Betta Breeding Documentary

[Tisia]

the "my fish" album was the only link that worked for me :/

[vilmarisv]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!
This project sounds very interesting and can't wait to see the results.
Love coppers but never had luck with them.

[bettalover2033]

Originally Posted by Tisia

the "my fish" album was the only link that worked for me :/

Was that the only page that you could see? Or did you click the "next" button on the "My fish" page?

IF you were able to click the "My fish" page then you aren't missing much. They are just the same pictures for different computers that cannot see the links i posted.

[bettalover2033]

Originally Posted by vilmarisv

BEAUTIFUL!!!!
This project sounds very interesting and can't wait to see the results.
Love coppers but never had luck with them.

Thank you!
They aren't really coppers though. Red/black Dragons. Though I think they are developing their "copper" looking color from the mother she was a black and white marble, while the male was a Red dragon HMPK. Amazing fish he is!

This project will truly be an experience for me!

[bettalover2033]

This is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PICTURE!:



It's my phone back round and going to be my avatar! This picture is just the perfect pose! It will be on the next enter of the contest days!

[Bambi]

beautiful picture,looks almost like a reflection untill you see the different colors xD

Goodluck with everything

[bettalover2033]

I see where you're getting the "reflection" from! It really does. I didn't notice it until you just pointed that out!:)

And thank you.


Update: The fish are doing great! I just have to get a few live plants for the tank. Let's see how this will work! (Not more money left). I am supposed to get about 4-5 koi, and then I can give a few to my great LPS. (They have a really nice pond. It almost looks like a park.) So I could definitely get some store credit and after live plants. Though I won't get any until next year :/ and I refuse to breed without live plants.

The breeding tank is perfect (except for live plants). I have the female It was a bit hard to get 4 tanks for them. I'm going to need dividers to put them in one of my ten gal. tanks. It beats having two 2.5 gallons and two 1.5 gallons.

[tpocicat]

Your fish look really great. Love the "reflection" pic too.

[bettalover2033]

@tpocicat: Thanks.

@everyone: I'll update in tomorrow when I get up.

I have cute pictures of the female for tomorrow! :)

[bettalover2033]

Update:

Last night I couldn't take my eyes off them! They are so fun to watch, talk to (I know what your thinking), take pictures of, ect.

As you all know I plan to breed them. I am conditioning until next week on Thurs; when I was feeding the female, she would gulp the pellet and then spit it out. She would just keep repeating this. It was adorable. (Something common to you, but myself not owning bettas for a good month and a half is pretty torturous and seeing the things that I've seen before, again is just fun).

So I have taken pictures of the female eating and then spitting it back out. I think the pellet was a little hard and is pretty GREEDY. At the end she wouldn't let go and I felt sorry so I just moved the water a bit so she would remember to gulp it again so she could eat.

Red female Dragon:

Grab:


Then Spit:


Then grab again:


And never let go lol:


The males are doing pretty well all of them are flaring like crazy and so fast so I haven't been able to get a good enough picture of them so bare with me.


Lastly, I hate to have unnamed bettas so will be coming up with a few from some Greek gods, Pharaohs, Egyptian, OLD, warrior, ect. names for them. They are my favorite.