some phots of my male albino bristlenose. i just put some new pics check them out

Here are some photos of my male abilno bristlenose i tried to take photos my my peppermints and albino longfins but they always hide. but ill try get some photos of them tell me what of think of him.

Nice looking fella you have there

looks like a solid bit of fish to me

thanks i had 3 males but i traded one for a young female about 3-4 cms when she is mature i hope they breed... ill try get a photo of her.

Leave comments of what you think of them.

This is a photo of my male and female albino the female looks larger than she relly is



A photo of the female



this is my longfin got him for $12 aus only because the aquariam that sold it to me though it was a normal albino

that last photo is an interesting one. Its not actually a longfin, but it is a longer fin than normal. You find these evry now and again when longfins and shrotfins are crossed.

nice looking fish tho

yea i was thinking that to when i brough it thanks for commenting on my fish:)

no worries, i love these medium fin bristlenose. Sometimes the longfins are a bit much, these guys are a happy, functional medium.

Doug wrote:

no worries, i love these medium fin bristlenose. Sometimes the longfins are a bit much, these guys are a happy, functional medium.

I wouldn't have considered medium fins even existing, say you crossed a homozygous longfin and a Homozygous shortfin, wouldn't you get all longfins because the longfin trait is dominant??

crichards wrote:

Doug wrote:

no worries, i love these medium fin bristlenose. Sometimes the longfins are a bit much, these guys are a happy, functional medium.

I wouldn't have considered medium fins even existing, say you crossed a homozygous longfin and a Homozygous shortfin, wouldn't you get all longfins because the longfin trait is dominant??

The genotypes of bristlenose is far from understood. There are those out there who think that you are correct, but others believe that the shortfin is dominat over the longfin. I believe that there is more at play here than one gene. and if it is one gene then there is def more than just the two alleles (longifn, shortfin). Currently, my data shows that either way is an option as i dont have the cash to get the genotypes of the parents done and looking at the offspring is basically educated guess work.

All that aside, there def is a medium fin morph, though it is rare, much rarer than the longfin or the shortfin. but it is there. if this is due to their being a third allele or an outside process acting on a longfin to retard the fin growth, or something promoting fin growth in a shortfin is anyones guess at the moment.