he is beauuuuutiful!!! Absolutely stunning male! I really love how you’re incorporating all your lines to make the most complete HRP. He is very blue, looks like I’ve got some competition
but I think I still may hold the crown for bluest HRP.
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he is beauuuuutiful!!! Absolutely stunning male! I really love how you’re incorporating all your lines to make the most complete HRP. He is very blue, looks like I’ve got some competition but I think I still may hold the crown for bluest HRP.
I've got a lot of calico hrps (3rd 4th generation) amazingly don't have a solid pink fry yet. Two male calico pinks, one bred with unrelated female and the other with 2nd generation female.
The pinks I got from a member here and the original female (Pip) from bioacuatica on EBAY.
The pinks I got from a member here and the original female (Pip) from bioacuatica on EBAY.
This is very interesting. A friend of mine up in New Jersey is breeding his HRP to become the bluest he can produce, which is where I got the line breeding project idea from. When his HRP produce fry, half of them come out blue, and the other half come out grey like the fish in Ken’s picture. My buddy also purchased his from Ken Davis a few years back, So that would explain it. I’m guessing this could be a grey version of HRP? I’ve witnessed it for myself where half of his brood are beautiful bright blue, and the other half look like convicts with red tails, and they have the same parents. Very interesting indeed.
Some pics from today
Did two 80% wcs back to back just for insurance, but a water test prior revealed my nitrates were only about 20. Should be down to around 5 now.
Did two 80% wcs back to back just for insurance, but a water test prior revealed my nitrates were only about 20. Should be down to around 5 now.
I've experienced similar diversity in my hrp batches. The blue gray stripe/tall beefy body is dominant.
1st generation: Pip (silver/blue/striped/belly spangles) + Mango (pink calico). Offspring 80% blue gray striped, 20% silvery bluish gray blanks with faded pink (no stripes). Of the blanks all of them developed faded stripes later. Pip's tall body type is also dominant, with some offspring having elongated shape like Mongo.
2nd generation: Speck (silver stripe/red belly) +Slade (pink calico sibling to Mongo). Speck is a daughter of Pip and Mongo, so 50% pink gene. Her gray is brighter in tone, more silver. Offspring between Speck/Slade 75% pink gene. Striped fry a bright silver with huge red belly blotches. Some pink calico fry have red blotch on belly. Roughly 50/50 pink and striped fry from three groups.
3rd generation: Blackbeard and Dotty, two calico pink offspring out of Slade and Speck, 100% pink fry. Elongated shape starting to dominate. Some fry showing intense blue fins and orange belly blotches.
3rd generation: Flash (Silver striped /red belly) + Sqiuggy (pink calico) about 60/40% pink/striped.
I have one unique calico out of Slade and Speck, Harlequin. This fish is pink with red and black marking with bright blue fins. A real firecracker.
So far no solid pinks yet. I'm curious to see if any of the pink males will grow tall and massive like the original stiped generation. All of them have the long bodies.
Two different body types seem to be connected to color. I posted up awhile ago at the crazy size differential, some massive fry 4 to 5 times the size of others.
1st generation: Pip (silver/blue/striped/belly spangles) + Mango (pink calico). Offspring 80% blue gray striped, 20% silvery bluish gray blanks with faded pink (no stripes). Of the blanks all of them developed faded stripes later. Pip's tall body type is also dominant, with some offspring having elongated shape like Mongo.
2nd generation: Speck (silver stripe/red belly) +Slade (pink calico sibling to Mongo). Speck is a daughter of Pip and Mongo, so 50% pink gene. Her gray is brighter in tone, more silver. Offspring between Speck/Slade 75% pink gene. Striped fry a bright silver with huge red belly blotches. Some pink calico fry have red blotch on belly. Roughly 50/50 pink and striped fry from three groups.
3rd generation: Blackbeard and Dotty, two calico pink offspring out of Slade and Speck, 100% pink fry. Elongated shape starting to dominate. Some fry showing intense blue fins and orange belly blotches.
3rd generation: Flash (Silver striped /red belly) + Sqiuggy (pink calico) about 60/40% pink/striped.
I have one unique calico out of Slade and Speck, Harlequin. This fish is pink with red and black marking with bright blue fins. A real firecracker.
So far no solid pinks yet. I'm curious to see if any of the pink males will grow tall and massive like the original stiped generation. All of them have the long bodies.
Two different body types seem to be connected to color. I posted up awhile ago at the crazy size differential, some massive fry 4 to 5 times the size of others.
I’m really interested to see the one wit the red & black markings with blue fins. Probably super beautiful.
If Harlequin will stop squabbling/fighting I'll try to get a pic.
She’s pretty, nice icy blue. Is her pattern more on the side of the TUIC red points?