Checkerboard x cobalt

[Dragonflys]

Hi all,

It seems that in my community tank, I have a paired up discus couple. It is a red/white checkerboard and a cobalt blue.

Does anyone know what kind of fry I will get from this combination?

Thanks in advance for the response and help.

Greetings from the Netherlands

[LizStreithorst]

It's a good cross, but there is no telling what you will get in the fry without knowing the genetics of the parents. I would expect you to get mostly Turks.

[Second Hand Pat]

Is the red/white checkerboard a PB?
Pat

[LizStreithorst]

You're right, Pat. If it's PB based it's a no go. Ugly peppered fry is the usual result.

[Dragonflys]

Hi thanks for youre answers!

I'm not quite sure what you mean by pb. I tried to look it up in my own language but then it means "private message" 😅

Is there a way I can upload a photo here? So you can see the 2 together?

[Dragonflys]

I found it! Pigeon blood you mean.. I realy don't know.. How can I find out?

[Second Hand Pat]

I found it! Pigeon blood you mean.. I realy don't know.. How can I find out?

If you are familiar with peppering in PB discus generally what happens when you cross a PB with a non-PB the fry are heavily peppered. Some folks like the peppering but most prefer non-peppered discus.
Pat

[Dragonflys]

If you are familiar with peppering in PB discus generally what happens when you cross a PB with a non-PB the fry are heavily peppered. Some folks like the peppering but most prefer non-peppered discus.
Pat

Hi sorry for the late answer. Had some problems here. The male is a pb from stendker en the female is a Cobalt. I got there first batch (around 20) they are now about 4 weeks old. From that 20 only 2 seems to be peppered. How is this possible? 🤔

I'll try to upload some pictures from the couple as well as the fry.

Again sorry for the late answer (and my English)

Kind regards from the Netherlands

[Dragonflys]

I can't upload any pictures I see. Upload is failing it says

[RogueDiscus]

Pics need to be 2 MB or less. Putting it in an email usually reduces it enough, or there are programs out there that do that.

[peewee1]

Hi thanks for youre answers!

I'm not quite sure what you mean by pb. I tried to look it up in my own language but then it means "private message" ��

Is there a way I can upload a photo here? So you can see the 2 together?

PB=acronym. Or lazy man's English. When used in a sentence and the reader does not know the acronym the point being made is lost. Acronyms are so rampant where I work that the company had to publish an index, which is at least 20 pages in length, so we can code break them. So bad that one of my co-workers made a complete sentence using only acronyms. I can feel your pain, Dragonflys.

[Dragonflys]

Pics need to be 2 MB or less. Putting it in an email usually reduces it enough, or there are programs out there that do that.

Thx! I will try!