RY Trad 080715
Foundation light-bodied, clean, and INTENSE yellow show HMPK male by Pichet (Interfish, Thailand).
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Darkbodied, intense red show HMPK female by Sieg Illig.
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Favorite pineapple male out of the F1 spawn. BOV shortfin traditional PK male at Convention.
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Nice body and fins, and impressive spread for having only a 2 ray split!
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Spawn 080715
Male is a dark red (some iridescence) with a little bit of a mix between show and traditional - only primary branching in the 180 rounded caudal, but the dorsal is a tad too broad and the anal and ventrals are not long enough. However, I hope that crossing him with his pineapple sister, who has very long ventrals for a female, will remedy that.
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The traditional form of my females is really nice and consistent now :) She has no iridescence, very long ventrals for a female, and a 180 tail with only primary branching.
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This will be the F4 of the red/yellow traditional PK line. In the previous spawn, only one male and two females survived. the male could be better - he has a mix between show and traditional traits. The female is great traditional form, including very long ventrals for a female. Both have only primary branching. Hopefully the female balances out the male and I can get the traditional male forms from the previous generations to resurface! I can't believe that I almost lost the reds and yellows!
Grrrr
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Male is a dark red (some iridescence) with a little bit of a mix between show and traditional - only primary branching in the 180 rounded caudal, but the dorsal is a tad too broad and the anal and ventrals are not long enough. However, I hope that crossing him with his pineapple sister, who has very long ventrals for a female, will remedy that. She also has no iridescence and only primary branching. I am very happy that there is only primary now!
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Update 032016
Unfortunately, I again had an extremely skewed spawn - nearly 100% of the offspring are female. I only got two males, one of which has decent traditional form. The females are consistently good looking traditional plakat females with excellent color.
I started my credential program at SFSU to teach high school and am also teaching medical microbiology again at USF. My life has become even more busy while I try to launch my new career as a teacher, which requires lots of networking in addition to the lesson planning and grading that I do every day. With heavy heart I must make decisions about what lines and species I can devote my time to and also do a good job of raising. With the last several spawns yielding somewhat disappointing results, I believe that I will instead focus on the crowntail plakats and give what reds and yellows I have left to another breeder who can continue the line. I am saddened that it seems that traditional plakats are becoming few and far between compared to their show plakat counterparts, but I have to make choices with what I can do as a hobbyist. Perhaps one day it can be resurrected again!
I started my credential program at SFSU to teach high school and am also teaching medical microbiology again at USF. My life has become even more busy while I try to launch my new career as a teacher, which requires lots of networking in addition to the lesson planning and grading that I do every day. With heavy heart I must make decisions about what lines and species I can devote my time to and also do a good job of raising. With the last several spawns yielding somewhat disappointing results, I believe that I will instead focus on the crowntail plakats and give what reds and yellows I have left to another breeder who can continue the line. I am saddened that it seems that traditional plakats are becoming few and far between compared to their show plakat counterparts, but I have to make choices with what I can do as a hobbyist. Perhaps one day it can be resurrected again!