Albino Blue Series Version.1- Fated!

The above are the latest pictures(03/06/09) of the F1's I kept. They are a year old and hope to breed them in the near future.

An off spring AB Ver.1

Do you believe in fate? I do. At the end of 2006, Kelvin of Rainbow Discus, was selling a batch of Albino Blue Diamonds(ABD). Being a close friend, he offered me a good bargain. The first piece that caught my eye was a unique albino blue snake(ABS) as it was the only piece to be out of the 30 over pcs of ABD. However, I did not choose that pcs as the rest were far superior in shape and form. Not sure how that ABS came to be in a batch of ABD!

Albino Blue snake Female

I bought a pair home to extend my breeding of albino discus. 3 months passed but no results from the pair. Sold it away and went back to Kelvin again to try my luck a second time. The albino blue snake was still there and Kelvin had already sold most of the ABD. Bought another pair from the remaining 10 pcs.

Same story after another 3 months, the pair was not willing to breed. A decent offer came and I sold them off. At about this time I managed to get hold of a male Albino Cobalt. My good friend, Mr Lim of Pasir Ris, reluctantly sold the male to me. I was back at Kelvin's farm and surprisingly he still had 3 ABD left of which was the ABS female. Finally, I took her home.
The loving pair

Got her to pair off with the Albino Cobalt and 2 weeks later, the 1st batch arrived. I felt elated. As usual with most albino breeding, the batch did not make it. However, I had gotten my hands on a ABS female that was willing to breed every week! 2nd batch was successful and I did not even need foster parents. This pair has not stopped breeding since. They know how to space themselves and will carry a successful batch after at least 2 unsuccessful batch.

The broods are not big but the range of off springs in the batch is quite interesting. They range from ABD, Albino cobalts. ABS, Golden Albinos, Albino Snakes, Albino turquoise and some I have no descriptions . I kept the more solid color off springs which turned out to be good prospects.

The first batch has already reached adult size and show exceptional body shape. Work is still under way for my "Albino Blue series Ver.1"

Blue Paradise and accidental crossing

Latest photographs(03/06/09) of the blue paradise F1's which are an year old now. They have exceptional red eye rings which is not so consistent in Blue diamond strains.

The accidental Pair.

Here we go again, another fancy full name. Not that I pro fancy names but sometimes it helps to differentiate strains with some noticeable difference and makes your breeding projects a little more interesting.

It has been almost 20 years since I was seriously into Blue Diamonds, that was in fact at the beginning stages of the strain. The Blue Diamond strain has come along way and has reached perfection.

End of last year, I purchased a golden male from Ricky in JB, that had a lot of white on its body and outstanding red iris. I felt it would be a great piece to cross with my white scorpion. To test the capacity of the golden male, notoriously known for being poor breeders, I threw in a female ocean green that I purchased from Brandon which was also purchased to cross my white scorpions. Amazingly the pair immediately clicked and 2 weeks later raised a batch of 100 odd fries.

The batch threw 60% blue diamonds and 40% goldens. It surprised me as I thought that all the offspring would be 12 bar turquoise or patterned discus. I opted to raise the blue diamond fries which unlike normal blue diamonds, showed alot of golden sheen as they grow to 2 inch size. Another noticeable characteristic was the red iris which did not fade unlike normal blue diamonds. The 1st batch has already reached 4 inches and slowly they exhibit more blue than gold sheen. The blue coloration is not dark, a soothing ocean blue/green. Work is under progress and I feel more is expected in the F2's. Maybe a true Blue Paradise in the making exhibiting more than just blue coloration.

Blue paradise at the juvenile stages.

Blue paradise! Not Yet.