BT081009C  
     
 
 
   
Platinum red BF HM PK

(Betta Territory, NL)
X
Metallic royal blue HM PK
(Betta Territory, NL)
 
R
oyal blue HM PK
(Betta Territory, NL)
X
Steel blue/red HM PK
(Betta Territory, NL)
   
 
 
   
Sire:
Royal blue (blond) HM PK
F1, BT200209A
(Betta Territory, The Netherlands)
X
Dame: Royal blue HM PK
F1, BT200209C
(Betta Territory, The Netherlands)
   
 
 
   

The Sire is a royal blue (blond) HM PK with a nice strong body and amazing broad dorsal. The caudal is nicely D-shaped and the anal finnage pretty parallel to the body. The Dame is a non-metallic royal blue mask HM PK  with some red wash. She also shows a nice broad dorsal. The aim of this cross is to get offpsring with a more symmetrical look. 
T
he offspring (F1) will be HM PK with a good chance of DT PKs popping up. The color of the fry will be turquoise, royal blue and/or steel blue (mask + blond) with a chance of blacks (melano and/or black lace) popping up. Considering the background of both fish, there is a chance some fish will be marbles.

   
 
 
   
   

08/10/09: The pair spawned, looks like a nice amount of eggs.
09/10/09: The fry hatched.
12/10/09:
Fry in the free-swimming stage. The Sire was removed.
01/10/09: The fry is now 4 weeks old and feeding well on BBS and small pieces of tubifex. Several DTs are found in this spawn with quite nicely distributed caudallobes:

   
   

28/11/09: The fry of this spawn are now 7 weeks old. Here some pictures of two DTs. 

   
   
   

05/12/09: Some more pictures of the fry of this spawn now 8,5 week old.

   
   
   

28/12/09: The fry is now 11 weeks old. Unfortunately only 6 fish have made the final selection. 2 males and 4 females. Here some pictures of the 2 males I have jarred of this spawn:

   
   
   

19/02/10: A turquoise HM PK male, now 19 weeks old:

   
       
   

11/09/10: One DTHMPK male of this spawn was send to the Holland Betta Show 2010, the Netherlands. He won the following prize in his showclass:
1st Special class - Form & Variation

   
         
    Sold out!    
         
    Back to spawns 2009    
     

Copyright Betta Territory ©
The Netherlands