Kribensis

[Rod]

One of the first cichlids I bred were kribensis.....and that was a long time ago

I have noticed a steady decline in quality of fish offered for sale over the years and have decided to do something about it

I have been trying to develop a line where males are very colourful and have a lot of spots on the tail

I picked up a very nice male yesterday....very colourful and a dozen spots on the tail....Great breeding stock....but there is one problem....he is albino

I assume if I breed him with a normal female I will get 50% normal offspring or do I get 100% normal fish that carry the albino gene???....and
I'm hoping I will be able to selectively breed from these fry to get the traits from this male I desire.....and lose the albino trait???

Any geneticists like to comment?

 

[Kaie]

I just wanted to say good luck.

I just got a mated pair of these myself.

They are BEAUTIFUL.

 

[ed seeley]

There's a few posts on here Rod where we've thrashed this topic over a few times. A google search of the forum should find them.