God, I'd have to count....somewhere between 15-20, most likely. I had a problem this year rotating my male too quickly, and he didn't seem to deposit enough sperm from just one mating to make fertile eggs all season. Of course that may be part of the learning curve for me, learning to let him mate with each female more than once.



Vivid is getting more hypo by the day, the orange keeps taking over the pink.



My breeding program is very focused- tangerine and hypotangerine albinos. I am also working on bringing more carrottail into my line, and I have patternless genes in my line as well (foundation male is het patternless), so I keep hoping for a tangerine albino patternless.



I'll use Vivid for all if I can, I'm just wondering if it might not be wise to keep another top male as an "insurance policy". Vivid's brother looks like he will go hypo as well, he certainly should with his genetics. He is also getting more intensly orange as he matures. I think I may hold him back, a least for awhile. I mean if breeding season comes along and I don't need the other one, I can always sell him then...probably be worth a lot more then as will be clear how hypo is.

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