Greetings friends... Been really busy recently, so have not been updating much. Shot a male from my Red HM spawn a month ago, but hadn't had time to share. Finally found a bit of time, so here I am with some of his stills. This is also part of the Red HM spawn log update that I have been meaning to do.
Although not the best quality, this fish is my favourite male from the spawn. One of his ventrals was damaged in the growout, and never recovered properly after jarring. Despite his shortcomings (heavy branching, non-ideal topline with slight spoon-head, black pigmentation, non-full red coverage, iridescent presence etc), he is likely the best male overall in the entire spawn. His deportment and flaring stamina also is not as good as some of his brothers. However, I see in him potential in terms of F&F and colour for me to continue developing my uni-colour Red HM line. I am happy with his overall form (shape, balance, finnage volume, skyhawk dorsal, sharp caudal edges) and the red colour intensity & pigmentation spread (good enough for me at this stage). Of course, the early achievement of good traits are not from my work alone - Kudos to the previous breeder(s) who have done a great job at stabilizing the Halfmoon finnage balance, as I am getting consistent finnage quality throughout the entire spawn even at first generation. From what I have experienced, it is not easy at all to achieve such balance, shape and volume when developing halfmoons (longfin).
I may not have time to update the female results of this spawn. Maybe next time I use fish from this spawn, I will update you all with photos of the selected female (tell me in the comments if you are interested - gives me some motivation too. Haha)
More information about the spawn log:
Parents & early stage: http://bettamas.blogspot.com/2021/10/red-halfmoon-cross-spawn-log.html
October 2021 update: http://bettamas.blogspot.com/2021/10/update-red-halfmoon-spawn-log.html
January 2022 update: http://bettamas.blogspot.com/2022/01/4-january-2022-update-red-hm-spawn-log.html
A brother: http://bettamas.blogspot.com/2022/02/update-red-halfmoon-spawn-log-first.html
