First Clutch: Firefly x Pastel

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Originally Posted by Chris Behof

Dam is a B grade above average Pastel.

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Really? Looks like a normal.

If thats a pastel its the worst I've seen.

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Originally Posted by toyota89

If thats a pastel its the worst I've seen.

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He didn't say that normal up there was the mother of the clutch. I took it as just a pic to show off the firefly male.

Oh ok

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Originally Posted by interloc

He didn't say that normal up there was the mother of the clutch. I took it as just a pic to show off the firefly male.

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I understood it the same way.
The OP was just showcasing the sire.
And judging on how he looks, it really emphasizes how the offspring aren't fireflies.

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2 supers, 2 pastels, 1 normal - and for the purpose of learning here is my thought process:

Dad is pretty banded. All of the babies are banded including the normal. Dad is also not very spotty. Super pastels are usually pretty spotty. I think the banding is what is causing people to think the supers are fireflies. In my opinion they are not. That dad's fire gene wouldn't have left those babies so busy and spotty and with such a symmetrical pattern. He's really funky and the babies would have been funkier if they hit on fire.

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Originally Posted by Chris Behof

Ouch, got skunked on this one!

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That pairing could have produced 5 normals for you. 4/5 morphs with 2 double genes sounds good to me. If you wanted fireflies it's a little disappointing but I would not say skunked.

Also, you just got your first clutch! Did you lose any babies? They could have all died in the egg :oops:

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Originally Posted by MrLang

That pairing could have produced 5 normals for you. 4/5 morphs with 2 double genes sounds good to me. If you wanted fireflies it's a little disappointing but I would not say skunked.

Also, you just got your first clutch! Did you lose any babies? They could have all died in the egg :oops:

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Perspective ;)

OP: Congrats on the clutch. I also see 2 super pastels, 2 pastels and a normal.

Those are super pastels, pattern isn't right for a firefly imo.

Not bad odds at all, congrats!