Kribensis (Albino & Normal-colored fry)

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Is it possible to have two types of frys from the same batch of frys (by types, I mean having albino with normal-colored kribensis) from a pair of normal-colored kribensis? I'm seeing some frys that have a lightly colored line from their mouth to the caudal fin while the others have a really dark colored line. Is this because they aren't adults, therefore the colors aren't fixed yet or is it that they are a mix of albino and normal-colored fry in the batch?

Just wanted to know about this.
 
It is possible to have albino and regular colored fry in the same batch. Think outside of fish...there are lots of albino people and other animals that have siblings that are not albino.

As to your fish in particular, I would say it depends on the breeding that was done to get the parents. If there are albinos in their background, they would be more likely to throw off multiple albino fry in a batch along with some regulars.

HOWEVER it is my understanding that albinos are a rare genetic mutation (in general, not in reference to fish) so I would think that you might have one or maybe two in a batch of a couple hundred.

Keep us posted on how they color up!
 
Most all of the Albino genetic will still throw off no pigments in the eyes. Even if there body colors up and there's albino in that fish the eye pigments will turn red. The albino gene ill caue no color pigments in the eyes to devlope there for they will apear red. It's possable to get albinos out of two red perants but anless there has been a albino enter duced in less then 3 genarations then it's very unlikly that you have one. I've been breeding Kribs for 4yrs now and hve had 1000's of fry. Out of all those fry maybe 4 have showed any signs of albino, with kribs the femles will show less coloring for the frist 10 to 14 weeks. Not til they reach around 3/4'' to 1'' in size do they show ny colors other then a light colored body and maybe a dot or the out line of a dot in the dorsal fin. Males start showing the black line in the dorsl fin way before the females do, This maybe what your seeing. Is the males showing body colors and the females none.

How old are the fry?
 
I currently have 42 frys (when I transferred them from the parents breeding tank a week ago). They are about 2 months old... They were noticed on July 31. They are also about 3/4", there are about 5 that are 1/2"... Also about half have a light brown line, about a quarter having a black line and about a quarter having a very faint line (very hard to distinguish from the rest of their body, which is still white/beige).

I could also see some coloration on the dorsal fin, even a spot or two on the dorsal that the female also has on her dorsal fin (which the male doesn't have).
 
Anyways, to anyone who would like to know what happened, they all turned out to be normal-coloured, none seem to be albino.

This time, I'm going to be raising some Albino Kribs, and then, if they happen to become a breeding pair, I'll give them a try at breeding them and raising their frys.
 
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