I've had an L-91 Tiger Morph for about 10 Months now - beautiful fish - and I've been wondering about a few things:
-Is it a random mutation or a genetically inherited type of thing? If He was ever to be bred would any of the young be tiger morphs?
-Does being a tiger morph predispose an L-91 toward being either sex?
-Is it possible that the morph could be a genetic "dead end" , that is to say, that they are all sterile?
-He shares a 180g tank with a female L-007 Vampire, As they are both of the same genus, is there any possibility that they could spawn together? I don't even want to think about what that fish might look like! Certainly to be avoided! Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts.
What causes 'Tiger Morph' in L-91?
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Hi!
Personnally I highly believe this is due to a severe fin injury, with certainly the hard ray of the fin being dommaged as well.
I have a female Panaque sp L02 that was badly injured in a shop tank due to being with rift lake cichlids, she barely had any hard ray on the dorsal fin, but once in one of my tank, it grew back, the only difference was a rather aberrant pattern on the dorsal fins, it was not close at all to what this species normally has as pattern in that region.
Also my male L260 was badly injured on the back by another Hypancistrus, once healed, the zone that was chew on his back is very different to the rest of the body pattern , could really make you think that both part are from different species...
So if these breed it is very likely that the offspring would be normal coloured...
Yes the risk that he migh cross breed with the female galaxias is very high as they both belong to the genus Leporacanthicus...
Cheers
Yann
Personnally I highly believe this is due to a severe fin injury, with certainly the hard ray of the fin being dommaged as well.
I have a female Panaque sp L02 that was badly injured in a shop tank due to being with rift lake cichlids, she barely had any hard ray on the dorsal fin, but once in one of my tank, it grew back, the only difference was a rather aberrant pattern on the dorsal fins, it was not close at all to what this species normally has as pattern in that region.
Also my male L260 was badly injured on the back by another Hypancistrus, once healed, the zone that was chew on his back is very different to the rest of the body pattern , could really make you think that both part are from different species...
So if these breed it is very likely that the offspring would be normal coloured...
Yes the risk that he migh cross breed with the female galaxias is very high as they both belong to the genus Leporacanthicus...
Cheers
Yann
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Hi Yann,
Thanks for your reply. I hear what you're saying about the fin damage possibility, but in the case of these tiger, and dragon morphs too, I still think theres a lot more, somthing inherited or genetic going on. In the case of my fish, the one in the Cat-elog and another one I saw live several years ago, all of the fins are covered with the mottled orange pattern and of the two I've actually seen live, I haven't seen any evidence of scarring or residual damage to the fins like bent, broken, missing or misaligned rays. Plus, the main body color of the fish is different; instead of the uniform very dark greyish/ black these seem to be much lighter, kind of a brownish tint.
I'm beginning to wonder if these morphs themselves might be the result of breeding across species.
Does any one else have any input or experience breeding these fish?
P.S. I think I will be seperating the L-91 and the Vampire. I don't even want to think about the possibilities. They've been spending a lot of time together after lights out!
Thanks , Joe
Thanks for your reply. I hear what you're saying about the fin damage possibility, but in the case of these tiger, and dragon morphs too, I still think theres a lot more, somthing inherited or genetic going on. In the case of my fish, the one in the Cat-elog and another one I saw live several years ago, all of the fins are covered with the mottled orange pattern and of the two I've actually seen live, I haven't seen any evidence of scarring or residual damage to the fins like bent, broken, missing or misaligned rays. Plus, the main body color of the fish is different; instead of the uniform very dark greyish/ black these seem to be much lighter, kind of a brownish tint.
I'm beginning to wonder if these morphs themselves might be the result of breeding across species.
Does any one else have any input or experience breeding these fish?
P.S. I think I will be seperating the L-91 and the Vampire. I don't even want to think about the possibilities. They've been spending a lot of time together after lights out!
Thanks , Joe