So: I hatched out a clutch from a Pastel/Blade/Het Clown x Fire/Het Clown
This is my first clutch from this male with Blade. It is my understanding that the gene should function like Enchi by reducing the pattern, but, unlike Enchi: not altering the color.
5/6 of the eggs for this clutch have hatched as of 30JUL2024
-2 Pastels (66% Het Clown) with no remarkable traits
-1 Firefly (66% Het Clown) with clean patterning (#1) (shown below)
-2 Firefly Clowns-with one much brighter (#2) than the other (#3) (shown below)
Questions:
-Do you see Blade in any of these three?
-Does anyone know if Blade makes the clown morph brighter or darker?
#1
#2
#3
I have also included an image of a standard Firefly clown below for reference below, but, it is much older:
What do you think?
I'm a bit puzzled, and in the back of my mind I wonder if any Blade representation is here at all.
I do have another clutch incubating which is Pastel/Blade/Het Clown x Pastel/Het Clown---so we may have more samples to compare in the future.
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