I believe I have the first recorded instance of leucistic individuals from the lago nicaragua population. Notice the normal colored siblings next to it. I've spotted 3 of these white fry.
Why is this important? Pictured below is a female caught just north of the lake. While the mother of these fry was killed, I have another female who is starting to look like this. The blue gills and orange/silver green fins are true to life as well. One of the most impressive locales I own or have worked with, if you were to call them rainbow convicts I'd believe you.
If I'm able to successfully rear these fry, we can now have our classic high orange, (almost red), large growing, white convicts, with a pedigree.
they are from Ken Davis, who I believe collected them, but I'm not sure. His HRPs do not seem pure, and he works with hybrids, but he seems to keep his other convict locales pure.
Keep us updated! And yes, definitely having a tank to themselves is a great idea. After all, we don't want their growth suppressed due to presence of other fish.
Starting to look like fish. They're about as big as my septemfasciata fry, growing pretty quickly in their 10 gallon. I'm actually kinda confused as to what they are now- they're not legit leucistics since they have the peduncle spot and black on their ventrals, but they are definitely white.
Starting to look like fish. They're about as big as my septemfasciata fry, growing pretty quickly in their 10 gallon. I'm actually kinda confused as to what they are now- they're not legit leucistics since they have the peduncle spot and black on their ventrals, but they are definitely white.
