Hobbit Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Has anyone seen this coloration on a platy before? I have a female with a large black spot on her head and I think it’s adorable. I have at least one other fry with this spot, so I’m hoping to get even more of them! Does anyone know what it’s called? If it doesn’t have a name yet, I want to call it a Dapper Platy because it kind of looks like a hat. 😊 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 That is just adorable. How exciting if you have gotten an entirely new variant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Just posting real quick in case anyone in the future finds this: I now think the black spot on her head is due to a lack of a tumor suppressor gene. She’s developed more spots, and though they don’t appear to be tumors right now, other fry have developed tumors. This is a known issue in platys when you cross different species—actually they use platys to study cancer because of it—so I won’t be pursuing this color in case it ends up producing lots of fry that suffer from melanomas. Edited January 24, 2022 by Hobbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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