Cross 12

Purpose: The second of the intercross phase where I am crossing the separate lines that have formed from the individual backcrosses. This cross is intended to try and stabilize the snow white phenotype using a male and female that both seem to express snow white. This pair was introduced to each other on June 23rd, 2024.

Male (Gandalf):

  • Bought from a big box store during February 2023 as part of the initial stock.

  • Strain: Snow White

  • Relevant genes. Some are assumptions, indicated with italics. Although their decedents strongly support the claims:

    • Base body color: Blond (bb)

    • Magenta: Maybe heterozygous? (Mm)

    • European Blau: (rr)

    • Stoerzbach: (ss)

Female (C5AF):

  • Gandalf’s daughter/granddaughter from Cross 5.

  • Strain: 3/4 Snow-White

  • Relevant genes. Some are assumptions, indicated with italics. Although their decedents strongly support the claims:

    • Base body color: Blond (bb)

    • Magenta: likely homozygous (MM) but could be het (Mm)

    • European Blau: (rr)

    • Stoerzbach: (ss)

This cross failed as it never produced any fry. This suggested that Gandalf is now too old to reproduce and I retired him from the breeding project.