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Post by Allaquatica on Jan 21, 2007 21:52:58 GMT -5
Was just looking at the colours on some of the little juvenile males from one of the latest drops and noticed a lot are developing a cobra pattern  . the female is large grey and colourless but show a fair ammount of spots on her tail. the male is my single remaining orange/green endler so have no idea where these little 'tigers' have come from. I wouldnt think a cobra gene could majicly appear out of thin air unless one of my now extinct california tigers somehow added their genes to the strain over a year ago  |
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Post by MADMIKE on Jan 22, 2007 16:03:42 GMT -5
Could the female be the one that is carriyng the snakeskin gene.Female that are grey and colourless can still be the carrier.I have seen this with some snakeskins that I am working with.
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Post by Allaquatica on Jan 22, 2007 16:49:02 GMT -5
I think it may be a large female. she has a slightly spotted tail compaired to all the rest who are just plain. she dropped a few gold fry last time as well but unfortunatly none survived. I dont know the origins of the females. they are supposedly pure bred but looks like they may have some guppy in them. I am hoping a few more gold fry are dropped soon. I might keep the snakeskin and the orange/greens separate so I can work on two strains! hopefully will get some pics soon. its hard as these guys are microscopic!. I have one mature male who never got over 1 inch.
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Post by Allaquatica on Jan 27, 2007 2:48:18 GMT -5
here are the pics!   not too impressive as they only just started showing colour. |
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Post by MADMIKE on Jan 27, 2007 12:13:43 GMT -5
How old are they
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Post by Allaquatica on Jan 27, 2007 19:08:21 GMT -5
The female is about 8 months old and is about the size of a medium guppy female.
the two boys are only 4-5 weeks old, they have only showed colour for the last 3 days and just grown gonopodiums in the same time.
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Post by Endlerfan on Jan 28, 2007 3:57:14 GMT -5
Hope you pass a few on my way 'hint hint'. We havnt seen may of either strain sent into the state for almost a year. The top one looks like he might be a good looker when he gets older. Hope they develop some nice feathers on the tail as they get older.
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Post by Allaquatica on Jan 31, 2007 3:30:52 GMT -5
BTW here is the dad.  |
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Post by Endlerfan on Jan 31, 2007 6:38:47 GMT -5
Wow, he looks like a tiny one!
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Post by MADMIKE on Jan 31, 2007 16:18:30 GMT -5
Some day hopefully one of the LFS around here will have some.Most LFS do not know what they are when I ask about them.
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. the female is large grey and colourless but show a fair ammount of spots on her tail. the male is my single remaining orange/green endler so have no idea where these little 'tigers' have come from. I wouldnt think a cobra gene could majicly appear out of thin air unless one of my now extinct california tigers somehow added their genes to the strain over a year ago 
