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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Possible breeding pair

This is a pair I'm considering purchasing....What do you think of them? Pandora I'd especially like your opinion......

Thank you!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-betta-Beaut...742.m153.l1262

http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-betta-Gorge...742.m153.l1262
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
I think that they are beautiful!

But, you really want to know how they would be as parents, which I have no answer for.
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Oh wow! Even if they wouldn't breed I'd still get them just because they're so gorgeous! Great find!
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
they are pretty, but not my favorite.

i prefer the lighter colors.

i'm assuming you decided not to breed your current stock to not risk losing one of your beloved babies.
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
I don't know about breeding, but those bettas are gorgeous!
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
I know nothing about breeding but they are gorgeous fish!

Kelly
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
They look good to me. But I am in the same boat as you...just learning about what you need for a breeding pair. Are they sibs? They look it.
I love the greenish dragon scaling.
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
I know nothing about breeding...BUT they are Gorgeous
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Addict
 
Sorry, I'm not around much this week... my sister's here visiting!

For breeding, I like the male better than the female. This is all of course assuming you want to breed to the IBC standards. If not, then whatever you think is pretty goes!

The male first... With the rosetail you will have to watch for extreme rosetail popping up in the fry, and you may lose more than you might if breeding just hm's (the extreme rosetails tend to be weak), but he's not showing any of the extreme rosetail traits that I can see from the pics... might be a very slight scale wonkiness where he bends in the picture, but that could just be the bend. I can't see any major faults! The anal fin's a bit long (ideal is a circle shape with the fins even) but it's really common for the anal to be longer.
What I don't like about the female is her dorsal fin, it's really a strange shape with a lot of short rays at the beginning. Also her ventrals are oddly stubby looking to me. Other than that, she doesn't have excessive ray branching which would be good when breeding with a rosetail (reduces the chance you'll get the extreme rosetails), her colour is nice, and as long as the yellow is genetically the same as the male's, should give you nice mg's, with the fry having iridescence ranging from lighter like the male to heavier like her. I dont' know if you'll get any of the dragon scaling in the first generation, since the male doesn't have it as far as I can tell, but no one seems to know (or at least not be sharing if they do!) much about how the dragon trait is inherited.
Do you know if they're a sibling pair? You'll probably have a better chance of getting nice heavily scaled dragons out of them if so (and have a better guarantee of getting the parents' colours in the fry!)
Definitely nothing wrong with either of them that would make them unbreedable! You should get some very pretty babies out of em
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Thank you for your input Jen.....I'm waiting to hear back from the guy regarding the siblings question....This will be the determining factor in my decision to buy the pair...I'm still shopping so if anyone sees anything nice please post them......

Thanks again guys!
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
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Originally Posted by Martinismommy View Post
Thank you for your input Jen.....I'm waiting to hear back from the guy regarding the siblings question....This will be the determining factor in my decision to buy the pair...I'm still shopping so if anyone sees anything nice please post them......

Thanks again guys!
Good luck Karen...Oh I will.

I wonder if this guy has a female?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-betta-Gorge...QQcmdZViewItem

Last edited by Allie; September 16th, 2008 at 12:42 PM.
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
He's beautiful but his tail looks sooooooooooo delicate.....I bet he would take a beating very well.....
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
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He's beautiful but his tail looks sooooooooooo delicate.....I bet he would take a beating very well.....
All the pretty ones would unfortunately.
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
How about this pair?
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwbettashm&1221633435
OR females are available
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...shm&1221708430
OR
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...shm&1222012332

Last edited by Allie; September 16th, 2008 at 02:51 PM.
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Addict
 
Absolutely beautiful!

(Excuse me if I sound stupid... but I thought it was illegal to sell live animals on eBay?)
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Very interesting Allie! The breeder of the pair is 20 minutes from me! I may have to register now and make contact with her......It would be great to have another betta breeder so close......Thank you for finding these for me!

LonelyAngel.....The white pair is stunning....I have plans for Patron and have been looking for the right girly! I don't need a white boy right now..But the girl is gorgeous!
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
This is my new breeding pair. Hopefully they will get together in a months time. It will be their first time.

Click the image to open in full size.
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Anna
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Anna, they are both very pretty......Good luck!
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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy View Post
LonelyAngel.....The white pair is stunning....I have plans for Patron and have been looking for the right girly! I don't need a white boy right now..But the girl is gorgeous!
hmm... white girls...

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...shm&1221843085

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...shm&1221844514
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Old September 17th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy View Post
Very interesting Allie! The breeder of the pair is 20 minutes from me! I may have to register now and make contact with her......It would be great to have another Betta breeder so close......Thank you for finding these for me!
!
No problem.
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Old September 17th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
I want babies from a mustard pair!! Oh wait, you weren't asking what I wanted...

They all look beautiful to me.
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Old September 17th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...shm&1221785302
Imagine this girl with my male dragon...I wonder what coloring they'd have?
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Old September 18th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Holy cow! Take a look at what the 2 breeders I picked out sold for! I guess someone else thought they were as nice as I did lol.....

It's the link at the beginning of this thread..
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Old September 18th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy View Post
Holy cow! Take a look at what the 2 breeders I picked out sold for! I guess someone else thought they were as nice as I did lol.....

It's the link at the beginning of this thread..
Woah...that'll be well over $100 with shipping.
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Old September 18th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Just for reference sake can we keep the betta breeding questions in the subforum on betta breeding? This is just a housekeeping issue.

Thanks,

Rose
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Old September 18th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Rose.....Go ahead and move this thread if it is causing a problem...I didn't mean to mess up the house lol
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