Quote Originally Posted by rufretic View Post
At the very least I would get a visual clown female. I wouldn't mess around with het x het breeding because you'll end up with less visuals if any and no guarantee that the others are even het. Depending on how much you want to spend, any visual clown combo would be a nice pairing. You should base it on what you like and would like to make. I would also get the female asap because she will take much longer to mature to breeding size than your Male unless you don't mind paying a lot more for a female that is already close to breeding size. This is important to decide because not only are visual clown females at breeding size very expensive, they are also much harder to find.
Gotcha! I was planning/hoping to get a visual clown, but figure het clown is better than nothing, particularly since there's a chance I won't be keeping the female permanently. As I mentioned, I am very interested in making pewters/starlings, so I will see about a cinnamon clown. I already knew about the difference between males and females and maturity, I was actually intending to buy a female at the expo I got Piombi at for exactly that reason, but I appreciate the reminder. Thank you so much for your help!