Melano HM PK
(Maximus, Thailand)

Steel blue PK
(Maximus, Thailand)

The Sire ("Max") is great colored copper melano mask HM plakat with nice finnage. The female is black lace marble with a metallic influence. Her background is really impressive and there is a good chance she is also melano carrier as her grandfather was a melano.
The offspring (F1) will be short-finned and there is a good chance of HM PKs. The color of the fry will be a bit of a surprise but there is a chance some copper melano blacks pop-up. If this is the case this will be the first blacks bred by the Betta Territory!

The sire is also father of: BT230406. 

27/09/06: The pair spawned succesfully!
28/09/06: The eggs hatched, seems like a big spawn. The sire is doing a great job.
30/09/06: Fry in free-swimming stage. Removed the Sire.
02/10/06: The fry is feeding well on microworms and artemia.
18/10/06: Divided the fry over 2 grow-outs.
02/11/06: The fry is developing slow but steady.
08/11/06: The fry is now feeding well on tubifex and artemia. Some iridescence starts to appear but no sign of black yet.....Made some pictures of the 6 week old fry:

25/11/06: Betta Territory presents.......................the first Betta Territory Blacks!!

26/11/06: Made some more pictures:

17/12/06: Here some pictures of an intense colored black male from this spawn with (left) and without (right) flash.

06/01/07: A picture of the two copper melano HM PK males showing a great color and finnage potential: