Thanks for this very informative video on genetics of discus fish. The knowledge of genetics allows one to develop new strains. Please make more such videos and also provide links to other discus genetics sites.
I really enjoyed this video! Great explanation & very well done. I've always been interested in line & selective breeding fish for improved color, patterns, body shape, size, immunity & even temperament. I find it completely fascinating how their genes can be deliberately chosen by conscious & knowledgeable aquarists to express improved quality for the aquarium hobby. In my view, it brings additional exciting & creative elements & aspects to the hobby of fishkeeping. Thank you!
Thanks for your kind comment. I know it is pretty basic and does include only a few simple genes to explain genetics in general. All the points you are talking about include numerous genes which are not always well studied. Thanks for watching :)
thank you so much! this was a great video. i just started a colony of 6 bristlenose plecos: 2 albino LF, 2 super red SF, and 2 wild type. i've been wondering what might happen when they start breeding, and your video gives me a good understanding of what to expect.
thank you for your video. it was very informative. I did breed two albino bn and all fry are dark in color. that is why I was looking for information. My male albino bn has black eyes not red like the female.
I am looking for an outline of the dominance of traits in the bristlenose plecos i.e body coloration, eye color, fin height, etc. Does anyone know if this information exists anywhere?
I dont think so that this exists. Eye colour is mostly linked to the mutation like l144 are always yellow with blue eyes. Snow whites are selected out of l144. Most mutations are recessive, which means that wild type is dominant. Longfin is dominant aswell.
Great stuff! I bread a hybrid OB - blue regal aulonocara with a full OB aulonocara and I did get 3 or 4 blue regal aulonocara with no OB markings....is that kinda the same thing or just luck?
Clarify something for me please. You said that the longfin is dominant, so you will always have 50% longfin. I don't understand this...what are you breeding with that results in only 50% having the longfin gene? If it is dominant, wouldn't it show up in 100% of the babies and be visable no matter what fin type the other parent is? ( what would I use in the punnett square as long Fin dad and then what would be the moms letters to get the 50% mix?
Dominant means that if you breed a longfin to a normal, 50% will be longfin. I head that a homozygot longfin is leathal, so you only have heterozygous longfins. I dont know if this is true though, but this would explain why you never have 100% longfin when breeding to normals. I always breed longfin to normals to get a 50/50 ratio and to have bigger spawns(not confirmed).
@@AqualifeTv I found a video of a guy breeding longfins Albinos...pretty sure the parents are both long fin Albinos. I asked him just now and will let you know..
Otherwise I can not explain it. You can find infos online of a higher mortality/ super long fins, the opinions are split. But I have never heard of a cross of an nomal to a longfin with 100% LF. Even though most longfins you buy come from LF colonies, which supports the thesis of homozygous LF being lethal.
I've read both higher mortality/ lethal in early development. To be sure you would have to incubate a clutch of eggs artificially. I always leave my male with the eggs/fry so I never see the mortality rates. I am building my own snow white longfin line at the moment. With the F2 I will try this and artificially incubate a spawn to test this. Now I want to know it ^^
Thanks for this very informative video on genetics of discus fish. The knowledge of genetics allows one to develop new strains. Please make more such videos and also provide links to other discus genetics sites.
Just finding this video but really appreciate it. Thank you!
I really enjoyed this video! Great explanation & very well done. I've always been interested in line & selective breeding fish for improved color, patterns, body shape, size, immunity & even temperament. I find it completely fascinating how their genes can be deliberately chosen by conscious & knowledgeable aquarists to express improved quality for the aquarium hobby. In my view, it brings additional exciting & creative elements & aspects to the hobby of fishkeeping. Thank you!
Thanks for your kind comment. I know it is pretty basic and does include only a few simple genes to explain genetics in general. All the points you are talking about include numerous genes which are not always well studied. Thanks for watching :)
Thank you so much for your video!
Thank you for the awesome video
Would you be able to make another video like this for 2023?
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a million!
GREAT VIDEO!!!
thank you
thank you so much! this was a great video. i just started a colony of 6 bristlenose plecos: 2 albino LF, 2 super red SF, and 2 wild type. i've been wondering what might happen when they start breeding, and your video gives me a good understanding of what to expect.
Thank you, you just answered the main question I had about the longfin gene. Great video
Very interesting topic very well explained thank u so much for sharing ur knowledge.
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Thank you! This is EXACTLY the info I was looking for!
Wow! Da merkt man die Arbeit hinter dem Video. Ich finde es klasse. Hat sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt:)
Liebe Grüße;)
Martins Fische danke war auch aufwändig :P
thank you for your video. it was very informative. I did breed two albino bn and all fry are dark in color. that is why I was looking for information. My male albino bn has black eyes not red like the female.
Great VIdeo! very informative
Loved the video
Thank you
I am looking for an outline of the dominance of traits in the bristlenose plecos i.e body coloration, eye color, fin height, etc. Does anyone know if this information exists anywhere?
I dont think so that this exists. Eye colour is mostly linked to the mutation like l144 are always yellow with blue eyes. Snow whites are selected out of l144. Most mutations are recessive, which means that wild type is dominant. Longfin is dominant aswell.
Like. My red fire lives not more and have not baby's making with my albino husband. Great movie. Greetz from Holland.
+Greetje Buijert-Nijdam thank you, we are almost neighbors. I am from Luxemburg:)
nice video buddy
+OK B thank you 👍
I want to know about the parents or what cross is a ballon moll
Balloon molly
what would i get if i crossed my lemon blue eye with super reds?
Brown commons
Great stuff! I bread a hybrid OB - blue regal aulonocara with a full OB aulonocara and I did get 3 or 4 blue regal aulonocara with no OB markings....is that kinda the same thing or just luck?
The Fishy Life ! I have no idea^^ but it has to do with their genes for sure
Clarify something for me please. You said that the longfin is dominant, so you will always have 50% longfin. I don't understand this...what are you breeding with that results in only 50% having the longfin gene? If it is dominant, wouldn't it show up in 100% of the babies and be visable no matter what fin type the other parent is? ( what would I use in the punnett square as long Fin dad and then what would be the moms letters to get the 50% mix?
Dominant means that if you breed a longfin to a normal, 50% will be longfin. I head that a homozygot longfin is leathal, so you only have heterozygous longfins. I dont know if this is true though, but this would explain why you never have 100% longfin when breeding to normals. I always breed longfin to normals to get a 50/50 ratio and to have bigger spawns(not confirmed).
@@AqualifeTv I found a video of a guy breeding longfins Albinos...pretty sure the parents are both long fin Albinos.
I asked him just now and will let you know..
Otherwise I can not explain it. You can find infos online of a higher mortality/ super long fins, the opinions are split. But I have never heard of a cross of an nomal to a longfin with 100% LF. Even though most longfins you buy come from LF colonies, which supports the thesis of homozygous LF being lethal.
@@AqualifeTv interesting. So at what point is it lethal? The egg won't develop or the fry dies out...according to your info?
I've read both higher mortality/ lethal in early development. To be sure you would have to incubate a clutch of eggs artificially. I always leave my male with the eggs/fry so I never see the mortality rates. I am building my own snow white longfin line at the moment. With the F2 I will try this and artificially incubate a spawn to test this. Now I want to know it ^^
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