Royal Blue Dolphin Cichlid
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Charles processes and discusses a strain of Peacocks he calls Royal Blue Dolphins. Royal Blue refers to the deep blue color of the males and Dolphin refers to the humped head of mature males. During the video Stormy captures a sump fish (a Labeotropheus) with a tumor and brings it to Charles. Despite her protests, he immediately returns the fish the floor gutter to live out its life. Tumors are not contagious, and the fish appeared to be otherwise healthy.
Goliad Farms Tropical Fish Hatchery
You get some intense coloration in your fish, which is obviously a result of your breeding. Well done Charles!
Thank you. The key is breeder selection coupled with raising lots of fish so you can get the best to produce the next generation.
Charles
Good morning Charles, absolutely beautiful fish! I love the peacock body and the moorii hump.
I've been working on this strain since 2009 starting with a humped male I caught in the sump. I mated him to females from our Blue Peacock strain. I suspect the original male was a Cyrtocara/Peacock hybrid but can't be sure. There are some very interesting hybrids in the two greenhouse sumps. I have my eye on some of them for new breeding programs.
Charles
Very nice fish Charles. Love the color variant. Thanks again.
Thank you. I also like this fish. It is proving popular with our aquarium maintenance company customers due to its hump, color, and size.
Charles
Oh, gosh, they're so colorful, beautiful fishes! Great job Charles!
Thank you. This fish shows a lot of promise.
Charles
they are beautiful
Thank you,
Charles
Such a Vibrant Blue!!! 🙂
It is a nice blue color. The original male wasn't very blue, but I mated him with our Blue Peacock females and now the blue pops.
Charles
Awesome
Thank you. I think it is an impressive fish and shows what selection can do.
Charles
There are many Crytocara variants all over Lake Malawi never seen these here in Australia
This fish is an aquarium strain descended from a humped male I caught in our sump which is full of escapees and their descendants. There are some videos of the sump fish. The humped male was given an assortment of female peacocks. This strain is descended from that single male and Blue Peacock females. My records show that I started working on this strain in 2009, selecting for dark blue coloration and humps.
I never give scientific names to hybrids or fish of unknown provenance, so this fish isn't assigned the genus Cyrtocara.
Charles
Very informative thanks for replying @@goliadfarms7029
@@markbaumgardt2868 No problem. You were nice enough to watch the video and comment. You deserve an answer.
Charles
loves these, by any chance do you have any Pundamilia Nyererei?
We don't currently have any Lake Victoria cichlids. We had this species long ago but lost it in Hurricane Claudette.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 hope you can get some more ✌
@@SynthToshi I've been thinking of getting some Victorians, and that species is at the top of my list.
Charles
Love the dolphins. Do you want some pacman frogs from our hatchery to mess around with? They would do good in those greenhouses.
That would be interesting. Right now, we have a plague of Bullfrogs. I wonder who would eat whom.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 the pacman frog would definitely eat the bullfrogs.
wow stunning peacocks most would assume these are Mnbuba very cool
This strain is descended from a single humped male I caught in the Greenhouse 1 sump. I don't know what his parents were, but I suspect some Cyrtocara moorii heritage. That male was mated to our Blue Peacock females.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 i think hybrids can sometime make the most interesting fish love em
@@HickoryTropicals There are some interesting shape, color, and patterns that can be created by hybridization.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Love them nice work on!!!
@@HickoryTropicals Nice time we process this strain we'll see how those males are doing. They should grow a bit more.
Charles
When i see Blue dolphins I'm reminded of the late Don Knots in Mr. Olympus.😁
Okay...I'm going to have to look that up. Was that a movie?
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" , was the name of the movie.
@@robertforrest7956 Thanks. I'll look it up. I don't think I ever saw it, but the name is vaguely familiar.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 yeah, it's been out for ages, I think it was filmed before he was on the Andy Griffith show... But it is a fun family vid. 😁
@@robertforrest7956 I'll have Susie check to see if it is on any of the streaming services she uses.
Charles
Hi charles
Hello. Do you like this fish?
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 yes. Interesting about those darker females.... 🤔 if u separated to see what i get.
@@laurag1076 That would be a good experiment if only Susie would agreed to another greenhouse so I'd have room for more experimentation.
Charles
Hi stormy. Now she wasn't complaining. She was saving it. I'm u stormy!
What? Stormy always complains! But she works hard.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 sorry. That was meant to read.... naww. Stormy. She was trying to save it. Something I would do. Haha x
Why did u let it go. Not in pain? Or.... anything catchy? Or... better to be put down? Or...
How is the dogs?
@@laurag1076 Oso and Maya don't like this current heat wave so they are staying in the A/C more.
Charles
Hello! I don't complain much.
@@goliadfarms7029 I don't complain
What's the plant on the left called?
That is Dieffenbachia, a house plant.
Charles
How do you get different types of fish to breed?
Do you mean how do I get them to hybridize? If so, Lake Malawi cichlids are easy. I simply place a male of one species with a half dozen females of the other species in a vat with no other fish. Given no choice of mates, most species will mate.
Charles
I have to question why your spending time and resources on this fish. Its a cross between a Aulonocara and Cyrtocara moori - but why? With the proliferation of Malawi hybrids already in the trade, creating more only adds to the problem. If you want a fish with nice blue females, and males with a good hump - the Cyrtocara moori already has this.
I saw the fish and knew straight away hybrid
There is more than adequate room in the hobby for pure species and hybrids. It is important to never give a scientific name to a hybrid or, for that matter, to any fish you aren't certain of its provenance. Which is why this fish isn't assigned even a genus.
This strain was started in 2009 from a single humped male I captured from the Greenhouse 1 sump. He was given a variety of Peacock females, including Blue Peacocks, the females this strain descend from. The females of this strain are not blue.
So far as coloration, Cyrtocara moorii, which we also raise and keep absolutely pure, doesn't come close the blue of this fish. Granted C. moorii females are more colorful than the females of this strain.
By the way, the proper spelling of the species name is moorii, not moori.
Back to your original question as to why I spend time and resources on this strain. Because there is lots of demand for them, especially from our aquarium maintenance company customers. These fish bring in needed revenue and profit for our business.
Charles
Yes, it is a hybrid which is why it's not even assigned a genus much less a species. Interestingly enough, recent DNA studies indicate that Lake Malawi cichlid species have largely arisen by natural hybridization.
Charles
@@goliadfarms7029 Thanks Charles. clear concise answer as expected. Correction noted on the spelling. Have a great night.
@@bullseyek That's a very common misspelling. Latin can be confounding.
I'm looking for a link to a recent study on natural hybridization of cichlids in Lake Malawi. Apparently, most of the speciation in that lake was caused by hybridization.
Charles
Not royal blue dolphin. İts name is not “pure blue dolphin”
As is our practice, any fish that is not a proven pure species is not given a scientific name but is instead provided a common name. This fish is descended from a hybrid male of uncertain parentage in our sump. That male had a hump, hence the name Dolphin. It is possible he had a Cyrtocara moorii ancestor, but it is also possible the hump originated from a unique mutation or combination of genes. Humps in cichlids are not rare and occur in many genera. That male was given females from our various Peacock strains. These fish are descended from our Blue Peacocks. We named the strain Royal Blue Dolphin reflecting my perception of their color and the presence of a hump.
Charles