Hi, I encourage you to keep the specimens strong and healthy rather than running the risk of producing inbred weak specimens with red-tails. Well done for succesfully breeding the rio mamore, I've never seen them over here in the UK. Regards, Ken. > Hi all. > My rio mamore are on thier second spawn.I have heard that you get both red > and blue tails from the same spawn.My spawning male is red tail.Is it > possible to fix the red so you get 100% red tail fish from one spawn? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!