Has anyone else read the studies about higher levels of heavy metal in the water during the egg stage can cause/produce albinos? It also said that parent fish that have been exsposed to higher level also have a greater chance of producing albinos.
creating albinos
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It's very interesting but I don't think I would expose my breeders to varying levels of toxic heavy metals to just to have a chance of producing fish with mutations that might give an albino fish. I find it very hard to believe that only the gene that controls pigmentation would be affected by the heavy metals.
I'm not sayn its not in the genes. This study found that higher heavy metals levels during the egg stage produces higher levels of albinos.these are studies from professionals not some hobbist in his backyard.copper can cause heavy metal levels it isn't toxic like mercury n such.I'm also not sayn I would expose my breeders, eggs, or fry to heavy metal if I can help it. I just found it interesting. They actually did field tests where high numbers of albinos occur in south American riverways.they took their findings to the labs n confirmed that heavy metal does increase the chance of albinos.
its all genes my friend
A- non Albino gene
a- albino gene
then your parents are
AA+Aa
you have
A A
A AA
a Aa
you have to do the punnet square for the parents genes n you get the results. So you will have a 50% chance of albino child in those parents genes
A- non Albino gene
a- albino gene
then your parents are
AA+Aa
you have
A A
A AA
a Aa
you have to do the punnet square for the parents genes n you get the results. So you will have a 50% chance of albino child in those parents genes