He surprised me with the size of his fins. Wow. Thinking he was a female as a fry, he turned out to be a male and a decent looking one, too.
Hmm...11 weeks old in this picture... I think.
Today he is 26 weeks or 6 months old now.
With flash.
Without flash.
Natural light.
One question. Does he look better with flash, without flash, or with natural light? I kind of like them all, but I don't think flash really show his true colors.
Edit: He lives in a divided 40 gallon in case you're wondering.
1 for without flash.
Thanks for the input Chocolate.
Yes, he is a keeper and that is his permanent home. His tank even has plants and lots of them. He's a spoiled little fella. Hehe.
These bettas are from the second batch and are only one month younger. Give them another month and they'll blossom just like the male from the first batch/in the first post. I had about thirty but I gave them all away except for these four.
Should've jar them sooner.
These two are males for sure and this one's my favorite.
Believe it or not, he have a tail spread of 180 degrees when flaring.
Hehe. I did not use 5 star show bettas but he really do look like a winner doesn't he. Parents were just pet store bettas. But the guy who owns the store and sells the bettas orders them from Thailand. He is the only person I buy bettas from. Also I'm picky when it comes to choosing my breeding pair.
This is the dad
and the mom
Notice that all their fry have tiny little ventrals like their father and none have extremely long ventrals like their mother. They would look really nice with their mother's ventrals. Maybe breeding siblings will give me some fry with long ventrals.
Well they were from Thailand AND I took my time choosing my pair. It doesn't show in the pictures but the parents also have a tail spread of 180 degrees when flaring.
Thialand supplis most Bettas. Carter is from Thialand. Thialand Breeders do some of the worst practices. They raise them for a little while breed them during that time and sell them too old to breed. Sad part in Thialand there nobody no one notices and prefers the good one.
Oh Wow!! Thanks for informing me. Hopefully that's not what happened to my pair.
I've always heard good things about Thailand bettas like "They have the best quality bettas and they sell them at such a young age which is good if you want to breed." I guess this isn't always true.
The guy I buy bettas from isn't from Petco or anything like that. He owns this little store and I swear, he has widest variety of bettas, almost every tailtype, and most are capable of placing first in contests.
Where are you located?
If you're interested I can tell you where and give you the address and number from where I buy mine. He also take orders and does shipping if you don't live too far away. It's only if you're interested because I don't want to tell people where they should and shouldn't buy their betta.
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