I have to show these new guys and girls off :)

[aemaki09]

Originally Posted by madmonahan

Wow, they are breath taking! ;)

Edit: I'm curious, what kind of tank is the HM in?

I have him in a 2.5 mini bow.
I've got it split with him and the black orchid male till QT is done then they will be moving into a split 10 gallon



Thanks everyone!!! :)

[aemaki09]

Originally Posted by eatmice2010

Your black orchids are amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, I think im going to go and crawl in a hole and die from you, those amazing fish, i need to get a female black orchid, sheeesh what have i done with my life

Thanks :) Too bad its not a showable color, they are my absolute favorite!! Hopefully I'll get different colors along with BO's when I spawn those too. I have another BO male that is absolutely gorgeous and would make a great breeder, but he's full grown and any attempt I've made to spawn him failed some way or another. He's being sent off to a new home monday and I'm using these two instead.

BO females seem to be hard to come by unless you import. The guy I got this female from said that she was 1 of 3 he had and he hadn't gotten an F2 yet for that coloring, so she's got to be the worst quality of them all, but still looks good to me, other than some rays are shorter than others on her anal, but I'm not sure if thats from being in a grow out/sorority, or what.

Anyways, I think I'm going to spawn my MG marble HMPK and blue koi HMPK first, then do BO's second.

[logisticsguy]

Oh those are some nice fish! Did you get them from a local breeder?

[aemaki09]

No they are from CHARD56, he's on AB, and a registered user here too.