Quick question about mixing cichlids

[Djhgksga]

So I have a blue Hap and yellow lab if they decided to make babies would they babies come out with color? I was reading that if you mix the same genus but different fish that the babies would come out ugly everytime. That can't be true, can it?

 

[KcMopar]

Its very frowned upon to try to interbreed species like this. These two are not very far apart species wise so you might be able to. I have sunshine peacocks that had one baby fry that is all dark with no yellow at all yet. The others where all normal, I kept the dark one because no one wanted him. Its been almost 4 months now and he is still ugly compared to his siblings, so even the same breed can have uglies to I guess. Who knows what your two will make? Either way I think my "ugly" sunshine peacock is pretty Kewl! And no one else has one but me, well, as far as I know. LOL