Question: Blue axolotls?

I have a friend that is experimenting with this wonderful specimen and currently right now he has turned some of them into blue red red with green some black red and green. It is awesome.
 
This comment really scares me :eek:


Bomshell said:
I have a friend that is experimenting with this wonderful specimen and currently right now he has turned some of them into blue red red with green some black red and green. It is awesome.
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Antgarner said:
The most I've bred mammals was when I had chinchillas, so I don't know much about the expression of genetics in mammals. By dilute colour gene, do you mean a co-dominant colour expression? I'm not sure if that is possible in axolotls (Other than in chimeras), but most melanoids I've seen have lighter bellies. However, if it were a dilute gene, wouldn't that mean that there would be blue axolotls out there?

~Anthony
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Actually it was chinchillas i was thinking of, although you get dilute in guineapigs and rabbits, probably quite a few others as well.In chins it results in sapphire and violet and its a simple recessive(or believed to be-not much call for genetic tests on chinchillas)In chins its believed that standard grey dilutes to blue/violetblue by removing the darker elements, so violets bred from dark standard carriers produce a darker violet kit, and vice versa.The recessive genes take whats there and modify it, removing black, darker elements.Im prob not explaining it well but it seemed relevant to patterns on axolotyls-the blotches which in a your example are blue-which may be difficult to discern in wild type ect but more easily seen when 'diluted'.It was just a thought.
 
Hello, I was browsing and fell upon this thread and i was just wondering if Anthony has owned this axolotl since it was a baby and knows the disease history of this animal. I have an axolotl (GFP wildtype) that has large blotches very similar to this axolotl. Except the spots glow green instead of blue. I always thought this was scar tissue because they showed up after he had anchor worms and the spots continued to grow over the course of a year after treatment. Even tho i treated right away and DIDN'T pull any anchor worms out to leave sores on his body to scar over. Maybe its coincidental that his skin changes color shortly after illness, but i doubt it.

So is it possible that this is not a rare genetic color trait but discoloration due to some kind of trauma to the skin?
 
kuphie said:
Hello, I was browsing and fell upon this thread and i was just wondering if Anthony has owned this axolotl since it was a baby and knows the disease history of this animal. I have an axolotl (GFP wildtype) that has large blotches very similar to this axolotl. Except the spots glow green instead of blue. I always thought this was scar tissue because they showed up after he had anchor worms and the spots continued to grow over the course of a year after treatment. Even tho i treated right away and DIDN'T pull any anchor worms out to leave sores on his body to scar over. Maybe its coincidental that his skin changes color shortly after illness, but i doubt it.

So is it possible that this is not a rare genetic color trait but discoloration due to some kind of trauma to the skin?
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I doubt it, as she has had some scrapes and cuts in the amount of time that I've had her on both the black and blue areas and they heal back as their respective colors, and when I received her, she was missing a portion of her tail, which grew back blue-spotted. The blue on her doesn't glow, however. Do you know if the color on your axolotl grows back in a similar pattern? Because axolotl colors change as they get older. Perhaps that would explain the change in yours?
 
Antgarner said:
I doubt it, as she has had some scrapes and cuts in the amount of time that I've had her on both the black and blue areas and they heal back as their respective colors, and when I received her, she was missing a portion of her tail, which grew back blue-spotted. The blue on her doesn't glow, however. Do you know if the color on your axolotl grows back in a similar pattern? Because axolotl colors change as they get older. Perhaps that would explain the change in yours?
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Well he did get his leg chewed on a while ago and it grew back a normal wildtype color. It's just strange because he was normal looking until the anchor worm infection and then these tiny white spots turned into blotches of pigment loss over time. The GFP still shows up making them appear this electric green color (wasn't trying to imply yours is glowing blue, although that would be cool :happy:). I just always assumed the color change was due to whatever trauma was caused, not because he's getting older. He was about a year old when this all happened so I don't know. His spots just look very similar to your axolotl and the one in the video so I thought I'd ask. You'll have to let us know how the babies turn out. :happy:
 
I'm devastated to report this, but the blue-spotted female, Rose, has passed away today. She had an overgrown artery on her gill, and it appears the male must've thought it was food. She lost too much blood by the time I checked on them today. Hopefully she found peace in the dark depths of the afterlife. I apologize if this depresses you, or if you have been waiting to see the offspring. I have decided to raise the male until his days are done, but I don't think I'm going to attempt to breed axolotls in the near future.
 
Antgarner said:
I'm devastated to report this, but the blue-spotted female, Rose, has passed away today. She had an overgrown artery on her gill, and it appears the male must've thought it was food. She lost too much blood by the time I checked on them today. Hopefully she found peace in the dark depths of the afterlife. I apologize if this depresses you, or if you have been waiting to see the offspring. I have decided to raise the male until his days are done, but I don't think I'm going to attempt to breed axolotls in the near future.
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I AM SOOOO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS:( i feel horrible :(
 
Antgarner said:
I'm devastated to report this, but the blue-spotted female, Rose, has passed away today. She had an overgrown artery on her gill, and it appears the male must've thought it was food. She lost too much blood by the time I checked on them today. Hopefully she found peace in the dark depths of the afterlife. I apologize if this depresses you, or if you have been waiting to see the offspring. I have decided to raise the male until his days are done, but I don't think I'm going to attempt to breed axolotls in the near future.
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:'( sorry for your loss



<3 >o_o< <3
 
Absolutely devastated. What a terrible loss, to you and to the species. I hope you feel better soon.
 
I am almost positive that you got this axolotl from a breeder at the Portland metro reptile expo. He described them as blue color mix melanoid and he had all adults. That is truly a beautiful axolotl.
 
Hello I'm new in the forum and I wanted know if the blue and black second axolotl is still alive?
 
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