Orange ghost question

Ok so two days ago I found a great deal on an 800 gr. male enchi for $100 and the guy was also selling an amazing looking orange ghost female also 800 gr. for $250 so I bought them both go figure. Anyway what can I do with her? It seems like everything I pair her with will be het for ghost. I have two spider girls that are 50% and 66% het for ghost already and that leads to my other question as well. Not understanding the whole % thing.

Unless you pair her with something else that is 100% het or a visual ghost (also go by Hypo) that is all you would get are hets. It is a recessive gene meaning both parents have to carry the gene to get a visual. The 50% het is an animal who came from a pairing such as a 100% het X Normal. All the babies are then 50% het because the get 1 gene from each parent. That also means that the 100% het could have given the normal gene as well meaning some of the babies will only be normal. 66% het means the babies came from a 100% het X 100% het pairing. Better chances of being a het because each parent can give the gene but they can also both give the normal gene as well. BTW your female will give the Ghost/Hypo gene to all her offspring so no matter what you breed her to they will all be 100% Het Hypo. That's the basics of it.

If you want to make Hypos you have to breed something hypo or het hypo to her.

a 50% het is made when only 1 parent is a 100% het... This means the babies have a 50/50 shot at actually being a 100% het.

a 66 % het is produced when both parents are 100% hets... This means the babies have a 66% chance at actually being a 100% het.


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Originally Posted by axeman569

Unless you pair her with something else that is 100% het or a visual ghost (also go by Hypo) that is all you would get are hets. It is a recessive gene meaning both parents have to carry the gene to get a visual. The 50% het is an animal who came from a pairing such as a 100% het X Normal. All the babies are then 50% het because the get 1 gene from each parent. That also means that the 100% het could have given the normal gene as well meaning some of the babies will only be normal. 66% het means the babies came from a 100% het X 100% het pairing. Better chances of being a het because each parent can give the gene but they can also both give the normal gene as well. BTW your female will give the Ghost/Hypo gene to all her offspring so no matter what you breed her to they will all be 100% Het Hypo. That's the basics of it.

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What they ^^^^ said :)

Basically the percentage shows you what chance that animal has for carrying the gene.

So 100% definitely has it and will make visuals when put to a visual or another 100% het.

66% means it has a 66% chance of carrying the gene. So it may or may not have the gene. You would pair it with a visual or 100% het to try and prove if its carrying the gene. If you get any visuals from that pairing then it becomes a 100% het. Because now you know it carries the gene for sure.

Same goes for 50%, 33%, and 25%. Your chances of the animal carrying the gene just goes down significantly the lower the percentage goes.

Hope this helps :)

Edit: Looks like people beat me to it while I was typing. I'll just leave it up anyways LOL.

I would find a combo that is het orange ghost or visually orange ghost to breed to your orange ghost.

For the percentages:

Spider 50% het orange ghost: one of this girl's parents was 100% het orange ghost. When bred to a non-het, you have the potential to produce hets and non-hets.
Let's say the pairing was a spider 100% het orange ghost to a normal.

You would produce
spiders 100% het ghost (1:4)
normals 100% het ghost (1:4)
spiders (1:4)
normals (1:4).

Those probabilities are per egg. Per egg, you have a 2:4 (or 1:2) chance of the baby being het ghost, hence the 50% het orange ghost.

Spider 66% het orange ghost: both parents were 100% het orange ghost. Let's say the pairing was a spider 100% het orange ghost to a normal 100% het orange ghost.

Keeping in mind the probabilities are on a per egg basis, you have the potential to produce
spider ghosts (1:8)
ghosts (1:8)
spiders 100% het ghost (2:8)
normals 100% het ghost (2:8)
spiders (1:8)
normals (1:8)

Let's say the animal in the egg is not a visual ghost. That leaves you with 6 possibilities of what you may have, so the probabilities for that one egg change to
spiders 100% het ghost (2:6)
normals 100% het ghost (2:6)
spiders (1:6)
normals (1:6)

This means that there is a 4 out of 6 chance (or 66%) that the animal you are looking at is het ghost.

I hope that helps. :)

Well I didn't really have any plans on doing anything with the hypo, and I just bought her because she is so cool looking. I will probably top shelf her as a pet for now until plans change. Maby in a couple years I will try her with the king pins I am shooting for this year.

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Originally Posted by TROYG

Well I didn't really have any plans on doing anything with the hypo, and I just bought her because she is so cool looking. I will probably top shelf her as a pet for now until plans change. Maby in a couple years I will try her with the king pins I am shooting for this year.

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Just breed her as a normal. All offspring will just be 100% het ghost. It won't matter what you put to her, everything looks better with ghost in it ;)