Re: Albinos w/ melanin

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Posted by Don on January 15, 2000 at 13:55:01:

In Reply to: Albinos w/ melanin posted by Mirra on January 15, 2000 at 12:14:14:

Once again, thank you Mirra for your kind words. However, your powers of observaton continue to inspire me more. The black markings phenotype in albinos appeared several weeks ago in a now forgotten strain I was working on. I filed the males and two sisters away in a "well lookie there, interesting" file to work later and forgot about them. After you commented on the male I submitted to the gallery I hauled them out of storage and took another look. With some work I was able to fix both cobra (tiger) and mosaic (leopard) strains and have been very pleased with the results created when they are used as out-cross strains with yellow or red albino strains. The black ticking displays as dark red or purple as well as black in the red/yellow hybrids and can be stabilized. I would have missed out on the current group of "colorful" albino strains I am now working with. Thanks for noticing!

Don

: Well, I came, I saw, I was thoroughly impressed!

: Don, ya did it again, man. An albino fish with full melanin expression in the tail pattern. WOW The white tiger, quite officially, RULES.

: I suppose that proves that tail pattern melanism is completely independent of color amelanism in albinoes. Not 100% realistic for real fish, perhaps, but lovely still the same!

: WTG, Don!

: Mirra

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: Once again, thank you Mirra for your kind words.  However, your powers of observaton continue to inspire me more.  The black markings phenotype in albinos appeared several weeks ago in a now forgotten strain I was working on.  I filed the males and two  sisters away in a "well lookie there, interesting" file to work later and forgot about them.  After you commented on the male I submitted to the gallery I hauled them out of storage and took another look.  With some work I was able to fix both cobra (tiger) and mosaic (leopard) strains and have been very pleased with the results created when they are used as out-cross strains with yellow or red albino strains.  The black ticking displays as dark red or purple as well as black in the red/yellow hybrids and can be stabilized.  I would have missed out on the current group of "colorful" albino strains I am now working with. Thanks for noticing!

: Don

: : Well, I came, I saw, I was thoroughly impressed!

: : Don, ya did it again, man. An albino fish with full melanin expression in the tail pattern. WOW The white tiger, quite officially, RULES. 

: : I suppose that proves that tail pattern melanism is completely independent of color amelanism in albinoes. Not 100% realistic for real fish, perhaps, but lovely still the same!

: : WTG, Don!

: : Mirra


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