My recessive line has now had 7 of the surviving 11 juvies jarred. Unfortunately there is only one male in the group...and he isn't the stunning nr1, Cambodian or opaque gentleman I was hoping for...
Yep - blue...fast becoming the bane of my search for green existence! So, I knew dad was carrying Bl, and most likely Blbl (due to the result of another spawn involving the same dad), but mum was supposed to be a yellow Cambodian CT...which, phenotypically (how she looked), she was...but she was obviously a bit of a mixed bag genotypically (genetically speaking).
Taking some of the females into account from this spawn, the yellow must also have been carrying Blbl, but the outer iridescence would not have been visible due to the Cambodian genes removing the black layer...no black layer = no visible blue/green layer.
So, a solitary blue male who should be carrying the nr1 gene and the cc gene, but obviously not a pair of cc genes...or we wouldn't be able to see the blue layer :)
This guy will have his pick of a number of females, but the front runner at this point would be this girl...
I believe this girl is carrying two cc genes and the dots you can see are the iridescent layer. When crossed with the blue boy, I will hopefully see a return of yellow and Cambodian fry.
I have a spawn of Green F2's growing out well - around 15-20 coming along in there...first male and female jarred at 10 weeks (a new record for me so I'm quite chuffed :) )
I have a new spawn of Black Orchid F2's - lots of fry in there...
It's all go...but, onto the new arrivals:
Mustard Gas long fin to start a MG CTPK line
These girls aren't enjoying QT, but they are really a very
nice green and will go into the Green Lines
Sister to the above. These will be a slight step back when introduced
to a CTPK line. They will somewhat counteract the webbing reduction
I'm after, but their colour is worth the regression.
Gold HMPK female
Gold HMPK male
The gold's will be used to breed another generation of gold HMPK's and they will be used to create a gold CTPK line, and will be crossed into my recessive line...busy times ahead for these guys :)
Thank you to Yolandi for helping me get the fish, and for the mg and green girls in particular (from her own spawns no less!).
