just an update, i think i have GBAs x Normal BN oh o lol ...

the babys are not gold they are sorta brown lol..

oh well

has anyone had this befor

That's why it's bad to crossbreed. Destroys pure strains and results in kinda sloppy offspring.

please dont have a go at me..

no1 told me this could happen and i didnt think i had seen the comon female go near the egg hatchery???

but oh well i wont be selling these so they cant ruin the pure strain,

That's why it's bad to crossbreed. Destroys pure strains and results in kinda sloppy offspring.

Beat me to it :lol: :roll:

well think wat u like.

this wshouldnt happen cause i have seperated them now, and i will not kill the babys to keep you lot happy.

ohw ell nite all.

p.s isnt this site a help site not a critisim site.....

Yeah, it is a help site, and part of that is encouraging responsible fishkeeping. You have cross breed offspring, now you can learn from this, and do the right thing and ensure that it doesn't happen again.

well think wat u like.

this wshouldnt happen cause i have seperated them now, and i will not kill the babys to keep you lot happy.

ohw ell nite all.

p.s isnt this site a help site not a critisim site.....

no one was criticising you

just offering an opinion that will help you in the future

we are all learning all the time

i honestly think that ppl should be less concerned about breeding goldens and normal bn's. Increasing genetic variation in a species isn't a bad thing and never has been - of course releasing those offspring into wild populations would be irresponsible.

we breed fish like discus for desired traits all the time by selective line breeding... what if this was another one of those selected traits?

I know there are a lot of ppl against crossbreeding etc - but it's far too late now to stop- man has already altered the genes / traits off too many species.

and we cant be selectively for or against crossbreeding! that's unfair isn't it?

anyway...

the babys makings are very cool,

will try get a photo when they are older

i honestly think that ppl should be less concerned about breeding goldens and normal bn's. Increasing genetic variation in a species isn't a bad thing and never has been - of course releasing those offspring into wild populations would be irresponsible.

we breed fish like discus for desired traits all the time by selective line breeding... what if this was another one of those selected traits?

I know there are a lot of ppl against crossbreeding etc - but it's far too late now to stop- man has already altered the genes / traits off too many species.

and we cant be selectively for or against crossbreeding! that's unfair isn't it?

The thing is, we dont know if the Commons, GBA, and Albinos are all the same species(they could be many Ancistrus)

are all of those spp's found in the same habitats and regions as each other?