Such Thing As Albino Peppermints?
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 05:41 PM
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 07:22 PM
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 07:34 PM
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 07:50 PM
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 07:55 PM
#26
Posted 02 October 2012 - 11:35 PM
albinoism is a percentage chance in every spawn.... imagine a 1 in 10000 chance for every fry born...
albino b/n bred with albino b/n will produce 100% albinos... so ita a 1 in 1 chance for every fry born...
pure common b/n bred with an albino will produce fry - 99.9% of being all common... approx 1 in 1000 chance of an albino... this figure increases from first one because one parent is albino... but the resulting fry will carry the albino gene although it doesnt show any albino characteristics... mathematically it carries 50% albino genes but in reality this figure is prob a little less... so a b/n displaying common characteristics will carry a percentage of albino genes whether it be 0.0001% or up to 50%....
so using this percentage statistic with peppermint b/n - somewhere along the line the albino percentage may increase although no visible characteristics are displayed in the fish... untill one day "BANG" out comes some albinos.... as many as one to half the fry spawned...
all sorts of factors can effect the number of albinos occuring from non-albino parents who carry the albino gene....
who carries the higher percentage of albino genes... male or female...
how strong the male sperm was... or how strong the females eggs are...
plus things like PH temp tds levels etc... not to mention any heavy metals in the water also
so its a bit like a lottery.... but your odds can be increased by pairing up fish with higher albino gene percentages...
quick example if a pair of pepps bred 1 albino fry... you'd grow it up and breed it back over with one of its parents.... thus increasing your chances of getting more albinos... untill you get enough fry to breed brother/sister.... at this point it would pay to have 2 colonies of albino pepps to breed... then branch 2 colonies in different breeding directions... so in future 5-6 spawns down the track you can bring some fry back together from each colonies blood line... to prevent direct inbreeding and deformities occuring....
hope that helps simplify albinoism in b/n....
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 06:11 AM
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 07:50 AM
#29
Posted 03 October 2012 - 10:20 AM
Reference
Marcelo F. G. de Brito and Érica P. Caramaschi. 2005. An albino armored catfish Schizolecis guntheri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from an Atlantic Forest coastal basin. http://www.scielo.br...3n1/v3n1a09.pdf. (Accessed 03 October, 2012)
#30
Posted 03 October 2012 - 10:49 AM
I hope they are albino, for whatever reason that may be.
Edited by Peckoltia, 03 October 2012 - 10:50 AM.
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 10:55 AM
#32
Posted 03 October 2012 - 04:40 PM
I hope they are albino, for whatever reason that may be.
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 07:46 PM
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 08:24 PM
#35
Posted 03 October 2012 - 08:24 PM
I've had two female commons lay in the same cave once...
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 08:26 PM
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 08:28 PM
#38
Posted 03 October 2012 - 08:51 PM
Just FYI i have seen pics of various L number albinos that i didnt think existed that were for sale over east, L066 and L333 albino's they looked pretty neat. Johno could maybe back me up on this
#39
Posted 03 October 2012 - 09:14 PM
Another tank for the albinos and treat them like gold.
Start a breed program that follows Johno's info on reproducing multiple albinos.
Maybe you have a few albinos of the opposite sex's and hopefully they hold the dominant gene and not a recessive one.
#40
Posted 03 October 2012 - 09:14 PM
Not doubting it's an albino; just not seeing it either.
More pix! Commandeer the rig's uplink to send huge res. b/n photos IMO. Bugger the dynamic positioning and the comms.... Fish have priority. The skipper will understand.
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