DT x Hm

[Miggy10]

has anyone ever bred a DT with a HM if so what were your results?

[MrVampire181]

You'll get 100% HMs or deltas with about 50-75% carrying the DT gene. Breeding brother to sister will result in about 25% DTs.

[1fish2fish]

Depends on the genetics of the fish. A DT with only 2 ray splits will throw VT when mixed with an HM. Always go by ray splits first to determine if your DT comes from VT lines or HM/Delta lines.

A DT (with more than 2 branches) mixed with an HM that carries DT (which may not always be expressed in the dorsal) will give you some DT in the original spawn.

A DT crossed with an HM that does not carry DT (getting harder and harder to find these days) will give you the mix Mr. V posted.

[Miggy10]

what does a 2 ray split look like?

[1fish2fish]

A "Y" a VT will have a ray that only branches into two. An SD or HM will have more than 2 splits

[Miggy10]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgZkptQyCpM so im guessing this is DTVT because of the Y shape right?

[vilmarisv]

Visuals always helped me more... specially with th whole ray branching subject.

[1fish2fish]

I can't tell.. it's not clear enough to see his ray branching.

[indjo]

I think what 1f2f meant by "Y" shape is not the shape of the splitting lobes but the branching of rays like vilmarisv has shown.

[1fish2fish]

Yeah that's what I meant sorry if that wasn't clear.

Like Vils picture each ray on the fishes caudal fin branch out. VT rays only split once. Creating the Y shape but other tail types split several times like in the picture.