Hi all. Would like to update the spawn!
On 5th December 2021, I started jarring some males. I have not "carded" them to date, so they are not "flaring-on-demand" at the moment. Will be carding a few pretty soon.
On 4th January 2021, I started jarring some females.
Overall, the colours are pretty much what I expect, even though they will probably take another month or two to reach their full potential. The red is there, and pigmentation coverage is decent on the males. The red pigmentation on the body of the females is less pronounced (as expected for this type). Also as expected, they are not the super intense red of the established Super Red plakat lines of today (with extremely reduced irid & minimal black pigmentation), but it is good enough to work with and improve further colour wise. Looking at their finnage, I am quite happy with what I see so far - good branching, balanced finnage, nice fin volume. This is an indication that the parents came from very stable /established halfmoon lines. Body-wise, there will need more work further to improve on the topline curve & top-bottom symmetry (in coming generations). Will be interesting to see how they all look at full potential (I estimate maybe another 2 months plus minus from now).
