Breeding Stock - The Windsor Line

The Windsor Line began due to a death. I needed a breeding line as a starter on my journey towards my goals - as stated here - and just a spawn would teach me lots. We decided on Crown-Tails (CT) already and my better half was keen on naming all the fish, so I decided all the CT's would follow the names for the Kings of England, starting with William I, better known as William the Conqueror.

His wife, was named Matilda, and so, on the arrival of our first purchased breeding pair of turquoise CT's, we named them William and Matilda. Six hours later, unfortunately, she developed a terminal case of Dropsy and died.

I ordered another turquoise female as a replacement, and asked for a male Half-Moon (HM) while I was at it.

I was happy to call the second female Matilda II, but I was over-ruled. So the idea of following the lines of olde England went out the window. The replacement female was a bit bigger than Matilda was, so I was reluctant to pair her up with William. Being in the stock gathering mood, I'd also managed to procure, through the kindness of my third secret weapon, a pair of turquoise CT sisters.

One of these was a better size match, and I thought she had lovely form, so she became Kate, and her sister - obviously - became Pippa.

The larger CT female, and the HM male became the beginning of the Munster line (Herman and Lilly). I'll introduce them next post.

The Windsor Line

William

 

Kate



Pippa