I've been reading around and deciding on whether I should get a female 07 or 06.

Currently I have a male 07 pastel. I am new to the market, and I am already addicted and am looking to get into preparations for breeding. I have always been into working from the bottom up, and this time I want to raise my own babies before they breed.

I know that males can reach sexual maturity at ~18 months, and that females take longer. My question is if I have two 07 babies, male and female, and they BOTH wait the 36 months, can the male still breed as a healthy BP as if he were at ~18 months?