Bright orange spots on Convict babies

[kokosnood]

Hi,

I am currently raising a batch of approx. 100 baby convicts. They are now almost 3/4".

I've noticed 2 or 3 with florescent orange spots on the flanks. Is this common? Will they keep this coloration as adults?

Are they valuable--should I breed them back to each other and try and isolate this trait? I've found that convicts have almost no resale value whatsoever, so I doubt they are valuable--but since I've never seen this before I figured I'd ask.

These are normal (not white) convicts.

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[Bderick67]

Sorry for my ignorance but is the "flank" the side belly area?

 

[Davey_8313]

Females usually have orange on their belly.

 

[kokosnood]

Females usually have orange on their belly.

The mother of these fish looked like this...but these juveniles I'm describing have bright/fluorescent orange spots, not a shaded belly like this one. However they will probably lose these spots and get the orange shaded belly when they get older. I just asked because the spots really stand out. Unfortunately, they are small and don't stand still long enough to photograph.

 

[kokosnood]

Sorry for my ignorance but is the "flank" the side belly area?

yes

 

[Bderick67]

yes

That being said, I would agree with above, those are just females.