Large nest P14

[Lode]

Last night nine P14 pups were born, largest nest so far. Great sight to find such a large amount in the tank in the morning

The father is one of the bigspot F1 males and the pups seem to have even bigger spots. Hard to say when they have just been born. I've made pictures and will post them later this day

[FABIEN]

WOW, lots of pups in one time! How big and how old is the female? Have you got pictures of the parents?

[Renzenator]

verry nice rays lode! congratulations

[Andersp90]

Any pics of mom and dad?

[Lode]

Thanx guys. I'll try and make some pictures of the parents soon

The mother is 55+ cm, no idea how old.

[Lode]

3 pups again this morning. The first time for this female. Huge pups for P14


Development:
P14 patterns can differ a lot also, personally I love a good quality big spot variant. By selecting the right parents it is possible to influence this pattern to a certain degree.

It's hard to predict the quality of P14's in the first months of their lives. As an example, you can see the pattern of a just born pup in the breeding facility below. The left photo shows the pup in his youth pattern, with only the edge spotting giving an indication of its potential. The next two pictures show the pup approximately 6 months later and swimming happily in the tank of a customer. The pup is slowly turning black and the dots are getting huge (seem to keep growing every day).


Photo's by Sjoerd van der Beek

Selecting good parents is crucial, especially the breeding male must be fantastic in my opinion. Here is a picture of one of the big spot breeding males (pure F2) in the breeding facility.


Photo by Erik Teeler

[Renzenator]

nice dude! pictures?

[FABIEN]

Agree, we need pictures Lode!!!

[yodaLbC]

sweet pups!!!!