What and how

[LizStreithorst]

Yup could very well be that the gold gene blocks the expression of pearl scale the same as it does Zebra, especially double dose as in a Plat.  Could very well have an affect on Wide Fins too. 

See you are already starting to do science.  You've made an observation of fact and recorded it here.  Next step would be to get curious as to why and figure out an experiment to find out.

Yes I agree that's what it is all about.

It's strange...Pat wanted me to document stuff with Discus a couple of times.  Alas, documenting is a huge PITA chore for me.  It would spoil my fun thing which is looking, and noticing stuff and scratching my head, and talking about it here.  It's all the documentation anyone is going to get from me.

The blushing Plats from the Ghost PS parents are what fascinating to me.  I swear to God of all the various fish in the spawn the blushing plats had more culls than good fish.  I wonder how many didn't even survive wiggler-hood?  I don't know if you bet but I'd give you odds that the blushing plats are PS like they should be and that there is something very bad in the make up of their recessive genes that showed up when the blushing gene did.

I've never gone looking but does anyone here ever see Blue Platinum blushing pearlscales for sale?  I bet not.

[Mugwump]

Yup could very well be that the gold gene blocks the expression of pearl scale the same as it does Zebra, especially double dose as in a Plat.  Could very well have an affect on Wide Fins too. 

See you are already starting to do science.  You've made an observation of fact and recorded it here.  Next step would be to get curious as to why and figure out an experiment to find out.

Yes I agree that's what it is all about.

It's strange...Pat wanted me to document stuff with Discus a couple of times.  Alas, documenting is a huge PITA chore for me.  It would spoil my fun thing which is looking, and noticing stuff and scratching my head, and talking about it here.  It's all the documentation anyone is going to get from me.

The blushing Plats from the Ghost PS parents are what fascinating to me.  I swear to God of all the various fish in the spawn the blushing plats had more culls than good fish.  I wonder how many didn't even survive wiggler-hood?  I don't know if you bet but I'd give you odds that the blushing plats are PS like they should be and that there is something very bad in the make up of their recessive genes that showed up when the blushing gene did.

I've never gone looking but does anyone here ever see Blue Platinum blushing pearlscales for sale?  I bet not.

...if pearl is present in two copies of the gene...it will express.....G/G only inhibits darker genes, black, smokey from expressing.....