Well that’s good news!
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Aw, Jen. Sorry to hear about the kinked ones. I know that heartbreak too well. The original lavender issues helped drive me out of the hobby. And last season I had an entire terrible clutch. All kinked except one, and I’m still (stupidly?) struggling with him as a non-feeder a year later.
I think you’re on the right track with the outcrossing. The optical dollar signs may be appropriate later! 
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I have posted a few of the outcross males for sale. This is the one female from the outcross so she will be a keeper. They are growing so fast!
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These are the survivors from the repeat pairing with the OG leopard motley pair. There were nine survivors. The little baby I was trying to save was unable to shed and I decided it was best to put him out of suffering. I still need to pop the other babies… The good news is that they are all great eaters and are thriving. Here are the funky motleys from the clutch.
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Love this girl!
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Here’s the 4 striped babies. I am in the weird position of hoping for a male heavy clutch, as I have decided to make males but not females available!
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I am still waiting on two second clutches, one from each female. And really hoping all babies will be OK…
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I think the funky motleys are my favorite!
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That girl is definitely a keeper in my book! Really cool looking!
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Wow! I don’t know if I have ever seen any quite like these guys/gals! Great job ghosthouse!
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Oh wow! The first one is amazing! Love that crazy look.
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They’re all beautiful. Very interesting look.
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Well 12 babies are out from Desdenova’s second clutch. The 4 stripes this time were more vanishing type but even they have weird, if not dappled, markings.
I’s not a huge sample number, but 27 babies in both clutches, out of which there were 9 stripes total.
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Call me Desdenova—the Eternal Light!
Wow, those are beautiful. And the Stripes are definitely irregular!
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Congrats on more healthy babies! They look wonderful, Jen. I love the first VS! The markings are pretty. I’m not seeing anything super unusual on these but they’re quite lovely.
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Yes I feel like the vanishing won over the pattern this time around but I am super happy and ghost will be keeper male or female…
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There’s one last second clutch of these that I didn’t have much hope for because they started having issues about a month in. These are from the original pairing, the other clutch had some kinked babies and I wasn’t exactly holding my breath. I will get a total amount and better pictures but there’s 4 out and looks like there will be at least one more.
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Nice and chunky looking!
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Yea but those rotten eggs are stinky. I hope the rest hurry up n hatch so I can toss the smelly ones lol
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Oh, I know. Even a 100% good clutch starts stinking before the laziest pip comes out.
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