Cross Breeding A Red And A Bosemani Rainbow?

[catfish101]

Hi,
I have a 60 gallon communtity tank with an assortment of loaches, catfish, rainbow fish and an angel fish. To of the rainbow fish are adults( about 4 inches long and a good 3 years old). One of them is a bosemani (male) and the other is a female red rainbow. After water changes I see them spawning but with three pictus cats and a school of clown loaches eggs and fry would not last long . However I have an empty 20 gallon aquarium with a sand substrate and a few plants. also it has been cycled and now is a healthy tank. My questoin is would there be any way to get these rainbows to produce fry in the 20 gallon aquarium? I will post pictures of them later to make sure they are of maturity.

 

[helterskelter]

I've never heard of a viable crossing befor so the odd's are not good.

 

[Mikaila31]

I also doubt it will work. They are from different families so the eggs most likely won't hatch. Rainbows from the same family can crossbreed, but doing this is frowned upon. You end up with mutt fish, which no one wants.