Why would it be a wild type if it has both electric blue and gold genes?
When talking about recessive genes, there are two terms you need to be aware of. The first is Genotype, or what genes does the fish have. As discussed, the fish could have one set of the electric blue and one set of the gold genes, but not two sets of either based on the genes of the parents and the way these genes are passed to the fry.
The second term is Phenotype, or the appearance of the fish. For Jack Dempsey's I refer to the standard looking JD as the wild type, that is the standard medium to dark brown base color with blue/green irridescent spots on the tip of each scale. The Electric Blue JD's have more extensive blue beyond just covering the tip of each scale and it generally spreads across it's whole body. For a fish to express or appear like the EBJD, it must have two copies of the electric blue gene - one is not enough to change the appearance and this is why you see people say you cannot tell a blue gene JD (one carrying only one copy of the gene) from a standard JD that does not have the blue gene.
The same goes for the gold gene. A gold JD has a reduced amount of melanin which is the pigment that makes JD's appear dark brown to black colored. The fish have some control of the melanin is their skin and can change it to make themselves look darker or lighter which we relate to the mood of the fish. For gold JD's, they still have some melanin, but just a much reduced amount (which they can also change based on mood). So for a gold JD, they have two copies of the gene for reduced melanin. If they only carry one gene for gold, you cannot tell them apart from the wild type or standard looking JD.
For what people are calling the Platinum JD's, these fish carry two copies of both the electric blue and gold genes and so they take on both of the physical appearances of the EBJD and Gold. They have lots of blue like the EBJD and reduced melanin like the Gold JD. People producing these also produce fish that look like an EBJD and carry the gold gene and some that look like a Gold JD and carry the blue gene and as with the wild type JD's, you cannot tell what recessive genes they are carrying based on their appearance - you need to know what genes the parents had and in some cases also cannot tell for sure unless bred to a fish of known genes because not all fry will get the same split of genes from the parents of the parents only have one copy of the recessive gene (like the blue gene parent [father] of the OP here).
I hope this helps clear up some of the confusion.
Regards,
Patrick
