Sarah Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 :drool: Migaloo. Heckle. "Blue Marble" Girl. Jeckle. Lavender Boy. All of Shadoh's Bettas!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 *lol* Thanks guys! I'm really loving Heckle's spots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 He is the dalmatian of the littler. I like Jeckle's colouring, and all of them.. *Gee, I might make the computer all wet.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Hope you don't short that computer out with all that drool Sarah! There are a couple coloured like Jeckle, but Heckle is a one of a kind in this lot! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Can't... type.. breaking.. up.. too.. wet... Nah, just lean back! Heckle & Jeckle have always been my favourites, I knew they were special. But yes, Heckle does look like one of a kind. He has a name, so he should be safe.. for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thought I'd post this one of Migaloo posing for the camera. With the flash on you can see the amount of blue iridescent that covers his pink scales. I love his nice thick ventrals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 He is absolutely lovely! I love the colours, and yes, the thick ventrals are lovely. :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 That is so stunning Shadoh! It should be made into a Christmas Card. Is Snowman trying to hug Migaloo there? Oh too sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 It looks like the snowman has spotted him and wants a hug I took close to 25 of these Christmas shots on Friday night I was also thinking of turning this one into a card! Great minds think alike!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I was also thinking of turning this one into a card! Great minds think alike!!! Exactly. For my Christmas photo, I took close to 50 of them. New camera you know.. need to work settings..different light.. should I have flash, no flash..Strawberry & Cream then turns away.. etc. Yeah, you know, it can be pretty frustrating! I got a really good one, but cut out the little stocking.. had to figure out what light I used! Meaning - start all over. I hope you had better luck then I did. I think you should make them into cards. Then sell them. I would buy one.. then I would frame it. Hey, wouldn't it be cool if AusAqua had their own Christmas Card Company? Just a little annual thing.. then the calendar too! Pauls close up Bettas could be in that. *Plans for something very unlikely* :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Why unlikely? Rather than sell card and calendars and argue about where the proceeds should go, perhaps we should just donate some pictures each that users can print out themselves as cards and calenders or even use as desktop wallpaper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I never thought of that. Why didn't I think of that? I was thinking like a production type building that makes only fish cards. Now THAT is unlikely. I think we have a calender creator program for the computer, and also Create-a-card. They are CD-ROMS. I must look at them.. brush all that dust off. :giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Shadoh, Pam is a dragon - did you end up getting any dragon fry, or do you have to wait until F1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 You wouldn't know to look at her now. She looks like a regular royal blue. I am sure the gene is lurking in there somewhere. Probably why there is a high level of iridescence on the darker fry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Hmmm. These Jewel Box Fry sure carry some amazing genes. Can't wait to see how they turn out - and of coarse the next few generations. :betta: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Jarred up a few more today. A few in the main tank have had a growth spurt. First up, meet Angry Angus. He is angry with the world about being put in a jar and wants everyone to know it. Thankfully he doesn't have access to a phone or he'd dob me in to SFCA! This is Frosty. A beautiful white butterfly. He used to have blue and red in his fins when I thought he was a girl and called him Mirrhi! This is Levi. Named because he has that same washed out denim look to his fins just like his big brother Jeckle! And finally, Jewel. A gorgeous girl that I kept catching trying to jump into the big boys jars. Now she has one of her own and has settled down a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I do like the colours on Angry Angus. Looks like he is pouting a bit in the picture. Frosty is gorgeous! I love how the BF pattern goes out into the outer rays. I would've never picked him as Mirrhi! The joys of marbles. Levi looks a bit purplish.. very nice. Jewel from the Jewel Box. Hehe.. silly girl. Nice colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Frosty was the one that you thought was a crowntail in the video. In some angles you can't see the transparent part of the fins :-) Levi looks very similar to the way Jeckle looked when he started to colour up, so I can tell what they will look like as he grows. There are a few that look like that, which is lucky, as they are the ones all my friends and family are asking me to save for them. Oh well - first come first served *lol* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Yes, looking back at the photo, I think I can see why I thought Frosty was a CT. Hope your friends & family don't get disappointed when the marble really kicks in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 They're looking amazing. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I really should stop looking at this thread! Every time I look I get all depressed that your fry are so beautiful, and mine, just half a week younger, are not even showing a hint of colour or fin growth. I have to congratulate you, Jarrod, on the fantastic work. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thanks Paul. I guess we all want what we haven't got. I am actually envious of some of your orange fry! I have to admit that this spawn have exceeded my expectations. I really wasn't expecting the huge variation in colour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted December 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Some more taken after tonights waterchange. I noticed that Heckle, Jeckle and the yet un-named lavender boy have started to develop a 4 ray split in their tails compared to Migaloo's 2 ray split. Can't wait to see how they develop further. I have noticed that a few of the fry have deformed/broken rays in their anal fins. Not sure what caused that or even if it is genetic and would be passed on... Here is Heckle. The blue spots are getting brighter now! Jeckle (Note the "wonky" rays in his anal) It is a real shame Dorsal won't grow his full dorsal fin back. He is a handsome fish with a beautiful tail... Migaloo wondering why he has to pose for yet another photo shoot? Striking a pose... Does anyone know what the bulge on his abdomen is? He has had it from the time he was a tiny fry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 That bulge is in about the spot where his swim bladder should be. Is he ok with his buoyancy? I had a pk male that had multiple medical problems and eventually developed really bad swim bladder disorder with a swollen swim bladder in this same area. I'm really impressed at how fanned out these caudal fins have turned out! I would have expected much narrower veiltail types (more like their father's) rather than the big delta/super deltas that you have. I guess, as they say, selecting the female for good form really is more important for getting better fin form in the fry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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