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Apistogramma Cacatuoides red color morphs

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I've done quite a bit of searching and I can't seem to find documentation on the red color trait behavior in A. cacatuoides. Does anyone have a reference on this? For instance, if I want a quad male to produce quad male offspring, does the female need to have a "quad" trait/gene? Similarly, are the resulting females quad-carriers?

for reference quad is red pattern on dorsal, tail, anal and pelvic fins on males. Females don't display any red on their fins.
 

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Hi all,
If you don't select for fin colour over a few generations you tend to get a lot of yellows and oranges, although the fins remain coloured. I just kept a male based on him being a good size, with reasonably long fins and healthy, rather than line breeding for fin colour/fin extension.

Black chequering is a dominant trait, so "Orange Flash" is recessive.

cheers Darrel
 

peterclarke666

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i have produced a full quad red male with red markings on both pelvic fins before it was only ever on the one single fin ... i just bred the selected males showing this trait with wild females to strengthen this and the end results are now on both pelvic fins

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