Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

[Zulaab]

I have a 58g tank which right now holds my 7 leleupi and 20+ Brichardi's..  they well along well.  Now to the strange question.
Will a Brichardi and Leleupi interbreed ?
Reason I am asking, is that I have about 10 little leleupi looking fry about 1in in length that I thought well these are just another brichardi brood, but as they are growing they are getting more and more yellow than the darker gray of its same size Brichardi cousins.
Another thing..  They have a small amount of blue in their fins which is common for the brichardi, but none in my adult leleupi's.
Someone who has Leleupi broods can they tell me if they have a little bit of blue in their dorsal fins ?
I will take a picture when my camera comes back from Ohio with my friend whom I lent it to.

[baba]

Re: Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

Yes they do.

[MJY6087]

Re: Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

the blue tint in the fin is normal for leleupi

[Zulaab]

Re: Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

Sweet.. the the young I have are getting more and more bright yellow by the week turning from a VERY light (almost skin colored) to now becoming a nice yellow color..  they are getting bigger and bigger too.. I have Brichardi's who where born at about the same time as I have two brood that are almost identical in size..
In a few weeks I am going to pull everything out of tank and catch the biggest ones and dump them in my grow out tank.  Once they are sellable they will go up for sale here..  I have about 10 Leleupi fry right now that is going to make it unless they get killed off...  I have right now counting all the other broods about 50 Brichardi fry growing up.

[CichlidFan]

Re: Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

Interesting, I did not know that lelupe and brichardi would mix....that is something.

CF

[fishlady]

Re: Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

8O ....holy carp batman.....i need to get that lelupi out of that tank with all those brichardi's then huh?....
man that's going to suck trying to catch them out of that 135.......

[jughead]

Re: Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

lamps are not likely to cross breed if there is a suitable mate of the same species available........maybe

[Zulaab]

Re: Leleupi and Brichardi spawn ?

Well MJY6087 said that the blue in the dorsal fin is normal for the leleupi.. which is what I am seeing in my fish.  As they get more and more color the blue I take it will disappear.   I was always doubtful they would crossbreed since there are several males and females available, and I have never seen a Brichardi allow a leleupi into one of its caves.   The Brichardi continue to breed, but I have only had one brood of leleupi.