Brillant blue male cross red rose female.....

[Ben]

Just another one of those genetic questions which i have no idea about.
I have a young pair just formed and was wondering about the outcome of thier young, ATM there is only 2 wrigglers but hopefully in future spawns i should get more.

Would i get a mixture of both sorts? or
some muddy looking blue discus?


mmm....


Ben

[Merrilyn]

Gee Ben, you do know the questions to ask, don't you.

I have no idea mate. I do know that with my own rose red female, no matter who I crossed her with, there were always some with her colour and markings, and some with more blue striations. But................if that is normal, sorry, I don't know.

Rod, where are you

[Ben]

Well its been almost 3 months and after 5 spawns, i/we got the fry to attach to the parents.
It is only a small spawn, which i estimate to be more than 40+ fry.

So far so good, but i am still none the wiser, what will the fry look like when they get older? I know nonthing about genetics, so if anyone has any ideas i would like to hear about them!

here is a pic, they are around 5 days old.

cheers,
Ben

[Merrilyn]

Great news Ben., Good luck with the fry.

[kalebjarrod]

hard question

guess you will find out soon though LOL

[Woll]

This is a guess at what they will turn out like, you will probably get about 35% turk, 25% rose red, 15% mostly turk, 15% most rose red and 10% "unknown". This is just a guess. I believe that the turk will be the dominent gene since that was the first strain developed and probably the closest to natural ones.

[Ben]

Cheers Woll,
I guess time will tell!


i like the idea of the "unknown"

cheers,
Ben

[skoom]

Fish looking great!

how big is the tank where you have your fishes in?

[Ben]

Thanks Skoom.

lol, the tank size is very big just for them, but thet are in a 4 foot x 14" x 18" tank.
I am in the process of moving tanks around.

Cheers,
Ben

[Ben]

another pic of Dad,

Ben