BNP

[fishguy1978]

These are my male BNP in the 55g and 90g. He is getting the whiskers on the pectoral fins as well. I love the different colors that both my males exhibit. When I moved the other into the 90g, I noticed glints of gold along the edges of his fins.
I need to find some confirmed females now to start spawning.

 

[DMD123]

Very cool! Love the whiskers on the little guy!

 

[fishguy1978]

I need to combine threads. I counted 39 baby BNP in the grow tank and the eggs in the cave hatched and there are little wigglers now.

 

[DMD123]

Very cool! Congrats on all the new babies.

 

[fishguy1978]

Moved the new kids on the block. Papa wasn’t very happy. Added some fresh coconut shells to the grow tank.

 

[fishguy1978]

Wow, adding the coconut shells turned the BN fry tank to a black water environment.

 

[sir_keith]

Wow, adding the coconut shells turned the BN fry tank to a black water environment.

Really, as in water discoloration? I used coconut shells in many of my soft water tanks years ago, and I never saw anything like that, so I wonder what's going on here.

 

[fishguy1978]

I added alder cones as well. This was this morning. Yesterday afternoon I couldn’t see the back.

 

[sir_keith]

Wow. Here's what the water from the Rio Orinoco looks like where P. altum are collected-

 

[fishguy1978]

Wow. Here's what the water from the Rio Orinoco looks like where P. altum are collected-

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Wow, those look amazing. Is he bringing those to me or did they go into the cook pot in the background

 

[sir_keith]

Wow, those look amazing. Is he bringing those to me or did they go into the cook pot in the background

Too skinny, even for a fish soup. Thankfully...

I still dream of having another big tank with wild-caught altums some day...

 

[fishguy1978]

I counted the new batch and think there are 104, 24 albinos.

 

[DMD123]

Thats a lot of hungry mouths to feed!

 

[sir_keith]

I counted the new batch and think there are 104, 24 albinos.

What were the phenotypes of the parents?

 

[fishguy1978]

What were the phenotypes of the parents?

Papa is a piebald and the mama kinda looks like one too.

 

[sir_keith]

Ah, that's what I thought. From the results of this cross, it appears that both of the parents are heterozygotes ('carriers') for the recessive albino trait, and their progeny display perfect Mendelian inheritance, with 75% of them being pigmented, and 25% albino. Nice when things work out!

 

[fishguy1978]

Ah, that's what I thought. From the results of this cross, it appears that both of the parents are heterozygotes ('carriers') for the recessive albino trait, and their progeny display perfect Mendelian inheritance, with 75% of them being pigmented, and 25% albino. Nice when things work out!

Well, let the record show that 25% ish were albino. Thank you, now I know approximately what I can expect from each batch.
There is a fellow out your way with featherfin green dragon BN that I am negotiating to add to my collection.

 

[fishguy1978]

Featherfin Green Dragons

 

[fishguy1978]

Snagged a couple pictures of one of the new clown plecos. The water has some tannins from the alder cones. They came in with ich so am treating with Paraguard.

 

[fishguy1978]

Feeding plecos: