Trilobite Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 I'm really pleased with how my babies are turning out. Their grandfather was a hm and grand mother was traditional pk. I'm up to F2 now and they are starting to take the shape of a true hmpk :bggrn: Male 4 in particular has amazingly straight edges considering 2 generations back were round tailed pk. I have a matching female who also has very straight edges so I cant wait until they become big enough to breed. I think male 1 has the best colour and eventually I hope to get that colour into some sharper finnage. Im not a fan of their dorsals at the moment as they look too pointy and toplines could be worked on a bit more but other than that Im quite impressed with how they turned out I also got one little mutant, with a spike at the front of the anal fin Im so excited for F3 :nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 :iag: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted March 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 The pics work for me... Hmm I'll try again Male 1 Male 2 Male 3 Male 4 Mutant fin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Amazing fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Is the male 1 your avatar picture? !drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 Nice! I know which bloodlines I got off you haha. Your first male would look even better if the black colours were deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 love the blues in pic two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I love male 1 and 2 !drool: Nice work breeding them. Keep it up :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinox Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 Nice quality fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted April 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Thanks Yeah their colours were a pleasant surprise considering their father was blue and mother was dark body red lol so I wasnt expecting much colourwise. Yip male 1 is my avatar pic. Nice! I know which bloodlines I got off you haha. Your first male would look even better if the black colours were deeper. Yeah he never got as dark as your blue guy which is a shame and I didn't get any black girls so I think Ill breed him to a copper female (a sister of your copper girl) from my other line whos mother was black to hopefully darken up his babies. But her finnage isnt as good as her blue sisters so I cant decide whether to go for 100% coppers or a chance of coppers with better fins.... But then again I have male 4 and good fems to keep a line of nice fins and maybe eventually I can cross the colour into the fins... :nilly: Arrg too many options I just did a huge cull so have cleared up room for a few new spawns :thup: Im quite surprised that I havent killed my microworms yet, usually I can only keep them going for a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Amazing Fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Yip male 1 is my avatar pic. I didn't get any black girls I hear there are plenty in africa... :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Nice fish, they are tempting me to get into keeping Siamese fighters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I hear there are plenty in africa... :digH: :rolfl: I dont think theyd let me take one Nice fish, they are tempting me to get into keeping Siamese fighters.... I think you should probably do it! Set up a spawn with male 1 and a blue half sibling. :happy2: They cant figure out how to wrap properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Update on male 1s babies At the moment I cant see any of his color but they have only just started to colour up so hopefully theres some hiding in there. So far the main colours are these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Small update I had a couple of x factors with messed scales in this spawn unfortunately. But I found one promising little copper male. Theres also a few black coppers but so far they look like girls. This colour is growing on me, the copper on their light bodies makes them so shiny And some little marbles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 don't think I've ever seen a black fighter :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Nice , loving em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Got a few promising black copper females And a few coppers with red loss which is exactly what I need. This one has pretty decent branching too, this line tends to give the female weak branching but Im glad theres a few in this spawn who escaped the pattern Also found a few black copper males, this one has just been jarred, getting better branching tan his father too. Fsather was only 2 ray at that age but this guy is 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 My fave male so far from this spawn. Hes uber aggressive and flares at me just for looking at him The girls are starting to show their potential too Heres their family tree, I think theyve reached the point where they can safely be called hmpk. Hardest thing is still trying to sharpen up the tail though, still too round for my liking... Pretty much sums up the need for good quality females though, adding a VT or trad PK (which is what nz usually gets in) to a HM or HMPK will take generations to get sharp tails back and unfortunately I see VT being sold as HM on trademe all the time, which would no doubt mess up a poor newbie breeders HM line for endless generations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 i like the family tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 :iag: It shows the genetics very clearly. Nice fish too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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