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Granite question..

davidtetreault May 05, 2011 06:15 PM

I got this on trade and was told it was a Granite..what do you think?

Replies (6)

jondrawdy May 05, 2011 06:24 PM

You can see some indication of it in some of the "alien heads", but in my humble opinion it is not the best ever. Maybe another pic would show better. Mind you I stress the word humble about my opinion.

BackBeat May 05, 2011 07:51 PM

...three things that make me see a 'Grade B' Granite.

1. Light speckling in the alien heads

2. A 'notch/chip/hole' in the neck stripe

3. The dorsal pattern/striping is isolated or seperated from the lateral pattern (alien heads)

Grade B, but still a Granite in my opinion.
It looks like other Genetic Granites I've seen; you just need to breed yours and prove it.

Fortunately Granite is Dom/Co-Dom, so you won't have to wait years and years for your results.

Best of Luck!

BB
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DavidTetreault May 06, 2011 07:09 AM

Thanks. So it is probably something I should keep and breed?

coldthumb May 06, 2011 03:16 PM

>>Thanks. So it is probably something I should keep and breed?

I have a male and two of his daughters,,that i have been loosely referring to as black granites.One of the females is alot like yours and the other two are more extreme..All three have pure white bellys btw.

So yeah,breed it out and see if it produces a super form...(I'm betting mine will eventually produce a really dark super.)
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DavidTetreault May 06, 2011 08:29 PM

dsreptiel May 08, 2011 02:23 AM

Grnites normaly will have a dot in the firs dorsal line behind the head.

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