mandz Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hey all, I am Amanda from Bendigo, Vic. New to Bettas, but have always admired them. I already have an addiction with 15 Bettas in the last month... As I am new to all of this, just wondering if someone could help me out with exactly what fish I have? My link My link My link My link My link My link My link My link I also have 6 beautiful bettas thanks to Brisbane Bettas And picked up a halfmoon male last weekend from Melbourne, but can't get a good photo of him. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to learning all I can about these beautiful fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hey Amanda, welcome to the forum! Hope you find it as friendly and informative as I do It's hard to tell the type of betta from your photos without seeing them flaring, but I'll give it a go... The first one looks like a metallic royal blue (hard to tell with flash) veiltail girl that is ready to breed (vertical stripes) Second one is a cambodian butterfly crowntail boy Third one looks like it could be an extended red cambodian crowntail boy Hard to tell the fourth one from that angle, but possibly a marble veiltail boy The fifth one is a nice multicolour veiltail boy The sixth one looks to be a multicolour veiltail female The seventh is a multicolour cambodian female - can't tell if she has ray extensions in her fins or not from the photo, I'm guessing veiltail The last one is a stressed out (horizontal stripes) red veiltail girl... PS - the copper pair weren't bred by us, but another forum member on here (Kermadum) - check out his fish, they are amazing :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertaz Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Welcome to the forum! Hope you enjoy your time here. As for the fish that you have.. Pretty sure all of them are Betta splendens Was typing the response for colouration, but got distracted and when returned shadoh already posted them for you. Then again, I was only right for half of them; the other 4, I didn't have a clue. Lucky shadoh saved the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Thanks Jarrod Im sure as time passes I will know what each of my fishies are, well I hope so anyway. The red female has her stripes and is full of eggs, in the breeding tank with multicolour veiltail male... there seems to be more activity since the IAL sank to the bottom overnight, thanks for those Thanks kermadum for my gorgeous copper pair, I love them And kertaz, thanks for the welcome, I hope to get some very valuable information from all you 'experts' LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Ok, so I have 2 breeding tanks set up (the other is 2 crowns), and am just organising a 3rd tank and my red crown has been blowing nests for the past week and a half. What would happen if you bred a male crowntail with: - veil tail? - superdelta? - dragon HMPK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hey Mandz, Firstly, welcome to the forum - you have quite the stable there! #3 looks like a rosetail Veiltail marble with dragon scaling (lulu) #5 is lovely (as Jarrod said VT male) Can't wait to see what you got from the Brissy boys - along with what you collected in Melb recently - was it at the fish fair? Razzi had some stunners up for grabs. Oh & I think Rhys is from Bendigo.... or near by, maybe? (: -Ness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hi Ness, thanks for the welcome. No, I havent been to a fish fair... yet I get most of my fish from Coburg Aquarium, as I have to go to the airport all the time anyway LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffy Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Ok, so I have 2 breeding tanks set up (the other is 2 crowns), and am just organising a 3rd tank and my red crown has been blowing nests for the past week and a half. What would happen if you bred a male crowntail with: - veil tail? - superdelta? - dragon HMPK? Hi Welcome! You would get all the tailtypes except PK as longfin is dominate over shortfin but instead of crowntail you will get a combtail effect which is a small ammout of gap at the end of the tail. I would pick the dragon female HMPK as she has the best finnage tho depending on the males you will get Delta, superdelta, and maybe HM. She wont produce any dragon offspring only metalics with wash depending on the colour of your crowntail male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 And if your free NEXT friday you could come to this: http://ausaqua.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12155&pid=133909&st=0&#entry133909 It's a bit of a trek trom bendigo, but well worth it - some lurvly HM's for sale me be thinkin' -Ness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I've decided to try with the dragon, will see what happens. Next Friday is no good as it is my little guys bday, but will try and get to one oneday. Ness, I may have emailed you last night about fish on gumtree LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Well, my lovely bf came home from work today with a new fishie for me He doesn't have a name yet, I am getting slack! New CT male And here is my halfmoon male I picked up at Coburg last weekend Pom Pom's Tail colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 YAY my VTs are spawning before my eyes, im so excited :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhysmachine101 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 (edited) Congrats on the spawn and welcome to the forum! Love your little guy, Pom! I have a friend working for Thales up in Bendigo- he seems to like it. (Ballarat, Ness, Ballarat. ) Edited August 6, 2011 by Rhys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Thanks Rhys, looking forward to becoming a familiar face around here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 They are all done, 2hr 40min later When do you start feeding the fry? When they are swimming horizontally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertaz Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Yes. When they are swimming horizontally. Usually around 2 days after hatch, some may be faster or slower. Feed them microworms or vinegar eel. Baby brine shrimp -may- be too big for some fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhysmachine101 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Growing Fry Have a look at this thread; Bettarazi's post, think its the 6th one down, is really helpful and straightforward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Hi Amanda, I'm the one who referred you here, Krystal. Glad to see you joined! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Thanks guys, and thanks Krystal, I didn't even know this place existed before you mentioned it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 I have fry Just saw them dropping out of the nest... now I knew they would be small but OMG they are teensy tiny!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Aren't they cute? Now begins the HURRY UP AND GROW phaze of the breeder, I'm not looking forward to it myself! i always want to fast forward 3 months. (: Hope the new gals are settling in well x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Well done Amanda! There are a few of us with newly hatched fry this week... Must be something in the air :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertaz Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Initially, I thought that they were quite large (y'know, after seeing close up photos and all), but when I saw them IRL. I was like.. wth.. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandz Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 the new girls are going well Ness, they are gorgeous, thank you Tamika has named the apricot one 'Sunkist' and has taken ownership of her LOL Im so excited!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv_my_fish Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Welcome and congrats on your spawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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