Bettas

I breed and raise betta splendens. Here’s some of them, I don’t have good photos of them all…



FEMALES

Luna (Imported from Thailand)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...esYou/Luna.jpg



Persephone (From a spawn of mine)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ersephone3.jpg



Twilight Rime (Imported from Thailand)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...light_Rime.jpg



Atlanta (Imported from Thailand)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...u/Atalanta.jpg





MALES

Vercingetorix (Imported from Thailand) One of my top three favorite fish.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ingetorix3.jpg



Fabio (I did not name him, do not even look at me)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...sYou/FABIO.jpg



Phrixus – One of my top three favorite fish

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ou/BlackPK.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...u/Phrixus1.jpg



Mars – One of my top three favorite fish, placed in the top three Best of Class in Texas Betta show this year (Traded a piece of art for him with the breeder)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...sYou/Mars1.jpg



Zen

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...u/NewMaleN.jpg

Nice plakads! I really like your cambodian (persephone).

I like her too. ;3 I like the blue dusting. It's less of a wash and more of a dust look, and it's really nice IRL. Too bad she's got dropsy now. *Cries*

PKs and DTs are my fave tail type. ^^

Awesome betas!!

My g/f has been getting conflicting info about her male beta. One source says feed every other day, while the instructions on the food say feed several times daily...just curious how you do your feeding..?

I used to feed them twice a day, but they got fat. So once a day is good. Every other day would be fine too depending on her WC schedule and how big the tank is (which would coincide with how many calories he's burning). Like an active fish in a 10 gallon I’d feed a little more, a less active fish in a 1 gallon bowl, I’d feed less.

Also, my breeders get fed more to prepare them for spawning, young fish get fed more to encourage growth, skinny fish get fed more to put on weight.

Nice bettas. I gave up keeping them years ago, I was having problems with fin rot disease.

Awesome bettas. I'm just getting out of breeding them myself and giving away the last of my orange spawn. I have to admit I liked the plakats a LOT. Had one giant plakat too, gorgeous fish. Yours are superb individuals! Look forward to seeing more of them!
Wolfy

I bred bettas a bit as a hobby years ago. Great fish. Love your photos.

Schlyne, I've honestly considered giving them up too, because they have such short life spans. And they are rather prone to disease actually. But I can't, I love them too much. So I cut back. ;3

wolfy-hound, PKs are my fave, as you can see, that's almost all I own now. I've cut back on my spawns because I had some really bad luck with die off, but I just can't get out of it all together. I don't know how you managed!

Nice bettas

Bettas are cool....with several interesting genetic traits.....A good book on Bettas is

Bettas by Robert J. Goldstein published by Barron's (ISBN 0-7641-1653-3)...has a great section on betta genetics.

I've been thinking about designing an assignment for my students where they must pick a pet or organism with a couple of known simple genetic (Mendelian) traits. They have to do a powerpoint or poster on the inheritance of those traits and present it to the class.

Cornsnake, ball pythons, bettas, cats, dogs, what other critters do people think would be useful or fun to suggest?

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I've been thinking about designing an assignment for my students where they must pick a pet or organism with a couple of known simple genetic (Mendelian) traits. They have to do a powerpoint or poster on the inheritance of those traits and present it to the class.

Cornsnake, ball pythons, bettas, cats, dogs, what other critters do people think would be useful or fun to suggest?

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Okay, 1 that would be a friggin sweet assignment and 2- there's quite a few variations in mouse and rat coloration and hair type- i loved looking at the galleries that gave examples of all the different kinds. Or the different colors in birds such as parakeets and the like. i believe its parakeets that can vary in color, yes? I say just about anything you see at petco would be interesting.

Beautiful!!! I still love the pure yellows,oranges, and whites though........the oranges I could NEVER find, and I just couldn't afford to pay too much to have one shipped.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

I just couldn't afford to pay too much to have one shipped.

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Ohhh, I know what you mean. I too love bettas, however, buying them locally is a bad thing, they are never all that healthy.

Impressive; you've really got a nice collection of creatures :) Those are exceptionally healthy and great specimens compared to the pet-store ones we usually see.
I have one green/red/blue betta male; not sure how/what type he is.

what's the longest youve had one live? I had one for nearly 3 and a half years.

I have 25 plakat juvs from a breeding i did but the female died so im left with the male. There about 4 months old i may place some of them up for sale soon.

Mendel's Balls, hamsters!

4theSNAKElady, oranges are easier to find now. Just saw one for 20 bucks, but he needs to be Imported.

Jeanne, agreed, you have to know where to get them. Shipping isn't so bad anymore though. I usually go with priority which is between 8 and 10 bucks for 7 or so fish because I don't get USPS express in my area anymore. ;_;

Ginevive, well, except Luna looks like crap. But she always has. She just has never adjusted well to the water here. Kind of screwed up her fins and color. Post a photo and I could tell you. ^^

piranhaking, about that actually. The usual for my fish is 2 years, but they're breeders. They never live as long for some reason. ;_; There's been a recent discussion on the betta forum I mod if fiddling with their water too much can shorten their life die to stress.

Tony25, you could try aquabid.com or a lot of forums I know about that would help you sell some of the fry. Depending on their color, I might even want some. ^^