My Hobby/Story thread 2

[Pices]

I know! One of the German Blues is really getting big too.

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I took Adam’s advice and added a large sword to the right side of the tank. I think it looks good. Also managed to get everyone in the pic after feeding them some live brine.

[Pices]

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[Adam S]

Breaking in the new furniture already! He(?) needs to dump the new gal(?) though and go back to the other HB. Not a good pairing imo.

[LizStreithorst]

Pat doesn't care. She doesn't want breed. The eggs already look white in the pic but if they are fertile the other fish will eat them if they make it to free swimming.

Personally, it a cross that I would like to work with. I wanted to make blue half black pearlscales. It would have been quite a project and taken a lot of crossing sibling to sibling and keeping my fingers crossed. The German blue blusher that Patty is a pearlscale. It's just hard to see except on it's shiny parts. With enough work, and time, and tank space she could make stripeless blue half black pearlscales. If she got that she would have the world beating a path to her door.

Patty, IME pairs rarely wife swap, especially with a fish of a different strain. I think this is way cool.

[Pices]

Breaking in the new furniture already! He(?) needs to dump the new gal(?) though and go back to the other HB. Not a good pairing imo.

It’s actually the female HB and male GB pearlscale. He is a rookie though and totally missed the eggs. The male HB is sulking in the front corner of the tank.

[Pices]

Pat doesn't care. She doesn't want breed. The eggs already look white in the pic but if they are fertile the other fish will eat them if they make it to free swimming.

Personally, it a cross that I would like to work with. I wanted to make blue half black pearlscales. It would have been quite a project and taken a lot of crossing sibling to sibling and keeping my fingers crossed. The German blue blusher that Patty is a pearlscale. It's just hard to see except on it's shiny parts. With enough work, and time, and tank space she could make stripeless blue half black pearlscales. If she got that she would have the world beating a path to her door.

Patty, IME pairs rarely wife swap, especially with a fish of a different strain. I think this is way cool.

Really? I thought it was weird, but didn’t know it was rare. The stripeless blue half black pearscales would be something. I need to buy a lottery ticket this weekend so I can dream of my own fishroom. The German Blue needs to practice his shot on the next batch of eggs if they stay paired up. He is a good egg protector though. These fish are like discus in that they never get boring! Thanks for your input. You’re going to turn me into a breeder yet. First you gave me the angel bug, then you sent me a slutty half black......ha ha
Patty

[Adam S]

For whatever reason, HB blues don't work out the way they should on paper. Should be a simple F1xF1 and 25% HB blues, but I never got a clean pattern in two generations.

Glad they took a liking to the sword. Always fun watching them interact with the scape.

[LizStreithorst]

No. Half blacks almost never follow the rules. The pair that were the parents had produced 100% HBs in a spawn of around 200. They had just two culls in the entire batch. There's a thread here about them somewhere.

[Pices]

For whatever reason, HB blues don't work out the way they should on paper. Should be a simple F1xF1 and 25% HB blues, but I never got a clean pattern in two generations.

Glad they took a liking to the sword. Always fun watching them interact with the scape.

Thanks for the suggesting a sword Adam. We all like it a lot, lol
Patty

[Pices]

Well the pair are at it again. The eggs look white in the pic but are actually fertilized. My water is hard so I’m not expecting these to hatch. One of my platinum blue pearlscales is trying to claim the rest of the tank as his domain. He’s a bigger terror than my pair. My German Blues and other plat are hiding out till this storm passes. Looks like I only have 3 fish in a 75 gal tank! 4E4ED324-D616-4B76-8091-057A09792029.jpgD0D439B3-64EA-4517-9E90-0A82DE916290.jpg

[Adam S]

My water is hard so I’m not expecting these to hatch.

Don't give up on that idea just yet. I had a miracle pair of het albino blues that consistently had 60-70% hatch rate in 460 TDS tap. Of course that was an exception, but angels are tough from day 0.

[LizStreithorst]

It's good to see that dad has won back his woman from that interloper.

[Second Hand Pat]

Who needs TV with all this drama going on lol. Sounds like you are enjoying your angels Patty
Pat

[Pices]

Don't give up on that idea just yet. I had a miracle pair of het albino blues that consistently had 60-70% hatch rate in 460 TDS tap. Of course that was an exception, but angels are tough from day 0.

I’m not ready for them to breed. I’d need more tanks for that. On the other hand, I am always looking around for new places to put tanks. Ha ha. Shh don’t tell my husband!
Patty