The Sire is a steel blue-based black lace HMPK. He has a nice big-sized caudal with a pretty good overall form. The Dame is an intense super black (lace) HMPK female bred by my friend Bettina Sperl (Germany) with a smooth topline and balanced finnage.
With this outcross I hope to fix the strong bodies, smooth topline, balanced finnage and to improve the intense black color. The offspring (F1) likely will be darkbody steel blue-based (super) black (lace) HMPK with a chance of marble to pop up.

31/08/18: The pair spawned.
01/09/18: The fry hatched.
03/09/18: The fry entered the free-swimming stage. Removed the male.
05/09/18: The fry is feeding well on vinegar eels and BBS.
28/09/18: 4 weeks old:

02/10/18: 9 weeks old. The fry were divided over two grow-out tanks. Culled several extreme rosetails.

09/12/18: Jarred the first two males. Still small but very aggressive

17/03/19: No fish from this spawn were kept to work further with.