!!! ...no seriously i cant do anything about it ...unless the hybrid young turn out EXTREAMLY BEAUTIFUL and people will want them for their appearence in their tanks i think i will be stuck for shifting them as you say

haha:laugh: funny!!!
the final solution is to feed the bigger fish with the fry and that's tragic!!!!!!!!!!!!