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08-05-2008, 02:34 AM
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Dragon
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Development of the Dragon
Hi Folks,
Since there have been so much interest and talk about the Dragon, I thought perhaps I should share my limited knowledge of how the dragon was developed. I happened to have access to some old dragon pics and was also aware of how it first began because that was also the time when I first knew Pichet A picture speaks a thousand words...so I'll just use some old photos to illustrate how it all began....  The is one of the early pic of the first generation of Dragon from an old betta magazine. Notice that the caudal is still traditional spade-tail. But thick irids are visible and although the irids may appear white in color, they are actually more towards silver and gold.    For the Red Dragon version 2, after some further cross-breeding and selective inbreeding, caudal is shifting away from traditional PK and moving gradually towards the HMPK form. Once again, notice the thick shiny gold or silver irids. |
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08-05-2008, 02:44 AM
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Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2005
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 In addition, a small percentage of the Red Dragon V2 already possess the ideal HMPK form. And it is from these selected specimen which further development and perfection of the finnage was made.  Furthermore, in the process of finnage development, the thai breeders also have to ensure that the ideal color of the Dragon is being preserved. In the early stage of development when the Dragon gene was not very pure, it is common to get fish as shown in the above pic where irids are not that thick. But they are still pretty nice fish. 
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08-05-2008, 02:51 AM
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Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2005
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I'll be leaving for BKK tomorrow morning and one of the key objective is to hunt for more show grade Dragon. So stay tuned for further updates.
Cheers!
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08-05-2008, 04:28 AM
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Arofanatic
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very informative thks alot... good luck for your hunt
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08-05-2008, 08:48 AM
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Arofanatic
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08-05-2008, 09:13 AM
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Endangered Dragon
 
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have a nice trip there and do keep us posted when you are back. |
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08-05-2008, 09:17 AM
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As usual so informative. You have a fruitful trip ahead.
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08-05-2008, 10:30 AM
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Account Disabled
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Nice info for newbie like me.
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08-05-2008, 11:01 PM
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Arofanatic
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Thanks for the effort in sharing the development of dragons!!
Fins up for this post!!... thanks for all the effort in attaching all the nice pictures & sharing on the early development and evolution of the dragons...
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08-05-2008, 11:05 PM
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very useful info indeed! gd luck in ur hunt bro...
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