Orange HMPK
(BettaHut, Thailand)

The Sire is a cambodian-based extended red HMPK bred by my friend Jolanda Wisseborn. The Sire has a strong body with nice balanced finnage. I personally love his full ventrals. He shows a nice intense red color with a few traces of iridescence in the caudal. He is carrier of orange, dalmatian and possibly yellow. His father is a orange dalmatian HM from my friend Michel Stokkelaar and his mother an intense orange HMPK from BettaHut (Thailand). Interestingly, his mother was 5 years old when Jolanda bred her. She was imported in 2012 by  Michel Stokkelaar and was elected Betta of the Month in March 2012 on the Bettas4all forum. The Dame is a cambodian-based orange dalmatian HMPK with a nice bodyshape and balanced finnage.
With this cross I hope to fix the intense color with minimal iridescence as well as the strong bodies, smooth topline and balanced finnage. The offspring (F1) will be HMPK. The offspring (F1) likely will be lightbody red, orange and/or yellow with a chance of dalmatians to pop up.

The Dame is also mother of BT061117B.

04/12/17: The pair spawned. The pair spawned at the 50th Birthday of Jolanda Wisseborn!
05/12/17: The fry hatched. The sire is taking excellent care!
07/12/17: The fry entered the free-swimming stage. Removed the male.
09/12/17: The fry is feeding well on vinegar eels and BBS.
17/12/17: There are about 30-40 fry feeding developing nicely on BBS.
11/0218: 10 weeks old!