Deformed flower horns - show off your babies
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Short body fish.
I believe that the sb gene as it is known in flowerhorn and blood parrot is a direct result of the hybridization process. Yes it is vastly enhanced by inbreeding, but I believe it's orgins lay in the specific mix that made bp.
I believe that the sb gene as it is known in flowerhorn and blood parrot is a direct result of the hybridization process. Yes it is vastly enhanced by inbreeding, but I believe it's orgins lay in the specific mix that made bp.
Search some of the threads discussing the making of bp on this forum..you might be surprised.
This one is interesting too...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?146990-my-red-devil-x-synspilum
Another interesting fact, hybrid sb to normal/pure species will give you 50% normal, 50% sb, that means it's a dominant gene. Not only have I experienced this first hand with one of my spawns but I've read more than a few threads making the same claim. Almost always with pic's to back it up.
In every single case of pure species sb I've ever seen it was a recessive gene.
That just makes it seem like apples an oranges to me.
I completely forgot about vieja 
So you think that there are to sepereate SB genes? One from inbreeding pure species the other from Hybridization? I think that's a definite possiblity. I have seen 2 different mutations do the same thing in other animals.
So you think that there are to sepereate SB genes? One from inbreeding pure species the other from Hybridization? I think that's a definite possiblity. I have seen 2 different mutations do the same thing in other animals.
More than two really, there are two known forms already, wavy and fused spine.
But I'm talking about something else, Hybrids can have wavy or fused spine, just as a pure species can, it's how this gene acts in hybrids that sets it apart...yes, the sb gene found in fh/bp is worlds different (imo) than the one found in some pure species.
But I'm talking about something else, Hybrids can have wavy or fused spine, just as a pure species can, it's how this gene acts in hybrids that sets it apart...yes, the sb gene found in fh/bp is worlds different (imo) than the one found in some pure species.
flowerhorns and bp shortbody genes are mutated beyond comparison to the original genes found in wild species imo
