Betta Collective Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 :thumbs: I am most excited to learn of this forum and to see the obvious dedication that has been poured into its developement. I have not been involved with the fish for very long but those who know me call me Overkill Cam. One day a friend buys me three Bettas (my first fish ever) the next thing I have imported dozens of fish, have multi chamber split level fish tanks and spawning tanks everywhere and built a quarantine station in my garage. Breeding these little monsters has been a betta/sweet experience!! Having imported somewhere in the vacinity of eighty pairs I had only succesfully bred half a dozen spawn. I was buying the extreme of the extreme and suspect that a lot of these guys were a little too in bred and have lost the reproductive instinct. I have changed the type of fish that I am buying and from my last shipment I have four spawn already and suspect a few more on the way. I am currently concentrating on developing three HM lines. Red, Blue and Green/Gold. I have some pretty neat HM BF spawn and a Giant HM and a huge White Platinum HM spawn that I am pretty chuffed with. It is early days still for the Betta Collective but I am confident that not before too long I will have some established world class Aussie bred bettas to be proud of and look forward to sharing this experience with other forward thinking enthusiasts of these wonderful fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hi Cam, Welcome It's great to see familiar faces Wow, I cannot believe you imported over 80 pairs No wonder you earned the title overkill came Glad to hear you are having betta days with spawning. I would really like to see pictures of your setups and QT room!! and your Green/Gold bettas. Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishchick Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hi Cam! Great to see you here. I loved the green & gold fish you bought - real Aussie colours! You going to call the strain Matildas? Cheers, J :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hello Cam, glad you called in. Thank you for your kind words about the forum (from the technophobe on the team who did bugger all, LOL! ). if you produce a green gold line I know someone who'd jump at the chance to own one! Your overkill instinct reminds me of someone - oh, that's right - ME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Welcome Cam, you sure do get some beautiful fish :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edie Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hmm...i've heard u've acquired a much-difficult-to-get blue breeder want to show us some of the piccies My jaws almost fall of when I heard that u get the breeder Welcome Cam :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hi Cam & Welcome! Overkill and bettas seem to go hand in hand for some reason, although you certainly took the express train! A green and gold betta sounds divine.. good luck with developing the line :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishy Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 w00t! Hi Cam!! You made it! i think a visit to your house may be called for.... I'm going to start a secret auction for cam's green/gold... tee hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brasil Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Hey Cam Welcome All I can say is wow! I've thought o doin something like that, but realised I cant at the moment Congrats anyway. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 green and gold ..... no way. I've been trying to get a line of those myself. Would luv to see urs. I had only a small spawn when I started, and sadly they haven't really taken off. I got a red/gold boy and girl and then a green female and male, and a gold/green marble girl that was sooooo cute. but now the green male is just sitting there as he killed the only 2 suitable girls :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Hey Robbie, it was you I was thinking of when I said if you produce a green gold line I know someone who'd jump at the chance to own one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 thought so Lisa :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debstep Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Hi Cam Your story sounds very familiar, bought our first CT (green/gold BTW) at the Tsunami auctions January and now have over 50 fish and 4 spawns curently on the go (well 6 actually but 3 are in one tank see Disaster thread in Splendens area)- am SO glad to meet somebody even worse !! Your breeding sounds exciting- looking forward to the piccies (and sales of course) Cheers Deb (and Step) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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