Branching out

With "only" 12 tanks here at home I've had to stay very focused on angelfish, so apart from a few corydoras and a couple of bristlenose, angels are all that you'll find in my tanks....

...up 'till now, my 13 year old son has relinquished his tank, and as a consequence I now have a 13th tank! Well, despite the fact that in general I don't like albinos, I really couldn't resist these, especially as Graham (Grummie) tells me that the albino gene is dominant in kribensis.

Now that's a nice looking krib. Are you going to have a go at breeding them Rob?

Doh. Sorry, of course you are. Lol. I just noticed the title.

Hi Helen,
Yes, I thought since kribs are generally a bit easier to raise than angelfish, albino kribs are probably a bit easier than albino angels, so they would make good subjects to practice raising albinos.

Pterophyllum wrote:Hi Helen,
Yes, I thought since kribs are generally a bit easier to raise than angelfish, albino kribs are probably a bit easier than albino angels, so they would make good subjects to practice raising albinos.

Hi Rob. I wish you lots of success with your new project. Keep us posted.

Hi Rob, very nice, I played around with breeding some of the Pelvicachromis species including Albino, the albino gene is rather interesting I am sure you already know by now but I will drag up some of the info I reasearched as soon as I get a chance

I will drag up some of the info I reasearched as soon as I get a chance

Thanks Lisa, I'd appreciate that.
My current understanding is that albino is dominant in Kribs, or possibly incomplete dominant.

They've got eggs!
hopefully soon I'll have two lots of albino babies, these, and my albino angels!

Hi Rob, check out this thread regarding the Albino gene in Kribs: http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1416&start=0
Lisa

Pterophyllum wrote:They've got eggs!
hopefully soon I'll have two lots of albino babies, these, and my albino angels!

Good news Rob. I'm sure we are all looking forward to some of your great pictures.

Thanks Lisa,

Interesting,
I think my female is heterozygous for the gene, and the male homozygous, so with any luck, I should end up with a mix of offspring similar to their parents.

Ghipsi wrote:Hi Rob, check out this thread regarding the Albino gene in Kribs: http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1416&start=0
Lisa

Nice to see pics of my old albino krib again, he was a very beautiful fish, the dorsal fin ocelli were very impressive too!

Nice to see pics of my old albino krib again, he was a very beautiful fish, the dorsal fin ocelli were very impressive too!

I hadn't even noticed

Well, I saw a couple of babies a day or so ago, but parents seem to have given up on that batch, so I'm going to have to wait until they try again!