Celeste84 Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 i got this boy today, he's the prettiest blue i've ever seen, and a full mask i haven't had a good look at his fins yet, but i think he's a trad PK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Lovely colour.... now is that metallic royal blue... or double metallic royal blue and therefore teal? don't answer that. Or Phil will have more cutting and pasting to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 ROFL! well he was sold to the store as a metallic blue....but i'll be damned if he's got a single metallic gene. but he has the masking gene, which is more important i just like the pretty colour :"> that and he's hyperactive when he notices you LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 i love him, he's awesome!!! i want a full mask too!! he is an awesome colour! well done!! great buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limmo Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Soooo cute... and pretty his colour is just beautiful! I want, I want Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 hehe glad to see he' settling in well He is a cutie (I'm lazy I haven't taken pics of my fishy yet lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 stace, yeah he had no problems settling in, he ate all his food first go! very active too so glad i got him i think i'm gonna breed him to my green girls, or the blue grizzle ned, i know, it's so hard to find a full masked irid these days! i love the traditional irid (black head), but there's no denying the masks are beautiful too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 i think HE may be a SHE i put it into the photo tank to try and get some good pics. totally disinterested in the mirror. so i put one of my males in a jar next to the tank. WELL it immediately barred up and started trying to get into the jar, no flaring, nothing except excitement. and now i look at it, there's a rather obvious white dot between the ventrals, and the body shape is more tear drop shaped from above T_T still not 100% on the gender either way so i'm leaving the pair alone for an hour and gonna go back and see if the blue has started flaring or whatnot. if it is a girl i'm gonna be so dissapointed, and kick myself because i should have CHECKED for the gender at the pet store T_T a while later THIS is what i still have: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Nice colour! I would say deffenetly Male. He dosnt look to happy tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 i hope it's a guy! if it gets eggbound in the barracks i guess i'll know either way *sighs* and yeah, he decided he hated the photo tank and wouldn't flare, just sit there or go up for air. back in the barracks and it's happy as larry. unco-operative fish i might put a small mirror in his barrack and see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 i hope he turns out a male too, although a female like that would be awesome to have either way... i think im going to start looking for a full mask! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 wow that's interesting! hope he turns out as a male although even if female it's damn pretty either way. if it turns out female I'd be telling furrballs about it tho fingers crossed for *boy* tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 your lfs should give you a cash back offer because its a girl lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 naw not their fault if it is a girl (heck i've paid this much for a breeding female before anyways), but they should get onto their supplier if that's the case, since they've been mislead but i'm still not sure about it shows off for the mirror, but doesn't flare, and still no bubble nest >.< ah well, i should give it more time to settle in. still very pretty though, i'm at the point where i want to breed more fish than i have spawning tanks LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 welcome to my world lol... i got the next 409698 spawns planned out already but i cant even get the first one right lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 ROFL! i discovered today that the reason the two spawns in the tanks weren't working was that the yellow girl in one tank and the 1/2g boy in the other tank were making eyes at each other - block the view and i have two nests and interested parties on the go in seperate tanks XD i have way more tanks and heaters and what not, but i can't use them as the house is on the market :-/ otherwise i'd have my dragons, opaques, grizzles, coppers, greens and blues all on the go as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Real pity about that Ned. I really had my heart set on fry from your 178943rd spawn. ROFLMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 lol Celeste I'm kinda hoping your house never gets sold otherwise who would I have to play fishies with? hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 actually we had someone looking at it yesterday ;; but if they buy it won't be till the end or the year, at which point i'd move to tamworth LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 lol yay move to tamworth!!! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 haha i want to move to tamworth too now... then we can all play fishies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 i wish there were more breeders here, then we could borrow swap/breeders and spawns and stuff there was one guy on here a while ago (lives in manilla) called matt, i think - i gave him some half giant females (didn't realise they were 1/2g) and i really wish he'd get back online cause i want to borrow a girl ROFL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 well i think it's truly a she. i noticed the PK flaring at the mirror, so i dumped it in a breeding tank as i gave the male from there some R&R time. i had the female in the tank in a bottle, and as soon as they saw each other they started flaring. i let the girl out after a bit, thinking she'd just head into the dense weeds and hide, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. i was very wrong. they BOTH started flaring and posing and then the one i know is a female attacked the blue! it looked EXACTLY like when my girls in the 3ft tank are establishing rank :-/ i put the female back in the bottle, and they're still aggressive towards each other *sigh* not even a sign of a bubble nest from the blue despite appearing to be happy in the barracks. i guess i should try the blue in a tank with a male and see what happens >.< oh and either way it's a HMPK very beautifully shaped fins too! lovely dorsal i'll try and get some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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