So, I have breedable Het Axanthics, breedable Het Green Ghosts, breedable Het Pieds, an Albino and two Het females, a Ghost and a Het female and 3 Possible Het females...

I have only produced one Axanthic, from the above group, and it died in the egg. So, my point is, with Simple Recessive genes, buy multiple animals, multiple males, multiple females. If I was starting now, I would pick two simple recessive morphs, one I really liked, and one that made a great cross with the one I really liked. I would then buy a few het females, maybe a few possible het females, and a gorgeous homozygous male, and a het male. If you are going to produce simple recessives, you need at a minimum, multiple females. A homozygous male and het male just make getting eggs a better bet, than if you have only one male.

My problem: My male Het pied ate awesome, my female was a very very slow starter, almost to the point where I thought I was going to lose her. My het green ghosts, my male ate like a horse, my female was iffy at best. I got one big clutch from them, when my incubation technique was not really all that good, and all the eggs molded. My original male Albino was a mouse eater and only sometimes. I thought eventually he probably need a change of scenery, and I was right, sold him as a problem feeder, and he ate 4 mice per meal at the new guys house. My Het Albino females were not much better, but at least ate rats. My new male Albino is a stud eater, hopefully they will produce this year, only one female was ready to go, one female has not been ready for 4 years straight now,not big enough, did not eat well enough through out the year. My Ghost male was bred to my Ember female in 05, and produced the Ember Het Hypo babies, finally. My Het Hypo female was a poor eater, the possible het Hypos are great eaters, hope to get some babies from them this year. Bottom line, do not count on one pair to produce, buy multiple male and female animals for a simple recessive project. My Co Dom projects have done much better.

Dave

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