FunkSolid Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 I have 3 BLP in my 120 all three are dark with the silver tip tails. I saw a huge group of eggs in my driftwood, took the driftwood out into my QT tank and they all hatched nicely. To my surprise, I have about 50% albino, and 50% are nice and dark with the same presentation as mom and dad. I find that weird because my grossly oversimplified Mendelian gene square says that even if mom and dad are heterozygous for the recessive albino gene I should not get 50% albino!?! Anybody else have an experience like this? Thanks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishclubgirl Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Yes, mine (all silvertips) tend to have 50 percent albino. Have to try some of my albinos to see what I get.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japanda Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 my 4 breeding albinos only produced ONE silvertip out of 6 batches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 It appears that there are more genetic markers determining albinism in BN plecos than would be predicted by simple Mendelian estimates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 How would this work for Long fin pleco? Would both parents need to be long fin? Or would you get a mix? I have a new Albino male long fin in a tank of regular albino females? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japanda Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) How would this work for Long fin pleco? Would both parents need to be long fin? Or would you get a mix? I have a new Albino male long fin in a tank of regular albino females? My albino pairs regular fin also produced some long fin albino.. I have 1 long fin but I dont believe it to be breeding size yet? at only 2-2.5" without fins. If it is of breeding age then it would be female. In my experience (6 months) with my : 2 male adult albino reg, 2 female adult albino reg, 1 unsexed juvinille long fin albino. They produced 6 batches of 99% regular fin albino, with maybe 30 long fin albino, and 1 silvertip regular fin babies. Pressumably, mine are from long lines of albinos? TL:DR/ Albinoism is recessive however long fin is dominate. You should get a mix. Two long fin parents would result in a larger percentage of babies being long fin. Edited January 13, 2016 by japanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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