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THE POND-THE FRESHWATER PLACE => Plecos => Topic started by: Mugwump on January 19, 2013, 06:11:05 PM

Title: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Mugwump on January 19, 2013, 06:11:05 PM
on eggs.... I spooked him....he's about ready to blast back in there....
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: PaulineMi on January 19, 2013, 07:38:06 PM
Cool picture. Is that his blue eye showing?
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Mugwump on January 19, 2013, 07:54:11 PM
Yes it is, pretty little things....baby's are really cute....
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: b125killer on January 19, 2013, 08:34:11 PM
He's a cutie. Good luck with them. 
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Jdmcfast on January 19, 2013, 08:51:04 PM
Do they have a mixed spawn? Or are they all blue eyes
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Mugwump on January 20, 2013, 07:10:21 AM
Quote from: Jdmcfast on January 19, 2013, 08:51:04 PM
Do they have a mixed spawn? Or are they all blue eyes

Both parents are blue eyed....fry are too...haven't seen any variants yet, anyway....time will tell.
Title: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Jdmcfast on January 20, 2013, 12:20:54 PM
I just wondered because I have a pair of browns that throw a percentage of blue eye albinos
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Mugwump on January 20, 2013, 12:26:52 PM
Quote from: Jdmcfast on January 20, 2013, 12:20:54 PM
I just wondered because I have a pair of browns that throw a percentage of blue eye albinos

Nice, it's a mutant, so can surface anywhere both parents carry the gene...You should out cross to another blue eyed BN line, strengthen the genes for future pairs...
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Frank The Plumber on January 20, 2013, 08:07:43 PM
I have to ask Steve the Pleco guy about this. I think they are separate species.
Title: Re: Albino Blue eyed
Post by: Mugwump on January 20, 2013, 08:20:40 PM
I know that most 'Albinos' sold are not true Albinos, no red eyes,etc, they are a morph of the std brown. The blue eyes are gene produced, two copies needed. I guess I'm assuming his brown pair carry the morph and the blue eye gene.....???