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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	Quick question: where do different variations of fish come from? and why are some more abudent than others? for example albino corys are more coomon than albino bettas/neons etc. and where does this come from. breeding?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	inbreeding weak strains selective breeding reccisive genes dominiant genes it depends on the fish at hand n the desired strain like the golden german blue ram or dwarf gourami to bettas fins n colours
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
iltat Mega Fish Posts: 1076 Kudos: 1216 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Oct-2002	A lot of it comes from selective breeding. Albino fish are rather popular, so albinism has become rather common in fish as it is bred in such a manner to encourage albinos. Thus, albinos are more common in the fishworld than in most other areas... PM/email/msg me if you have any questions/comments regarding me or my knowledge or if you want me to read a thread.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	Albino neons I've never seen. Albino bettas are extremely rare (not to be confused with "cellophanes" or "opaques" and generally are both weak and very blind, which isn't uncommon with albinos of many species. To my knowledge there's been no successful breeding of an albino betta, for those reasons. Albino cories, on the other hand, are robust and have good vision. The gene's just linked up differently for them. Combine that with how easy it is to breed the common cories and ta-da! Lots of albino ones, everywhere. -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i have seen a female albino betta been bred by http://bcbetta.com but has yet to turn up albino babies. anyway a few more questions on this topic. the blind cave fish: albino or no pigment like the celophane betta. and by selective breeding, you mean finding fishes that have one trait like (being large for its kind) and breeding with another like that to have young that have that trait?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Blind cave fish are not albino. Because they have been living in dark caves for thousands of years, however, they have lost most of their pigment (not all, they still have some). I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
fry Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 195 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	this is a confusing question, because, AFAIK, "albino" means "with no pigments", at least in the medical jargon. white is not albino. there are kinds of albinism that are not total. this is also true for humans. it's a genetical desease, usually.
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