I have a couple of Convicts that seemed to have paired. The Male is a Pink Convict about 2in and the female is a regular convict and is about 1.25 inches. Will their fry be a split of pink and regular? Is this how calico Convicts are bred? I've found eggs once already, but they seemed to have been moved. Can cichlids move their eggs or is this a new clutch?
Breeding question?
- Thread starter soupy1977
- Start date
Thanks for all the help guys, and gals.
I guess I'll know the answer to most of my questions soon enough as the eggs have hatched.
I guess I'll know the answer to most of my questions soon enough as the eggs have hatched.
Every single one of the offsprings will be the dark convict with stripes. The dark colored gene with stripes is dominant over the pink color. However, each of the offspring will be holding a pink color gene. So if the offspring breeds with each again 25% of their offspring will be pink. Hope that helps.
Oh and i forgot to add I actually breed a pink convict with a normal convict, then breed their offsprings. This is how i know.
Oh and i forgot to add I actually breed a pink convict with a normal convict, then breed their offsprings. This is how i know.
It will depend on if the normal colored convict is recessive for pink or not. If it's not, none of the young will be pink. If it is, around half the young will be pink. No, marbles are not bred this way. They were selectively bred for their colors by crossing various pinks that did not express the pink fully. Sure some might have been outcrossed with normal colored ones.
You would need fish with the marbled gene to get calicos.
I haven't seen my convicts move the eggs before, so I would assume it's a new clutch.
You would need fish with the marbled gene to get calicos.
I haven't seen my convicts move the eggs before, so I would assume it's a new clutch.
My son and I are doing this for his 4th grade science project. I was hoping to get a split on the fry, but will be equally happy with the normal color pattern. We can use the dominate vs. recessive genes in the project. thanks for the replies.