RY Trad 112512 Thanksgiving
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I searched and searched for the perfect pair to launch the red and yellow PK line. At the beginning, I did not anticipate that this would turn in a traditional PK line, since both parents were show HMPKs. The plethora of forms and colors in the offspring was a COMPLETE surprise, since Sieg told me that he hasn't had any other color than red for the past 6 generations! His last outcross was a pineapple 6 generations ago! (Incidentally, also from Interfish, Thailand). I was expecting all red offspring in the F1, and would have to recover the yellow in the F2...but instead I got a fairly Mendelian spread of both light and dark bodied reds and yellows! About half the offspring were leaning towards traditional PKs, while the other half were more show HMPK. What a riot of colors and forms to play with!
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Some cute baby pictures...
And the same babies after about 2 months of jarring!
Some other bettas from this spawn...
I loved this spawn! All of them were such good quality with very little disqualifying faults. The light yellows took much longer to mature than their pineapple and red counterparts. I decided to pursue the traditional form in the following spawns, and to work on keeping the intensity of the light-bodied yellows by crossing with pineapples and reds. |
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