Xanthic Gene in Parachromis Multifasciatus (Friedrichsthalii)

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Hello everyone,
Here in Australia majority of the P. Multifasciatus stock we have posses the xanthic gene. Is there anyway to tell if a fish has it or not before it changes colour? If one/ both of the parents show the colour change will the fry all 100% eventually change? Does anyone know what brings out the change, or is it simply age of the fish?
Thank you
 
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You’ve got to post pictures.
I don’t believe we have those in the US. At least I’ve never seen them
 
Crazy! I have never seen these before. They go blind? I have never heard of xanthic jags or dovii go blind so why would these.
 
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HybridFinatic said:
Crazy! I have never seen these before. They go blind? I have never heard of xanthic jags or dovii go blind so why would these.
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I am not sure, there is a email thread on another forum that talks about it. Thought I’d ask and see if anybody knew anything about it
 
stiker said:
Is there anyway to tell if a fish has it or not before it changes colour?
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Unrelated to this species but I have one denison barb out of 9 with the xanthic gene.
A couple of times a year she'd completely change colour, each time a completely different look.
One year she showed up yellow with black stripes like the clown loaches in the tank. Other times she'd just get patchy looking. Then she'd completely turn back to normal color slowly. There's no way I would have known had I not seen the subsequent change but it seems in my case the fish reverts back to normal color for majority of the time. She surely is not blind either.
 
stiker said:
Hello everyone,
Here in Australia majority of the P. Multifasciatus stock we have posses the xanthic gene. Is there anyway to tell if a fish has it or not before it changes colour? If one/ both of the parents show the colour change will the fry all 100% eventually change? Does anyone know what brings out the change, or is it simply age of the fish?
Thank you
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I think you've done well just tracking these fish here in oz, where did you get them if you don't mind me asking?
 
Ogertron3000 said:
I think you've done well just tracking these fish here in oz, where did you get them if you don't mind me asking?
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Labyrinth aquariums in sydney had some fry from their big pair available for sale. Not sure if they still have any left though
 
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stiker said:
Labyrinth aquariums in sydney had some fry from their big pair available for sale. Not sure if they still have any left though
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Thanks for the reply. Im down in melbourne so a bit far for me. Don't ever see them here, wonder if these guys can ship them?
 
Ogertron3000 said:
Thanks for the reply. Im down in melbourne so a bit far for me. Don't ever see them here, wonder if these guys can ship them?
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I know that he does ship fish get in contact with them through their Facebook page.
I picked up a few to growout them out and see how they go.
 
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