Elise Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) Hi! My name is Elise and I am a 4th year veterinary science student at the university of Queensland in Brisbane. I have had a long lived love of Betta's and I have always owned a few on and off as pets. (great pets when you live in a college room!) I had bought some females a while ago with the hope to breed, but unfortunately a problem with my tank meant that I lost all of them. I just last weekend had the urge to restart my dream of breeding my own betta's, and my sister and I went to visit someone's shop here in brisbane (someone is a gem, and put up with our indecision on which ones to choose... so so so many gorgeous fish) and picked out a gorgeous male and female with the hopes of breeding them at some stage. Here are some rather shocking photos (bad camera) hopefully I will be able to set up a photo tank soon and get some nice shots with our better camera at some stage. The male is still fairly young as far as I believe, but I think he will be gorgeous when he is fully grown. I am not quite up with all the colouration terms anymore.. but the male is a CT - mostly black with a metallic dark blue through his body + metallic bright green streaks through his tail. The female is a metallic green with some blue shades and the very very slightest hint of red on the top of the anal fin. So here are the pictures of Sampson & Delilah (sorry this photo is in a really funny shaped round bowl... she is not that bent and weird in real life.. i just realised how bad the photo was!) I am really looking foward to getting to know everyone! - Elise Edited March 5, 2009 by Elise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hi Elise. Welcome to the forum. I just love it when people post pics without us having to ask. They look like an interesting pair you picked there. Would love to see some more pics of them once you get your photo tank set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elise Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hi nice to meet you! I am really hoping to get some nice pics up to show everyone... I hope I didn't pick too "interesting" a pair! I am really hoping that they will make a nice pair. I really didn't know which colours and such to choose in the female, but she is so pretty and metallic I thought they might go nicely together. I love the black in the male, so hopefully he will bring through some of that. (and maybe learn a little genetics on the way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Hi Elise I love CTs and I love the colour of the pair you picked. I would love to see photos taken in a flat-sided tank :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceTrace Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Hi Elise, welcome to AusAqua! I love your male crowntail, his colour is absolutely amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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