Curipera X

[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]

[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.