I really hope so. I have seen the very dark calicos you mentioned. My pair is a little on the lighter side but I'd love there spawn to be at least like the parents.
My Pair of Calico Convicts
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I really hope so. I have seen the very dark calicos you mentioned. My pair is a little on the lighter side but I'd love there spawn to be at least like the parents.
I think the hes refering to the variety that has much more black marbling then the ones I have. Mine are decent but don't have lots of black to them.
I assume that is what he is "naming" those calicos with more marbling - but I disagree with "naming" something a "super" before it is even genetically determined. (Think ball pythons here.) It's like a LFS coming up with a made up name just to sell something. At this point, regardless of the amount of marbling, they are all calico / marbles, nothing more, nothing less.
Nothing has been proven, or disproved yet.
That's why I started a thread for facts and results of marbled spawnings and het spawnings.
Nothing has been proven, or disproved yet.
That's why I started a thread for facts and results of marbled spawnings and het spawnings.
I breed several dominant and incomplete dominant leopard gecko morphs so the phrase "super" anything catches my attention when when in the context of breeding other animals. When I breed "x" mutation to a wild type animal and get "x" mutation in the first generation it's either pointing at a strong line bred trait or at least a dominant mutation. The term "super", along with a different phenotype (look) amongst the offspring from, in this instance, Calico x Calico would indicate a incomplete dominant gene is at play. However, you could just being seeing a variation in the Calico's pattern. To prove it you would have to breed the "super" to a wild type and produce 100% Calico offspring.
As a Convict lover as well as someone interested in color mutations, and especially being a "newb" to Cichlids, I find this all very exciting! Where are the Calico Convicts in the states?
As a Convict lover as well as someone interested in color mutations, and especially being a "newb" to Cichlids, I find this all very exciting! Where are the Calico Convicts in the states?
MCE - Thanks for the great info!
I guess that means I will have to (eventually) get a normal / wild type, and see if there is actually a Super out there - but not yet - we haven't gotten there yet.
I'm not sure where the other keepers are, but me, and mine, are in Mass.
I guess that means I will have to (eventually) get a normal / wild type, and see if there is actually a Super out there - but not yet - we haven't gotten there yet.
I'm not sure where the other keepers are, but me, and mine, are in Mass.
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