phoenix44

this is awesome. highlights the fact that just because the albino gene is recessive, doesnt mean that another gene cannot be expressed. generally if there is a reduction of pigment in the skin it is referred to as leucism . you could potentially have co-dominance in your fish's case- where more than one gene can express for the same trait. infact in some cases a recessive gene can still be expressed amongst dominant alleles. AAAa could still show for a! EDIT - further down the line or as a coexpressed trait its freaky stuff.

you can get one without the other. the kribs are true albinos. they produce no melanin or any other pigment in the eye or the body. the belly's go redish pink but are not as red as in the normal non albino strain. but i think what we have is the end product of breeding fish with the recessive trait (aa,aa) with aa,aa and then selectively breeding the resulting off spring with aa,aa. I have seen pure white albinos with no pigment at all but that was a long time ago. so if the gene for belly colour is on another chr then its just fair pickings, and a case of one genes dominance over another. But i don't think it is the same across all species as this would depend on the alleles, and where they crossover on the chromosomes. if the gene in question is sex linked then it makes life more complicated cause then you have to know everything about the sex chromosomes... and i dont know all about this fish's chr's. :lol: if its not sex linked, then its on the autosomes, and i know nothing about this fish's autosomes either. :lol: I would imagine each fish would be different, but across a species range there would be some commanilities observed.

doesn't Bum. LOL :lol: (thread fully hijacked)

flatting. lol. get some friends that you would not mind losing, and then get a house for rent with them ha aha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mO-XItiBA

I wish I could choose how and where my taxes went. *waits for backlash

gah! you make yourself sound like a bum. :lol:

Hello, and welcome. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

well.. huh? without the ? is merely "huh" you could just point and grunt like a caveman to achieve the same effect. :lol: but its more dramatic with the ? lol. maybe ill start posting in red, since mystic has blue. testing sweet :bounce:

it's pronounced " huh? " :lol:

now now boys. wands down (or should i say keyboards) lol :lol: albinism is characteristic lacking of melanin. if there are more pigments in reduced amounts it is leucism. not to be confused with occular (eye) albinism which is only pigment lacking in the eye. this could be because the gene for pigment is not sex linked, or is sex linked in some fish.

lol. when i was 15, I had a massive pair of oscars in a 1500L tank. they were breeding and someone approached the tank and the male charged him and hit his head on the glass and he died on the spot. by the time i got to know what was going on he was on the bbq sizzling. i was upset that he died, but man.. that was one tasty meal. i was starving though and hadn't eaten in 2 days cause we went on a hunting trip just before and no one thought of bringing food / fire creating devices.

i know you've heard this already but i want your magpie lol.... *steals

I hate the word Fink. it is not a word. it is an abomination of the word think. and i hate it when people come up to me and say, "do you fink..... " No i don't FINK any thing, now thinking is another matter. and now that we are on the ranting subject. i hate that my flatmates are idiots. i mean if they were any slower they would be going backwards. i told you not to over load my washing machine. but NOOOOO " it'll be fine" apparently... well my dead washing machine begs to differ. and is it too hard to clean the kitchen when you're done with it? i mean do you have to make the kitchen look like a hurricane has swept past? why do I have to clean and scrub it EVERYDAY. and would it kill you to clean the bathroom once in a while? what about vacuuming? have you heard of that? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and don't use my $1000 kitchen knives if you don't know how to use them with respect. do not use the serrated blade to cut meat, and do not cut meat on my wooden chopping board, and then leave it to dry and cake out. don't use the smooth blade on a hard ceramic plate for crying out loud! :evil: :evil: :evil: i can rant more but I have a class to go to :evil: oh and i hate how i had an exam the other day, and all of us in the class finished about 50% of the paper and the lecturer announces " OK people, 1 Minute to go" !!!!!!! :evil:

:lol: Ha ha yes.puddle. With no fish.only plants.

these are fish boxes. have to be watertight or the courier company will not accept them for sending fish. im currently using one as a pond, lol. :bounce:

god oliver, aren't you a little ray of sunshine :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i have never had golden bristlenoses going red, but that could be cause no bristle nose has ever lived in my tank for more than 10 - 15 days id wait for mr.pleco or one of the other pleco guys before you went sniffing your fish and if you do sniff your fish, do take a video and post it on youtube :lol:

:lol: i have to buy them though :lol: then i do return, and say product faulty i get into trouble every time.

how many of those hoods can i make out of one sheet?

ha ha you know what I mean.. not the wires.. but the little connecty bit.. you know the one that says do not submerge, hahahhaha :lol: :lol: they are sealed... but you arent covered by warranty for that, as submerging that part is not its intended or normal use... but who am i kidding, I work at the pet shop.. I can return just about anything including the odd dead fish :lol: :lol: :lol:

how much would acrilic or perspex cost?

:lol: :lol: I'm a student!

you're kidding right? 8 bucks for a fish is really cheap :lol: now only if i could get my fish for 8 bucks. :lol:

8 or 9 dollars .. at the top of my head.

looks like a happy gba to me.