New Arrivals...& New Experiments...and a LONG list of spawns

Two packages today :)

First one contained a starter kit of Daphnia, and a starter kit of Grindal worms. My CTPK F1 spawn should be on Grindals now, but I'll be moving them to chopped frozen blood worms instead - mis-communications, inability to source locally, and a sudden growth spurt all led to me not being ready in time to continue this spawn on live foods as was the original plan.

Not to worry - the new live foods will now hopefully multiply like my Vinegar Eels did once I'd figured them out, and I'll be ready for the next spawn when they require them.

The second package are my latest, and possibly my last, purchased females. A yellow Cambodian and possibly a CTPK would be the only other females I would look at purchasing anytime in the near future. With the addition of these four, I now have 15 girls.

• 4 x turquoise CT's
• 1 x yellow CT
• 1 x turquoise giant HMPK
• 5 x assorted metallic long-finned (deltas, possible super delta/HM's, rose-tail) (some hands free)
• the 4 new marble HMPK girls below

 

Organised a possible out-of-towner for this girl to meet

 

A girl for Louie, my lavender BF HMPK

 

A girl for Jason, my marble HMPK

 

I'm not yet decided on who this lucky lady will be teamed up with

My biggest problem at the moment is the lack of males in the Fishroom. With the passing of Midas, Prime, and now William, I'm down to:

•  Jason (marble dragon turquoise with red wash HMPK and father of my current F1 CTPK spawn)
• Ghost (marble dragon white HMPK - currently in spawn tank with yellow CT)
• Louie (lavender dragon Butterfly HMPK)
• Hulk (Turquoise giant HMPK)
• 2 x surprise metallic males (a turquoise rose-tail and a copper possible HMPK)

I have a copper male and female I'd like to pair up, and the giants need another shot in the spawn tank. Jason and Ghost I want in my CTPK project lines, and I'd like to start HMPK lines with them as well. Louie is also being given a shot at a line of CTPK's but I cant find the right partner for min currently. He will be given a shot with the marble girl above showing a nice variegated fin pattern to hopefully produce more butterfly HMPK offspring.

The new black marble HMPK girl is hopefully being paired up with a friend's long-finned black CT male to produce a line of black marble CTPK's.

So that's one spawn currently almost at week seven...and nine planned spawns, before I look at the F2 CTPK spawn in about four months time!

I think my dance card is full!