I've had lots of female cons with long dorsal and anal fins. Sometimes the orange is faint. Check out my pair below. Male is the albino, female is barred.
Male female convict?
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FYI - your male isn't an albino, and yes, females can have elongated fins, and sometimes even humps.
Yeah yeah, pink con, it's commonly referred to as an albino around here, although it is not true albino.
Not to nit pick, but the correct term for a con like yours is leucistic.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/fish-coloration-terms-definitions.38534/
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/fish-coloration-terms-definitions.38534/
Pink convict is a common name, albino isn't. Not a big deal either way, just thought I would mention it in case you didn't know the difference between albino, and leucistic.
I've never had a female con, but a lot of HRPs. Not all females had orange or much of it on the belly. They had pointy fins too.
It may not be a big deal here in this thread, but for someone who was going to breed a Leucistic to an Albino and wonders why all the babies hatch as normal that little tidbit of info will come in handy.
Breeding 2 different recessives just produces double-hets, nothing visual. It' s a good point to make considering how confusing genetics can be and the amount of people on MFK that are learning how they work.
