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THE POND-THE FRESHWATER PLACE => Plecos => Topic started by: Mugwump on September 13, 2017, 08:40:28 AM

Title: 'cyclops'
Post by: Mugwump on September 13, 2017, 08:40:28 AM
...Jan spotted a L144 with only one eye....it's blue....no sign of injury or anything...just one eye.......healthy and all..... huh
Title: Re: 'cyclops'
Post by: LizStreithorst on September 13, 2017, 04:11:26 PM
If it were a Discus you would breed for it, give it a fancy name and get rich ::)
Title: Re: 'cyclops'
Post by: Mugwump on September 13, 2017, 04:37:17 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on September 13, 2017, 04:11:26 PM
If it were a Discus you would breed for it, give it a fancy name and get rich ::)

...LOL................ya think?
Title: Re: 'cyclops'
Post by: BillT on September 13, 2017, 10:04:09 PM
There are mutations in zebrafish that make cyclops fish.
However, they are embryonic lethals.
Besides making one eye (in the middle of the forehead) the mutation removes sections of the the brain and the fish does not move much before it dies.