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took my little brother to the lfs

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#1 ·
here is what he pick out for his breeding

male




his female



yes im going to help him
he got himself a nice looking pair.
big ear male hmpk
nice looking hm female
 
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#3 ·
yeah i have them at my lfs.
if he spend a little more time looking.
he might find a better looking fish.
at first glance he already pick his male out of 200+.
then the female.
he only look at 2 of them out of the 12
age of the fish are unknow.
but from my guess is the male is around 4.5-7 month old
female is 3-5 month old
but the amount of money he spent on those two.
he got a pretty good deal.
even if he don't know the background of the fish.
 
#5 ·
They do look great.
Never expect him picking fish like that on his first attempt.
Will seem like my teaching went somewhere with him.
Hoping for a good fry turnout rate on this spawn.
The true test of his skill.
Is what he going to pick out from this pair for future breeding.
 
#18 ·
I agree. They do have much more energy and that is in fact from their fins, thus making them look more aggressive than other long finned bettas. Long finned bettas would get tired after chasing a female/male and stop to rest from their long fins that pull them back.

It's like a swimmer not wearing their head cap when swimming. It will slow them down.

I am a bit confused with this though because it is just one of those things that puzzle my mind. Females have short fins (most of the time) and they are still the ones to be beaten up and with the most tattered fins. It's quite interesting though.
 
#19 ·
You'd be surprised how often it's the females that kick the male's butts! I think from what I've seen is a lot of it has to do with who's in 'the mood'

Seems like the girls get beat up when they don't respond to the male's advances--or worse, if they ARE receptive and ready to breed, and the male just wants to fight! But if the girl decides she wants to kick some butt, that male will get some serious injuries, even from a little lady!
 
#21 ·
I know what you mean. Almost every time I breed, I find that the female is not the one to take all the beating without leaving the male with some fins off. Especially this one girl that I had. She was a red VT and she was SO stubborn.

It gets a bit frustrating, but the results are worth it!
 
#20 ·
Fin play a big part.
Speed and size.
Short fin has the speed.
Long fin make them look bigger.
Why most of the time the female look more beat up.
From what I see is that the female have a less aggressive behavior.
Most of them rather run then fight.
So what u do when there not enough place to run.
You hide and hope that no one see you.
But in a trap tank there no place to hide
Your just trap and waiting to get hit
That were most injuries come from.
 
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