Albino/brown Bristlenose Cross?

[littleme1969]

Strange question, and no doubt someone will be able to put me straight...
I have a 95ukg tank with approx 3 pairs of breeding browns and about 30 - 40 of their young. Also in that tank is one pair (just reached maturity) Albinos. My Brown have ben breeding well for about 2 years now so I know what they look like at all ages. I have other golden and albinos in another tank that have had eggs twice, but non hatched So no albino babies to date, but to be honest they are only just old enough in both tanks to breed so I have my fingers crossed on that
I was cleaning my internal filter the other day, and found a little tiddler in it , ive often found them in there, as one of the males has his nest in the top of the filter..lol So as not to have it become Rainbow lunch I moved into the albino tank into a breeeder net I have in there with tiny baby guppys. I though he would do a good job of hoovering for me Anyhow hes been in there about 10 days now, looks really well and I had my first chance to get a really good look at him today. His body is that of an albino, but he has brown eyes and brown speks on his tail . I was shocked as I thought that they wouldnt crosss breed, and if they did you would get either brown or albino. Can anyone shed any light on this??
He is way too small to get a good shot of him at the mo..

 

[KathyM]

Sounds like you've got a piebald out of them

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=7803

 

[littleme1969]

Sounds like you've got a piebald out of them

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=7803

Wow.. thanks for that .. he looks like hes going to be very cute indeed as his colouring is just on his tail. I'll have to keep my eye out in the main tank as I was aware which chunk of wood the male albino had been hanging around under, there may be more
I'll post some pics when he gets big enough, just before I let him into the albino tank.

 

[smithrc]

sounds like Kathy has it in a nut shell

I've never quite understood but they happen (genetically) as I understood from school biology, that in this case albinos breeding with brown will produce a mix depending on what genes are dominant... quite how a mix happens is over my head

 

[dylema]

Hi,

I had some very light almost albino looking fry from brown parents and they seem to have darkened up a bit as they have grown but are still quite a light brown. I don't know if this might be the same for you. Just a thought.

Dylan

 

[littleme1969]

Hi,

I had some very light almost albino looking fry from brown parents and they seem to have darkened up a bit as they have grown but are still quite a light brown. I don't know if this might be the same for you. Just a thought.

Dylan

Thanks for the replys guys
Yes Ive heard people get a lighter baby before. But hes definatly albino body, and has brown speckles to his tail and fins. So he musst be a pied Not seen any others in the main tank , but then again they must only be weeks old now, and I never tend to see babies until they are about 4 weeks.
Hes doing well in the net eating good, so I have my fingers crossed he makes it and hopefully there will be a few others that will turn up
Pics when he gets big enough...