Please critique this betta

[Hadoken Kitty]

Yep! I see a lot of red and blacks on aquabid. Almost all the time, actually. I don't see a lot of red and whites, though. So this is a nice change!! It'd be really cool to see him with another butterfly female. If you can find another red and white butterfly. xD

[BeautifulBetta123]

Yes I am keeping my eyes open for one :)

[Setsuna]

Yea, when you breed some frys will look better then the father some will look worst

[Myates]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBetta123

Myates will you tell me what you think of the female we pick out as I am working with another breeder to find the perfect female :)

Of course :) I'm no expert, but I'm working towards show quality stock myself so I try to keep up with the standards the judges are looking for.

[BeautifulBetta123]

Thanks :)

[Basement Bettas]

Ok... Like the length and thickness of the body. Nice top line. Dorsal is tall and has good volume.. but the first rays are stubby. Many bettas have the same fault.. as a breeder you work to making that longer.

Tail is short. Look at the length of a dorsal or even an anal ray and you can see the tail rays are shorter. You get that when you breed for branching sometimes. As a breeder you must watch both.. length and branching. So if you breed this male look for nice branching on the girl but also length. And watch future generations. He is not quite 180 here though he is close and may get there fully flared.

Anal is a tad long. It is longer than the dorsal and next to the shorter tail it does affect the balance of the fish. but it is level.. so workable.

Color.. he has a BF pattern but it is not clean. Good contrast between colors but the red bleeds down into the white. You may get some marbles, solids as well as the BF pattern in offspring.. and if you get BF's, the ones with a nice dividing line will be the better ones to show and breed.

[BeautifulBetta123]

Thanks BB, I was hoping you would post :)
I would appreciate it if you gave your thoughts on the chosen female too :)
Your reply was very helpful!

[Basement Bettas]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBetta123

Thanks BB, I was hoping you would post :)
I would appreciate it if you gave your thoughts on the chosen female too :)
Your reply was very helpful!

Must have missed the girl.. am in bed on the tablet so will check her out on the computer this weekend and review her too..

[logisticsguy]

Originally Posted by Basement Bettas

Must have missed the girl.. am in bed on the tablet so will check her out on the computer this weekend and review her too..

Hi BB. Good to see you. bb123 is picking some girls from a spawn of mine thats 10 weeks old today. I will be posting some pics for her this weekend I hope, so busy right now its ugly! I have a spawn log with some pics of this spawn your opinions good bad or ugly are appreciated by me and bb123 Im sure.

The thread is here. Thanks.

http://www.bettafish.com/showthread.php?t=121219

[BeautifulBetta123]

Thanks Logistics :)
Yes if you BB could let us know what you think that would be much appreciated!
Here is yet another pic of Jake :p