Oscar Genetics

[Fish_Man_Dan]

I just had a few quick questions about Oscar genetics regarding the strains that are available nowadays, Lol.

Does the lutino/albino gene behave the same way true albinism works? (AA crossed with aa makes fry carrying Aa)

Will crossing a red Oscar with a wild type create red tigers? Or will the fry be split between red and wild type?

Is the veiltail gene dominant, recessive, or what?

I have a wild Oscar from the everglades that I hope to cross with a veil "albino" Oscar and would like to know what to expect from the fry if i decide to go through with it...

My goal is to try to get veil oscars with stronger genes and overall better/stronger/cleaner finnage. Both albino and non albino at some point, but that'll probably take at least 2 generations based on my understanding of genetics.

Thanks to anyone who can help!

home of Fugly the Oscar (ACA)

 

[spike38]

Unless you know each Oscars genealogy, The best way to get long finned Oscars, Is to start with them.
The fish at your LFS can have anything in there background. Even breeding two LF albino Oscars, Can produce
some short finned wild type. And as far as I know, Wild type would be the only dominant genes. Everything
else would be pot luck. If anyone has anything different, I would be interested as well.

Spike
Here are a pair of my LF albino Oscars

 

[Fish_Man_Dan]

Nice pair and thanks for the quick response. Due to the lack of replies I guess I'm just gonna have to try it myself to find out! I have a female feral everglades Oscar and just need to find an albino veil male (tiger or red, doesn't matter, its if I like the individual fish that's the deciding factor) to raise and pair her with. I'll keep this updated or start a new thread in the media section, what do you guys think?

home of Fugly the Oscar (ACA)

 

[spike38]

Good luck

Spike

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