I just don't know what to do now
I have...
1 yellow koi hmpk male
1 red koi hmpk female in treatment for ick (cyst free for 3 days now! yay!)
1 yellow dragon hm female
1 Giant spoony dalmatian pk male
1 red dragon ct female that beats up any male I try her with.
I have no idea what to do. I am asking Difa Betta if there are any females compatible for my Giant dalmatian male but at this point I will probably lose money, most of his fist cost lest than the one I already purchased. I'm hoping he can find a good match that will help me fix the pet-quality topline and tail spread but maintain the stable spots. The fewer irids, the better. Kasey Clark has a giant female listed on facebook that would be perfect, to be honest, but I do not feel like spending $60 - $80 for the convenience of an already-imported fish, especially after my $55 girl just died :-/
I impulsively purchase the red koi girl to breed to the yellow koi, not realizing that a solid would be better to breed to him. I'm nervous that she will worsen his features in the offspring, rather than improve them, though she does have yellow and orange siblings in the same spawn, so I could hope for some interesting results. Possibly one of those crazy random yellow + red koi patterns? Who knows.
My head hurts. I'm going to be on aquabid for a while. But retail therapy demands I go rescue a Betta fish a local store >_> There are multiple needy fish at local placces. A girl with velvet, another clampy pink and gray girl, a wilted DT, etc...
Last rescue didn't go so well. Tiny, tiny little yellow dragon DT girl. She had crazy messed up scale patterns and a tumor. She died a few days ago. I'm very frustrated.
Maybe I should just sit on Aquabid and get something healthy. Hopefully that won't die in the mail.
I do still have the gorgeous Melano male coming in. I think I read somewhere on these forums that breeding to yellow leads to orange dal somehow. If I could breed him to my yellow dragon, it might yield some interesting results.... who knows.