The Development of Andinoacara Rivulatus (white & gold saum)

[Spence]

The little guys are getting bigger seeing any white seams yet?

I believe I see one with white, but it's so faint it might just be a light orange/yellow. Shouldn't be long before I can really start seeming some color on most of these guys.

 

[Spence]

And we have another batch of swimmers...


On a related note anyone looking for a healthy and very fertile female green terror? I want my male to bulk up and not spend his time running from this girl here.

 

[astrocreep]

Will you ship to Oklahoma? haha

Shed look good with my male White Saum

 

[Spence]

If I shipped you'd probably end up with a soggy box and a dried up dead fish.

 

[Jexnell]

If I shipped you'd probably end up with a soggy box and a dried up dead fish.

Check with your LFS, especially if it has an online sales section already. They may be able to ship it for you. The Wet Spot near me does this. Take the fish there, they pack and ship it out.

 

[Spence]

Been a while since I updated this thread. I didn't see a single baby that had the white seam out of about 50. I still have about 25 or so remaining (split amongst 3 tanks) after trading in a some to my LFS. I kept a small group of some of the bigger more colorful juvies just to see what they become. Pretty shocked at how long it took to grow them to a sellable size. Just now they look to be about the size you'd see at an LFS.

 

[astrocreep]

i have a batch of white/gold rivulatus growing out, plus a new batch still in 75 with parents.... hopefully i will see some white seams

 

[Spence]

I'm wondering if the white seam is just a recessive trait and would need both parents to pass it along in order for it to show on any of the offspring.

 

[astrocreep]

I'm wondering if the white seam is just a recessive trait and would need both parents to pass it along in order for it to show on any of the offspring.

i just brought up that same question in the other recent thread.

if i do wind up with a white seam female, it is okay to breed back to the father right? I read that inbreeding in cichlids is not always a bad thing?

 

[astrocreep]

i have reason to believe that a white crossed with a white will = white seams

gold may be the more dominant gene which would explain why you dont see many white saums.

also the Stahlsbergi (Peruvian GT) also has white seams but IS a different species.......i think