les Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Hey MT if you want greens get into coppers I have been reading it intensifies the green Ill try and remember where I put the artical Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachSlices Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well my goal is to not let any of my Betta Mahachai die. i've only had 1 successful spawn but i'm hoping to get another spawn going soon. i just want to keep the species going. and one day spread the love. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv_my_fish Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I love Mahachai! I support your goal! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Les, I'm sure green and copper comes from 2 different irid colours. Copper comes from steel and green comes from turquoise. If you put green and copper together you'd end up with teals. At least that's what my research came up with :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Bev The asian breeders breed crossed coppers with greens to get an intense matalic green. Then if you use a matalic green base with iridesent copper overlay you get gold and a very nice looking gold at that Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) Doesn't make sense to me, but OK. I would have thought it would be the same as if you put Steel and Turquoise together to get a brighter turquoise. Obviously things aren't as concrete in the world of betta genetics as I assumed. Maybe it has something to do with the metallic gene that means the colours don't change the same way? So combining the two would give you something like this? Edited August 3, 2011 by BettaObsessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) Hi Bev your not rong its not as straight as it seems as ther are about four genes that can give you red but if you put two unrelated red together it dosnt mean that you will get all red as it might be a different red gene in each or it might be the same and blue and green are not controled by pigment but by the thicness of the guanine cristals in the epidermis and how the light is refracted from it I supose thats the exciting thing its a bit different to mendels genetics Cheers Les Edited August 4, 2011 by les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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