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[Mattzilla]

I have an albino longfin bristlenose pair that have bred a few times and out of a couple of hundred fish i got this one little unique guy. It's not an albino becuase it has black eyes but it has a mixture of common and albino markings. Both parents are solid albinos...

Here are some pics of the little guy and it's dad

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/3624986038_85afabf20e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3624170803_f8318533af_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3624170251_470ff2abde_o.jpg

is it a marble? or just a mutant?

thanks

Matt

[ILLUSN]

LONGFIN CALICO/MARBLE Bristlenose.

There was talk that the calico bristlenose was actually a diffrent L number but i doubt that as they breed well with both normal and albino bristlenoses and the fry are fertile.

As we know the parents of yours it is a mutant, as you can cross albinos with commons and get viable fry these 2 fish are the same species just diffrent color varients (mutations) you've now "created" a third the calicio.

you get all kind of wiered throwbacks with line breding (I'm assuming the long fin an/abn was line bred to lock in the trait) you just got VERY lucky to my knowlage none is breeding longfin calicos that fish is worth its weight in gold especially if you can throw it over one of its siblings or a parent and have it breed true!

[m.ingram]

i think its a very nice looking fish