bluebetta Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 most likely she's a VT. There are no ray extentions, so she's not a CT in any case HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted January 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 I was looking at her today and from one ray it goes to two rays at the end of the tail so what does that mean.( You just can't see it in the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammc Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 I have a couple of females just like her. They are VT. If you get a good look at a ct female and a vt female you would see significant differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 VT, the ray splits are normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 look at the CT females on aquabid and you'll see the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 She's not a VT or a CT. She's a plakat. Standard wild-coloured, usually very feisty, usually not worth crossing into another line, due to tail shortening, red wash, and the fact that she'll be very mean to a long-finned male. It's the blue fins with the black spots on the dorsal, the red and black fringes that give it away. They can look lovely in their own right but not much good for crossing IMHO. If she were VT her tail would be a little longer and more spadish-shaped rather than just rounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Hmm, you could have a point about the dorsal colour, I hadn't even looked at that! She's awfully fine and narrow-finned for a plakat though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 IME pk females don't have that shaped anal fin. I have made the mistake of breeding with pk females in a long finned line too many times, as the shape of their anal fin is what I was aiming for in the males! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishchick Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 she looks like a wild type. if you got her from a store she is most likely a "creek fish" - one of the many hundreds of "mixed breeds" that are sold by the thousands as cheap females for the pet trade. Lucky she ended up with you. Keep a lid on the tank, these little guys can jump. Cheers. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 I had a large one with a lovely velvety body, she used to jump out of the water to bite my fingers... then she bit her sister's eye out... I didn't dare put her near a long-finned male. This one looks very underweight and her fins aren't spread out like a happy fish, but the shape and colours still say wild-type plakat to me. It's the easiest kind of female to get in Victoria. The only kind at most shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted January 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 That was when I got her she's as fat as a pig now I'll put a pic up later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted January 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Here is a better pic. Now decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Wild Type Plakat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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