![]() Sire: Metallic turquoise mask HM PK (Aquastar71, Thailand) |
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![]() Dame: Copper PK F2, BT17107B (Betta Territory, The Netherlands) |
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The Sire is
big-bodied blue mask HM PK. He could be either homozygous metallic royal
blue (++ Blbl, also called teal) or homozygous metallic turquoise (++
BlBl). Special thanks to Sabrina Dichne for bringing this male for me! The Dame is a copper (++
blbl) with a nice parallel
anal. |
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17/10/08:
Pair spawned. |
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19/10/08: Fry
of the first batch in free-swimming stage, fry of the second batch
hatched! |
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21/11/08: The fry is now 5 weeks old and starting to show some metallic iridescence. Today the fry was transferred to a bigger grow-out. |
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14/12/08: The fry is now little over 8 weeks old and all of the offspring seems to be the same metallic blue color. This could mean that the male was a turquoise based homozygous metallic based fish. Considering the fact that the female is a copper (homozygous metallic steel blue) this should mean that all the offspring should be homozygous metallic royal blue based. I have jarred 8 males of this spawn (see below): |
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17/01/09: Made a picture of a promising young male from this spawn now 13 weeks old. The fry of this spawn shows an impressive thick scaling with a very nice masking.
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13/03/09: Update on two males of this spawn now 21 weeks old: |
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25/06/09: A potential breeder pair, now ~8 months old: |
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