The Sire is a metallic steel blue HMPK with a strong body, smooth topline and balanced appearance. The caudal fin has a >180 degree spread. The dorsal,  anal fin and ventrals are nicely matching the rest of the fish. The Dame is a metallic royal blue HMPK with a nice torpedo shaped body, smooth topline and balanced finnage (D-shaped caudal and parallel anal fin although the dorsal fin ideally could be a bit broader at the base). The Dame is a half-sister to the male.
With this cross I hope to fix the strong bodies, smooth topline and balanced finnage. The offspring (F1) will be (non-)metallic steel blue and royal blue based HMPKs. 

17/01/14: The pair spawned. Eggs in the nest.
18/01/14: The fry hatched. Seems to be a small spawn.
20/01/14: The fry entered the free-swimming stage. Removed the male.
22/01/14: The fry is feeding well on vinegar eels and BBS.
20/03/14: Spotted some copper fry in the spawn!
22/03/14: The fry is now 9 weeks old and were transferred to a bigger grow-out tank together with the fry of BT130114.

17/05/14: The fry is now 17 weeks old. Some fry have a tendency to short bodies but there are some very nice females. Here two copper females.

11/07/14: The fry is now 25 weeks old.