Curipera X

[nc0gnet0]

The funny thing about this is this was to be the one purebred fish I was going to work with. I jumped on the chance to get a pair of these a soon as they hit Kenny's first listing. I was then lucky enough to have them succefully breed within one week of recieving them. Long story short, after about 4 days it started to become obviouos these were not purebred curi's. I guess some things were just meant to be ;)

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curipera/cur1.jpg?t=1307104393

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curip.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curi2.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/MOM.jpg?t=1306823736


Hmm, white fry?
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curifry.jpg?t=1318120889

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/cfry3.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/cfry2.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curipera/P8142436.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curipera/P8142438.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/Curipera%20Juveniles/curijuv1.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/Curipera%20Juveniles/curi6.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/int/PictureorVideo059-1.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/int/PictureorVideo060.jpg

[nc0gnet0]

*Update to come soon

[Second Hand Pat]

Rick, a couple of these guys look similar to my Cuipeua juvies.

[ExReefer]

Are they part red turk?

[nc0gnet0]

While I cannot be sure, I beleive these were bred with a fully patterned golden, and these F2's are the result. What I would like to do is selectively breed these to do my best to get as close back to the orignal curipera as possible.

[nc0gnet0]

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curi1.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curi2-2.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curi3-1.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curi4-1.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curi5-1.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curi6-1.jpg

[chaoslite]

Love the updates!!

Mishka

[nc0gnet0]

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/88.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/66.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/16.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/99.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/144.jpg
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/155.jpg

[SeaDragon]

Cute! I love the parent shot with the rainbow of fry colors. Even if their not what you were expecting they look good


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[shoveltrash]

X or not...they are gorgeous!

[Rummy]

Beautiful fish! Keep us posted. So what are they (the babies) supposed to be called? I am still confused on all the naming business.

[Craigmax]

Very nice fish. +1

[magewynd]

I really like this one. Any thought to crossing this guy with your ARSGxVirgin Reds?



http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/66.jpg

[TNT77]

Are you going to try and cross these to browns or back to each other?

[Cosgrovb]

They are wonderful!

[nc0gnet0]

My main goal is to work with the strain and line breed them, removing the golden gene. However, a few crosses are still a possibility.

[nc0gnet0]

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curixf.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curixf3.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/curixf2.jpg

[DiscusBR]

Amazing! Can´t stop looking at them. Congratulations. Please keep the updates coming.

[nc0gnet0]

I almost forgot there is a few random browns in there from a different cross, ignore them (they are the solid browns).

Rick

[Len]

Awesome looking fish Rick, I'd love them even more in my tanks.

[nevsfish]

hey rick are you still working with the curipera.have you been successful in line breeding the strain or crossing something else to improve the strain.i am curious because i have a breeding pair of curiperas that breed true and would like to try and keep the strain going but only have one pair.any suggestions on what might make a good strain for crossing with the curipera offspring to keep the strain going as the strain is rare in australia.the fish in my avatar is the female curipera.regards lawrence

[Darren's Discus]

Very nice.

[dirtyplants]

These are all nice fish including the browns. What is the end result without the golden gene?

[twocat]

Any updates?

Mark

[nc0gnet0]

No updates to speak of, though I did keep three of the offspring (full adults now). A lot of my breeding projects were put on hold during the contest. I have tried crossing one of the females with a male golden to see if the curiperax female was a carrier of the golden gene (heterozygous). While not succesful with the batch, I did get a nice hatch (they got eaten at free swim) and was able to determine that she did not have the golden gene. I have another female from this batch that developed an odd pronounced 6th bar (much like the heckel, but the wrong bar) who I currently have with a heckel cross. The one male I kept is nice and big (although not that colorful) and has not yet been put to use.

As to my future plans, to tell you the truth, I am a bit skeptical on just how much "wild" lineage there actually is in this variety/cross, and if these fish are just the result of a brown turq crossed with a golden resulting in a wildish looking partially straited brown based turq.

[Second Hand Pat]

Perhaps Kenny or Forrest could answer or research that question if there are any interest of course.