[hrutan]

That is so neat. ^_^

 

[amphirion]

thanks! going to take a few pics of the boys later...
you'd think that HMPK x HMPK would yield HMPK, but surprisingly not the case.

12.5% of the males are long-fined, super deltas
75% are short-finned, 2-rayed plakats (dont think they fit the traditional criteria)
12.5% are short-finned, HMPK

 

[hrutan]

Really. Ha, goes to show that you never really know what they're carrying, unless you bred the pair's parents, grand parents, et all...

 

[Optomist]

My gosh! Splendid!

 

[amphirion]

holy smokes. a few more starting to marble. this one i happened upon during feeding. wicked sick! though he's only a two ray. poop.

definitely the color scheme i was aiming for!

 

[hrutan]

Gorgeous.

 

[BlueInkFish]

she's rapidly changing now. definitely less black.

Wow! She's so beautiful!!

I may need to steal her from you XD!!


Hand her over!!!

 

[amphirion]

Wow! She's so beautiful!!

I may need to steal her from you XD!!


Hand her over!!!

will probably sell her. looks like she's carrying redloss...

 

[BlueInkFish]

Yay!! well, you better tell me once she's on sell. I'll try to snatch before anyone else can! XD !

 

[TerriGtoo]

Beautiful !

 

[TerriGtoo]

Yay!! well, you better tell me once she's on sell. I'll try to snatch before anyone else can! XD !

Bwahaha Blu.......you might have competition. Just kidding, I don't have any more room for the girls!

 

[BlueInkFish]

Bwahaha Blu.......you might have competition. Just kidding, I don't have any more room for the girls!

Pfft you better back off XD I won't go down without a fight !

 

[LittleBettaFish]

The two ray male is stunning. Being a wild enthusiast myself, I actually prefer that more traditional form. I like the colouration in his dorsal and anal fins.

 

[amphirion]

The two ray male is stunning. Being a wild enthusiast myself, I actually prefer that more traditional form. I like the colouration in his dorsal and anal fins.

thanks so much for the encouragement littlebettafish. i wonder how well he would do in show... everything about him is amazing, though he has a gimpy ventral. lets see if that could be fixed.

 

[amphirion]

a few pics of the beta bettas...
harder to get these guys to flare since they're more docile.
white mask

so much lol. i crossed an hmpk with an hmpk... of course i'd expect veiltail...

non-red marbling, will probably cello out...

like these two:

and my favorite out of the entire batch

thought it was really cool how the rays were orange while the red stayed on the fins.

 

[Kithy]

oooo that last one.

Wish I wasn't broke

 

[BlueInkFish]

I like that veiltail boy.., your going to make me bankrupt !!! XD he's just too beautiful!!

 

[trilobite]

They are looking very flash! Interesting you got longfins, guess the female must have been longfin carrying pk.
Orange guy is my fave too, hes stunning! Are you going to continue this line?

Love the vt, never would have seen that coming! You dont see vt in fancy colours very often

 

[amphirion]

thanks very much trilobite! yes, that is the plan (will merge with the armageddon project)--but unfortunately, i dont think i will be using that particular orange male because he's a two-ray plakat. one of his brothers though shows amazing potential, with 4 rays, so he will be better to work with. i just hope that he marbles similarly to the orange one.

females arent really showing as much promise, but i hear crossing a cello sibling with a full colored fish reveals some spectacular results.

 

[amphirion]

a handful more, i promise...
this one is a non-red, but displaying the same color loss pattern as the orange one. hope its a female, might sell the both off as a pair for someone to work with (or should i do it myself...bah)

and of course all my 8-rays turn out to be longfinned....sorry for the potatoes guys, didnt care to take decent shots of them, though i do have a question for the HM breeders, im having weak dorsals, any idea why, and how to prevent them?