An orphan raised with...

[Mugwump]

......a 50 gal with some PB fry...... ..growing nicely too..

[LizStreithorst]

Nice fish, Mug.

[Mugwump]

Nice fish, Mug.

Thanks Liz....she was really tiny, and the only one in the bag ...Frank walks up to our table and says, 'you want him'...me..'you betcha!!'....LOL  After he settled in a bit, I moved him in with 'blue crew'
A poor little Albino HB, in another bag, wasn't so fortunate....he got a bad chill from Frank's basement floor....he tried to....but, alas, then stopped eating

[LizStreithorst]

I've seen Franks Avatar on TAF.  He has beautiful HBs.  He has advised me with mine, too.  Nice man.

[ilroost]

Nice!! Love the color

[Mugwump]

I've seen Franks Avatar on TAF.  He has beautiful HBs.  He has advised me with mine, too.  Nice man.

The HE breeders, that I grew out from nickels, carry a HB and a PB, amongst other genes...I'm pairing up a couple now..perhaps one of their HB fry will be this little gal's mate???

[LizStreithorst]

I know I'm thick.  You've told me this before and I've forgotten.  What does PB stand for in Angels?  It stands for Pigeon Blood in Discus.

In first the cross I made between a Zebra mutt and a pure bred HB, out of easily 500 fry I got 1 that was about 1/3 black and 1 that had just a black tail.  They were male and female, I bred them together and after a lot of crossing sib to sib I was getting over 1/3 HBs.  Then I bred to a male from the same line that did not express as HB but was a pearl scale.  The result of that cross  was a small spawn that produced the fish I'm working with now.

I just kind of stumbled along selecting what rang my bell.  At that time I was so into Discus that I didn't fret over what I got from the Angels.  I was just passing time and filling empty tanks with them until the Discus got going.  I never would have done it if the  Discus had got to doing right.  Funny how things work out.

[Mugwump]

PB....Philippine Blue.....

[LizStreithorst]

Oh, yeah!  David talked about crossing his PBs with his HB but he was about to call it quits because so few expressed.  Keep me up to date on the project, Mug.  I'm really interested.

[Mugwump]

Oh, yeah!  David talked about crossing his PBs with his HB but he was about to call it quits because so few expressed.  Keep me up to date on the project, Mug.  I'm really interested.

Sure will....Frank has the PB/HB about down, now...he's getting some wonderful results.
I remember David getting discouraged...lots of folks have. Frank took a little different approach, and boomba

[LizStreithorst]

I'm so happy for him.  He's smart and giving.  That makes for a pretty good human being, IMO. 

[b125killer]

I have seen some of Franks PB/HB as small dime size and already expressing. they are really nice. By the way where has Frank been hiding? I'm sorry that you lost the albino HB Jon. it was a pretty little thing.