Opinions Needed!

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BethsBettas

Discussion Starter · Apr 14, 2012

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Picked up three HM females today, and I was wondering which has the best body quality for breeding. At the moment they are recovering from being in a sorority, so their colors are still fairly washed out and there's some fin rips, but they'll heal over soon.

What I'm asking, is which female was the most blanced finnage? I'm getting better at seeing that in males, but females are still hard for me to determine. Also, what should I look for in a male to balance her out? Sorry for the bad photos, I had to snap them quick.

Female One.

Female Two.

Female Three.

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BeckyFish97

· #2 · Apr 14, 2012

I think once healed the third female would be very balanced in terms of finnage, I think in a male you would be looking for one with very bright colours (to give brightest colours in fry(if you wanted to breed)), maybe a mustard gas (to go with female number 3), and as balanced finnage as possible. Other than that can I just say OMG THEY GORGEOUS!!!

Myates

· #3 · Apr 14, 2012

The first one has a better HM tail, imo.. the 3rd looks to be a delta? Or a HM without the 180.. how big/old are they?

MrVampire181

· #4 · Apr 15, 2012

The second female has the best body but least desirable fins.

BethsBettas

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 15, 2012

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MrVampire181 said:
The second female has the best body but least desirable fins.

Here are some clear shots of all three. Opinions? Still the first girl?

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MrVampire181

· #6 · Apr 15, 2012

It's up to you really. They're all similar but the blue girl has the nicer fins of them all.

Mo

· #7 · Apr 15, 2012

I think the 3rd female would price best results. Do you know there genes? Any recessive traits in there?

BethsBettas

Discussion Starter · #8 · Apr 15, 2012

MrVampire181 said:
It's up to you really. They're all similar but the blue girl has the nicer fins of them all.

Mo said:
I think the 3rd female would price best results. Do you know there genes? Any recessive traits in there?

Mr.V, I agree. She's the smaller bodytype of the three, but I love her color and the overall form does seem the best.

Mo, I'm afraid I don't know bloodlines on these girls. Guess I'll see what comes out from the pairing.

Thank you!

Mo

· #9 · Apr 15, 2012

Oh okay. Colors will be a mix and you could easily end up with colors hat originally weren't from the mother and father of this spawn. That is the primary reason why when creating a strain can be difficult with pet store bettas. There genes are unknown for the most part

BethsBettas

Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 15, 2012

Mo said:
Oh okay. Colors will be a mix and you could easily end up with colors hat originally weren't from the mother and father of this spawn. That is the primary reason why when creating a strain can be difficult with pet store bettas. There genes are unknown for the most part

Yeah, as much as I would have loved to get a really nice strain from Aquabid, my parents want me to have some spawns under my belt before going into that stuff. However, I'm going to contact the seller of male #1 and see if I can get some background on his bloodline.

Mo

· #11 · Apr 15, 2012

Okay. Male number one would part up nicely with her and he has great finnagge, along with body shape. The only flaw would be his dorsal fin. But that it slight and will easily be diminished with proper breeding

BethsBettas

Discussion Starter · #12 · Apr 15, 2012

Mo said:
Okay. Male number one would part up nicely with her and he has great finnagge, along with body shape. The only flaw would be his dorsal fin. But that it slight and will easily be diminished with proper breeding

Awesome! I think he's a fine lookin' guy.

Thank you for the help. c:

Mo

· #13 · Apr 15, 2012

Your welcome. I am fairly new to breeding bettas myself and I am conditioning my new pair right now, I currently am learning the IBC standards and what a proper VT, DT, DBT, HM, CT, PK, etc. should look like and what bettas should be bred into the line to further improve it

BethsBettas

Discussion Starter · #14 · Apr 15, 2012

Mo said:
Your welcome. I am fairly new to breeding bettas myself and I am conditioning my new pair right now, I currently am learning the IBC standards and what a proper VT, DT, DBT, HM, CT, PK, etc. should look like and what bettas should be bred into the line to further improve it

Sounds interesting. Once I'm solid with spawning and rearing fry, I for sure want to try and produce some IBC show quality fish.

Mo

· #15 · Apr 15, 2012

It is somewhat challenging unless you are very aware of what you are doing and the bloodlines behind the bettas. At the moment I am raising baby brine shrimp to fool proof my method of breeding and rearing fry.

Good luck with breeding your fish!

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