Green Jack Dempsey Project

Green Jack Dempsey Project

Hello everyone,
I've been a forum reader here for a while and am now a member & would like to share my project with you all.


I'm sure a lot of you know what it takes to breed ebjd's (Electric Blue Jack Dempsey's) and Gold Dempsey's. Well I've taken it a step further. I'm speaking of the recessive genes in both fish the blue and the gold. If you know the genetics of the Jack Dempsey you'll know that the wild type gene known as the Regular gene is dominant & the blue and gold are recessive.

Genes: + = wild-type gene (dominant)
b = electric-blue gene (recessive)
g = gold gene (recessive)
Fish:

wild JD = +/+ +/+
BGJD = +/b +/+
GGJD = +/+ +/g
gold JD = +/+ g/g
EBJD = b/b +/+
BGGG JD = +/b +/g
GG EBJD = b/b +/g
BG gold = +/b g/g


Goal:
"green" JD = b/b g/g


Well a friend of mine started this project (GregTheCrazyFishGuy)& I just followed and continued to the End result now.

I have some baby fry that hatched Feb 2 this year 2012 & I am able to confirm all geno types in the spawn.
There are

EBJD = b/b +/+
Gold JD = +/+ g/g
BGGG JD = +/b +/g just like the parents
and
Wild JD = +/+ +/+ BGJD = +/b +/+ GGJD = +/+ +/g
GG EBJD = b/b +/g BG Gold = +/b g/g
also in the spawn are
"Green" JD = b/b g/g
which is the goal I was reaching for.
I'll post a few pics that I have of the fry right now, but they are still very young but you can clearly see the gold and ebjd fry.





Thank You for looking
Please Reply
Jill
P.S. I will update pics as they grow

The Green JD's will not look like what you describe (Regular Wild Type). They will look like a blue or a gold with traits from the other geno type. The babies are still very small, so a good description isn't possible. I'm sorry, but I'm still waiting for results myself & will share them with everyone here.

thank you

Jill

doomiedee

Very Sweet of you to think so, but to get this fish (Green JD) is no easy feat. Not to mention the quality of the fish. See, it will inherit 2 recessive genes hopefully carrying the dominant gene to strengthen it. Only time will tell, but w/out a doubt it will be a beautiful fish.

Thank You for your interest

Jill

Small Update

This morning I observed the babies for a little bit. They are so CUTE!!!
The larger ones are showing their pattern now.
The Blue/golds (GREEN) are beautiful, but so are the ebjds and the golds.

Jill