First Albino Marine fish worldwide made in SA

[masterbreeder]

Phenotype- What the animal look like
Genotype- What gene the animal carry
Heterozygous genotype carry one normal on one chromosome and one recessive gene in the other chromosome (albino in this case)
Homozygous genotype carry the same gene on both chromeosomes (either normal or the mutation)
I think albino is a recessive gene. A fish only appears albino if it have both albino gene and no normal gene. It it have two normal or a normal and a albino gene then it appears as a normal fish, or normal phenotype.

So that means:

Heterozygous genotype is the clown, who looks normal orange, but he carries the normal gene and the recessive gen (albino strain).

Homozygous genotype is every normal clown and every albino. They carry only the normal genes. In the case of the albino, the normal gene is the recessive gene. That´s why the albino/albino offspring will show 100% albinos.

Am I right?

 

[OrionN]

Yes

 

[tanglovers]

The albino clowns should not be sterile. We have tons of albino varients of fish in the freshwater world and would assume the same would hold true for these guys. They produce viable offspring.

I have a feeling these guys will be like way back when albino oscars hit the market. Big dollars for 3-5 years then coming down in price to be slighlty higher then a normal colored fish. MasterBreeder is in the perfect situation, he will be able to be rewarded very well financially for producing these fish, anyone else will likely not see this if they got a pair to breed. Albino coloration since it is genetically controlled is a coloration/trait that is super easy to produce in high numbers once the initial stock is released. Not everyone will likely cull heterozygous genotype fish and this will allow for the trait to be widely distributed quickly.

 

[Pimps]

Oh my, they look scary. :crazy1:

Good luck with them.

 

[Michael_84]

that is disgusting

ROFL....:blown:

 

[masterbreeder]

Two new pictures, taken during the IMACSA from Trevor Kessel.
Thanks Trevor for your permission.

 

[ziyaadb]

Nice to see you here as well Marcel. Some great comments. Im sure they will all be snapped up quickly

 

[masterbreeder]

Nice to see you here as well Marcel. Some great comments. Im sure they will all be snapped up quickly

Hi there, have you been to IMACSA?
Did you see the albinos at IMACSA?
Have we met?

 

[masterbreeder]

I am happy to anounce the world sole distributor for albino ocellaris is Proaquatix in Vero Beach, Florida.
For those reefers who are interested, please contact Eric from Proaquatix.
In a few weeks, Proaquatix should receive the first stock.

 

[Reefvette]

New Light

New Light

Marcel,
Congrats and your working with a great company in Proaquatix, they have some great stuff in the works.

I also want to thank you for shedding light on the dietary needs of our fish. From your findings we now realize how much the food we feed adds to coloration of our fish.

I think right now Rods food is hands down the best all in one mix besides home concoctions. Flake and pellet food have become what i feed on my off rods food days.

I had clownfish show amazing coloration while on rods food.

Good luck i also beleive that your findings should be able to help people who feed raise clowns and are finding misbarring in clowns that you dont want to have it in.

 

[masterbreeder]

Marcel,
From your findings we now realize how much the food we feed adds to coloration of our fish.

Thank you, yes I´m happy to have Proaquatix as my partner as they are pushing towards a great future for this industry.

Regarding the coloration, I didn´t find it out myself as it is not such new thing to boost color with astaxanthin, but my albinos making the result more visible.
Not sure if I posted it before, there is a saturation point where the fish can´t use astaxanthin to boost the color towards red. 200ppm added to the diet is sufficent enough to get such results. Cyclopeeze with 3500 to 6000 ppm is a waste of astaxanthin. Meaning, twice a week a bit cyclop eeze will keep the colors up and running.

 

[Reefvette]

Awsome stuff

Awsome stuff

The color change so dramatic, it clearly shows. thank your for that.

 

[rekn]

its cool how these turned out but i wouldnt call them the first albino marine fish, copps hasposted albino fish before

 

[curlykid]

:eek2:their eyes are scary

 

[ReefSafari]

It looks like you have produced both Tyrosinase Positive and Negative Albinos That is AWSOME!!! Are these a Recessive genetic trait? Where all the normals would be heterozygous for Albinism? Major congrats, that is probably the coolest thing I have seen/heard in a long time...please keep us posted.

I havn't read through the whole thread yet, but is there a story behind these? Did they pop out of a particular spawning, or was an albino found in the wild?

 

[Gill_bucket]

did this happen naturally or selective breeding

It's called in-breeding

 

[elegance coral]

Awesome fish!!!!!:thumbsup:

I don't understand all the negativity in this thread. After years of keeping clowns, they all start to look the same. Sure, they may have different baring or one may be more melanistic than another, but it's just the same old same old. These fish are something truly different. The eyes are incredible!:inlove:

 

[Arusso713]

cool looking don't know if I would want one. but cool none the less.

nightmare clowns
monochrome clowns
clownist no colorist (scientific name) lol

 

[masterbreeder]

It looks like you have produced both Tyrosinase Positive and Negative Albinos That is AWSOME!!! Are these a Recessive genetic trait? Where all the normals would be heterozygous for Albinism? Major congrats, that is probably the coolest thing I have seen/heard in a long time...please keep us posted.

I havn't read through the whole thread yet, but is there a story behind these? Did they pop out of a particular spawning, or was an albino found in the wild?

Thanks. Yes, recessive and yes heterozygous (if I understand the meaning of it right) for 2/3 of the normal looking ones.
But they all end up as fishfood after hatching.

The albino parents are normal looking clowns with the recessive gen.

 

[masterbreeder]

its cool how these turned out but i wouldnt call them the first albino marine fish, copps hasposted albino fish before

Do you have a link for me?
Why is it, that my albinos are the first ones reaching the market if there were other albinos before?