MARBLED/CALICO CONVICT BREEDERS - INFO / GENETICS THREAD

[fwprawn]

Thank you!
Not all convicts get that hump - and usually it does not come up until they are (this) size - approx 3 - 4 inches.

 

[crush329]

What's up fellas. I have been following this thread since it was started. I just wanted to wait until I could bring something to the table. I have a calico pair and a pair that is a marble male with a regular female. Check out my vid and let me know if my fish are worthy of this project. Excuse the carpintis pair in the middle of the vid... http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=K35y8RhxXoM

 

[fwprawn]

Absolutely! Just please stick with facts. I'm really trying to figure out the genetics on these.

For example, I'm especially curious if the calico pair will produce any all-pink fry.

This project is throwing some unusual curveballs, as you probably have picked up. Here is a NEW curveball. Out of the pink fry, none appear to be female (yet.)

 

[crush329]

Thanks. I will keep you updated. Wow what a curve...

 

[doomiedee]

Absolutely! Just please stick with facts. I'm really trying to figure out the genetics on these.

For example, I'm especially curious if the calico pair will produce any all-pink fry.

This project is throwing some unusual curveballs, as you probably have picked up. Here is a NEW curveball. Out of the pink fry, none appear to be female

Calicoes will not produce pink or black unless crossed with one or other.



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[doomiedee]

She's not a calico but het with no visible marbling. I have two of her sisters who are the same. Ill try to get pics of the parents.


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[fwprawn]

That remains to be seen.

If anyone else has bred calico to calico, have you seen any pink fry ?

Doom - your "she" is a male.

 

[doomiedee]

That remains to be seen.

If anyone else has bred calico to calico, have you seen any pink fry ?

The batch she and siblings came from had no pinks or black just heavy and lightly marbled and some that were just white


Dude really!? A Male ? I didn't know males laid eggs

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[doomiedee]

Her and her mate just before they laid eggs.


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[fwprawn]

I guess the orange is not showing up in the pics.

I'm not sure what you mean - you said there were no pink - but the female you show is a pink. If a pink convict has no marbling, it's a .... pink.

So, those two are the parents. What did the fry turn out to be ?