Convict

[fishbait]

Hi A few questions regarding albino convicts. I have been told that all the albino's from one batch will be all the same sex? If not how do i sex them and if two albino breed does this gurantee albino fry?

Hope you can help i have aprox 60 albino fry all from the same batch, they are 4 months old now and some of them 2.5cm. I was hopeing to keep a few pair and breed from them. Will this be possible

Brian

[little coojy]

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[wildwood]

I am not sure, but if albinism in chiclids is sex-linked (as it is in so many other animals) A normal male with a albino female will produce all albino males and normal/carrying albino females.

A normal male with a normal/carrier female produces all normals but half of the females will be carriers (you won't know which ones though)

An albino male with a normal carrier female will produce 4 types: half albino males and normal males, half albino females and half normal/carrier females.

Albino with albino will breed all albinos.

As albinism is a degenerative mutation which weakens a species (blindness, missing scales, 'soft' muscles etc.) it is advicable to breed an albino with a normal/carrier. Also swap some of your babies with another breeder for a different bloodline.