Yodapwnsasmurf Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Are White/Pink Convicts a dying strain? I haven't seen one in years! If anyone has any, I'm keen on a big male! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisfits Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Normally see the at my lfs, had a couple myself but snook got them... Give reynella aquariums a try I don't know if they ship but normally got em there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99AWD Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I have a male.. He's not huge though. Thought he'd paired with my normal female as they were inseparable as soon as the were housed together. Now she seems to want her distance. No eggs or fry either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 They are around, but not nearly as common as they once were. I just bred a pair of regular convicts that have been inbred for about 4 or 5 generations, there have never been any whites come out of any of these spawns, but with this spawn, it looks like almost half are going to be white! That's weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linny Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 im always keeping my eye out for em,heaps of crap arround though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99AWD Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Well, if I ever get the water conditions right and mine do manage to breed I'm assuming there may be a white one or two? If so, I'll let you know May be a while off yet though haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 im always keeping my eye out for em,heaps of crap arround though What makes a pink convict crap? [MENTION=9562]t.p[/MENTION] thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctn13 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 try live fish, online, I purchased 2 (unsexed) @ 3.5cm, they arrived @7-8cm, very very WHITE, no pink tinge at all, very healthy fish, they are now 11-12cm. tried uploading photos but files were too large. Doh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted July 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I'll have a look, thanks ctn13! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomartin Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I saw one at a pet shop in tweed on the gold coast a couple of months back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TED Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 They are around, but not nearly as common as they once were.I just bred a pair of regular convicts that have been inbred for about 4 or 5 generations, there have never been any whites come out of any of these spawns, but with this spawn, it looks like almost half are going to be white! That's weird. So do you think this inbreeding can cause colour mutations. I have a completly different species of fish, and i have had this happen to me. probably inbred by a couple of gens. Im not going to disclose what species it is, but it is very cool. I have found nothing on white ***********s so i think what i have is very rare. I am going to isolate my white fish to see if i can get a different colour variant of this species. But i think this thread has just answered why i got this mutation. Very interesting. Inbreed ur fish to get new colour variants. simple lol lol lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted July 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Inbreeding does cause more mutations, but it's not good for the fish, ideally I wouldn't have done it, it just happened. White Convicts are Leucistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TED Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Nice. I didnt know this about the convicts. good luck with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63off Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I have a male.. He's not huge though.Thought he'd paired with my normal female as they were inseparable as soon as the were housed together. Now she seems to want her distance. No eggs or fry either Hah! He's been friend zoned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggy Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I have a really beautiful pair that spawn all the time. If anyone would like to raise a batch of fry let me know and they are yours, I will suck them out before they become clown loach snacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99AWD Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Hah! He's been friend zoned! Hahaha!! Certainly seems that way. I've just rearranged the tank they're in. I've added a JD, so I'm pretty sure there'll be no spawning now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch86 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 There was a heap in Toowoomba about 6 months back. I bought 2 and 1 died after 2 weeks and the other after 2 months. I never worked out why, they left perfect corpses. All the other fish are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
