Poll: Breeding Pair Lineup

I've started to consider my 2015-2016 breeding season line-up recently. I've got some girls that are finally large enough to breed, so it'll be a bit more exciting than last year. So far I only have one pair I'm sure of- mojave x mystic. I have a normal female who laid last year, and I'm torn between breeding again or giving her the season off. She started eating right after the eggs were removed, so I have no concerns about her weight. In addition, I have a virgin fire girl that is finally up to weight, and I'm torn about which male to pair her to. Will you guys help me decide?

Edit: For mobile users or anyone who can't see the poll, here are the options:

• Black Pastel het. Pied
• Mojave
• Neither - buy a new male! (Make suggestion in reply)

Get a new male for you fire girl. Since she is ready this season put her with the black pastel. and get yourself a fire male to put with her next season and make super fire (bel)

Get a Pastel and make a Firefly.

Get a vanilla and make a cream

Get a Pastel Vanilla and make Vanilla Screams.

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Originally Posted by MidSouthMorphs

Get a Pastel Vanilla and make Vanilla Screams.

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This is a very solid suggestion. Very affordable male, and great combos all around with that pairing!

What other females do you have in your collection? I like the idea of making Vanilla Screams, but if you don't have other females that a new male would go to then I wouldn't get a new male for just this female.

Of the two you have listed, I personally prefer the look of Fire Mojaves over Black Fires. If you don't add a male, that'd be the pairing that I'd do.

Are the three females you mentioned the only breeder sized females you have?

What is your ultimate goal for that project down the line? If you have a goal, that is.

Myself, I'm hoping to get a fire girl up to size this year; as well as pick up another. One I would like to breed to my yellowbelly fire, with the goal of producing a black eye leucistic. Something I've always wanted. The other I would like to breed to my orange dream, because that combo goes together very well. Especially as you start mixing it with more mutations.

Personally I would shoot for an orange dream. They're a great morph to have in your collection.

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Originally Posted by blk02ssmonte

Get a new male for you fire girl. Since she is ready this season put her with the black pastel. and get yourself a fire male to put with her next season and make super fire (bel)

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That's actually why I posted this now - if I get a new male soon he'd be out of quarantine in December. I could use one of the current males to stimulate follicle development in autumn and then swap out around December/January and hope for a double-sired clutch. I'd like to get a multi-gene male, but do eventually want a super fire so it may have fire in it yet!

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Originally Posted by Jayare

Get a Pastel and make a Firefly.

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Actually just sold my super pastel male! Fireflies are nice, but the local market seems saturated with them and there aren't many that really wow me as adults. Though I wouldn't mind having pastel in my collection again, I'll be super picky this time around.

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Originally Posted by MidSouthMorphs

Get a Pastel Vanilla and make Vanilla Screams.

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That's not a bad idea. My only concern is being able to tell the vanillas apart from the fires, but I have this forum to help with that. :)

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

What other females do you have in your collection? I like the idea of making Vanilla Screams, but if you don't have other females that a new male would go to then I wouldn't get a new male for just this female.

Of the two you have listed, I personally prefer the look of Fire Mojaves over Black Fires. If you don't add a male, that'd be the pairing that I'd do.

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I have two females that are still growing - a pied and a leopard enchi lesser. Technically three with a mojave hatchling holdback. I've got a candy male lined up for the pied female (at least first; black pastel het. pied to follow the candy), but no one for the LEL yet. Still have time though, she's a whopping 450g. One of my eventual goals is to buy or produce a hypo pastel enchi, and a longer term goal is to get into desert ghost, so I could definitely make the excuse that a pastel vanilla male/eventual vanilla scream would be good for those projects. Hypo enchi fireflies? Desert ghost screams? Where do I sign up!?

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Originally Posted by AjBalls

Are the three females you mentioned the only breeder sized females you have?

What is your ultimate goal for that project down the line? If you have a goal, that is.

Myself, I'm hoping to get a fire girl up to size this year; as well as pick up another. One I would like to breed to my yellowbelly fire, with the goal of producing a black eye leucistic. Something I've always wanted. The other I would like to breed to my orange dream, because that combo goes together very well. Especially as you start mixing it with more mutations.

Personally I would shoot for an orange dream. They're a great morph to have in your collection.

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Yes, those are the only breeders I have for the time being, with a few females still growing. I may pick up another or replace the normal female with a single/double gene, but that'd be tougher to line up for this season than a new breeding male. Too many variables as far as quarantine and follicular growth.

I don't have one cohesive ultimate goal, but a few different projects in mind. As I mentioned just above, I'd like to get a hypo pastel enchi anyway, and eventually bring in desert ghosts as another recessive project, so fire would definitely add well to either of those (especially if I combine the two!) I do want a super fire, but I like a lot of variation, so I'd rather land a BlkEL as a byproduct of other great combos than just try fire x fire. Orange dream would be another great addition to those projects. I like your idea of fire YB x fire - a YB BlkEL would be a clean-up powerhouse to have on hand!