White Angelfish

[waterboy]

OK I have a question for the Angelfish experts.
I have a Paraiba (+/g,S/S,pb/pb) and a Blue Zebra (Z/S,pb/pb) pair.  I am looking at some of the youngsters, (nickel - quarter size) and some of them are white fish with black patches.  Maybe 20% of the batch. They are probably clowns.
Here is what I think I know: 1. The gold gene masks Zebra so the Zebra can't have a gold gene.  2. It takes 2 gold genes (g/g) and and two blue genes to make a white fish ie. Platinums.  3 The gold gene does not express in single dose (+/g)

So where did the white fish come from?  A single dose g expressing as white in combo with the blue? The Zebra is actually a silver with a gold gene but expressing a third body stripe?  Somehow they got 2 gold genes from the Paraiba?

Maybe there is something I have missed.

[Mugwump]

OK I have a question for the Angelfish experts.
I have a Paraiba (+/g,S/S,pb/pb) and a Blue Zebra (Z/S,pb/pb) pair.  I am looking at some of the youngsters, (nickel - quarter size) and some of them are white fish with black patches.  Maybe 20% of the batch. They are probably clowns.
Here is what I think I know: 1. The gold gene masks Zebra so the Zebra can't have a gold gene.  2. It takes 2 gold genes (g/g) and and two blue genes to make a white fish ie. Platinums.  3 The gold gene does not express in single dose (+/g)

So where did the white fish come from?  A single dose g expressing as white in combo with the blue? The Zebra is actually a silver with a gold gene but expressing a third body stripe?  Somehow they got 2 gold genes from the Paraiba?

Maybe there is something I have missed.

I'm thinking the zebra does have a gold gene hidden in single dose......do the white fry have caudal zebra markings?.

[waterboy]

No the white fry do not have any markings on the caudal or dorsal fins.
I guess that is probably the explanation, but he is definitely showing three full body stripes and striations in the dorsal fin.  Might just be a Blue Silver with an extra body stripe but I thought a single dose gold would mask the expression of Zebra.   I must be wrong.

[Mugwump]

No the white fry do not have any markings on the caudal or dorsal fins.
I guess that is probably the explanation, but he is definitely showing three full body stripes and striations in the dorsal fin.  Might just be a Blue Silver with an extra body stripe but I thought a single dose gold would mask the expression of Zebra.   I must be wrong.

.....yes, it takes two golds to mask zebra or silver or smokey.....but strange fry do pop up for no apparent reason occasionally.....

[Mugwump]

Dale....sent you a PM...what are you bringing to the swap?

[waterboy]

Ok, that explains it if it takes 2 gold genes to mask the zebra, I thought it only took one.

I replied to your message before I saw this so in addition to the trade offer I will bring:
Smokey Superveils, some Nickle size, a couple prebreeders
Black Superveils, some nickle size, a couple prebreeders.
Pinoys, maybe Lace, D/+ or Hybrid D/g, maybe het for bg.
Blue Silvers prebreeders.
Some of the White Clowns, nickle - quarter size.
Some of their sibling Blue Clowns, nickle - quarter size.
A couple Platinum prebreeders.
A couple Gold prebreeders het for pearlscale.
Might be a few others but that is all I can think of off the top of my head.