My new calicoes and the parents

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Those wont produce calicoes.

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But it's good to see my female is doing her job lol how big is your female? Cause my male is showing no interest in his current female


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No,
Not even het for calico.

The babies will be all black, UNLESS if the female is het for pink, in which case, you will get some pink babies.

Calico / Marble is a completely different gene.
 
fwprawn said:
No,
Not even het for calico.

The babies will be all black, UNLESS if the female is het for pink, in which case, you will get some pink babies.

Calico / Marble is a completely different gene.
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So plz explain how do you get calico?


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Calico is a mutation, like that of the pink coloration. Somewhere along the line it developed, and from how it seems, acts as a recessive trait as well.

So you need calicos to breed more calicos. Or at least fish het for the calico gene. But yes, since it's a separate gene from the pink gene, what you're gonna obtain from your pair will most likely either be all stripey convicts (het for pinkness) or half pink half het stripey.

That is of course, unless the stripey is het for the calico gene, in which case 25% of the offspring will be lightly marbled.

Here, check this out: http://gregthecrazyfishguy.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/convict-cichlid-marble-genes/
 
That was an excellent read.
 
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