RE: Albino rainbowfish

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Tue, 04 Jun 1996 21:30:39 +1000

At 11:55 AM 6/2/96 -0700, Peter Unmack wrote:

>But the albinos,
>> such as they are, should they ever eventuate, will stick out like the
>> proverbial canine gonads.
>
>Except if you end up with recessive alleles that you can't see.

I think that you explained that well in your previous posting on the matter
- it was something that I hadn't previously considered... the fish
containing the recessive alleles wouldn't be the same as the wild "real McCoy".

>Now having albino rainbows, that would really make your "dumb blonds"
>story even closer to reality. :-)

Now that I keep a couple of species of nice Rainbows myself, I find it
harder to poke fun at those who like them....

Regards, Andrew
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