Wow, This is COMPLICATED!

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: Here's the rundown:

: 1. I inbred 6 generations (the original fish count as f1) of German Tuxedo -- 
: starting with a Yellow-tailed male -- until all the male offspring were dark 
: yellow.
: 2. I inbred 7 generations of Red-Tails until all male offspring were Cherry 
: Red.
: 3. Using females from the last generation of Cherry Reds and males from the 
: last generation of Dark Yellow Tuxes, I crossed the 2 strains. A large batch 
: (15 fry: 6 M, 9 F) yielded males that were ALL a color combo I'm calling 
: "Sunfire": rich yellow tail with tinges of orange and a bright light blue 
: peduncle.
: 4. I inbreed 4 of the Sunfire males with 4 of their siblings. The results? 
: Hang onto your hats!

: Out of 8 batches of fry, I matured 2 to get a reading on where this cross was 
: going. The two batches totalled 11 males.  Here are the traits displayed:

: (1) male is SILVER
: (1) male is SILVER TUX
: (1) male is PINK w/BLUE peduncle (like in the photo)
: (1) male is SUNFIRE
: (2) males are SUNFIRE TUX (one in each batch)
: (2) males are BLAZE TUX (a fire-engine red, one in each batch)
: (3) males are FLAME (like Sunfire, only deep orange w/blue peduncle)

: I make FIVE tail colors there. How can that be? If you do the punnet square 
: thing, shouldn't there only be FOUR possible combinations?

: Gosh, I'm really over my head here . . . .

: Greg, you understand the theory very well. Do you have any idea what I'm 
: dealing with here?

: Thanks,
: Clarissa


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