Chuckie Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Guess what I picked up at a LFS today for $15? An damn fine turquoise BF CT! He has a perfect BF pattern, appropriate length anal fin, and not a bad caudal! I already have plans to try a cross with Butterfly (copper BF OHMPK) to try and improve the caudal. There will have to be an intermediate generation of combtails, but I can deal with that! He's just settling in now so no photos, I will try and post a photo of him in due course. In keeping with the breeding Plan, he'll need a name that can double as a strain name. The other males are Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Smith. Justine suggested "Mason". I was thinking "Quicksilver", although he's not silver... but it sort of connotes how CTs move. Any other suggestions? <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Spike? Spikesmith? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Jealousy is an ugly emotion, so I'm looking quite disgusting right now! All the crowntails I've seen in LFS lately have been spindly raggy looking things. I need to go back to someone's for a fix. Ok, I'm over the jealous, CONGRATS! I'm glad to hear you'll be working on the crowntails, I'm sure we can improve the lines we have here dramatically in with a bit of team effort. Look forward to a nice photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbzy81 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) I need to see a pic before I can name something. Never did understand how people can name babies before they've even seen them. Oops, I forgot to say congrats! I still love a good crowntail. Edited April 11, 2009 by bubbzy81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 If you wanted to stick with the Quicksilver name - why not extend it to Quicksilver Smith (as in silversmith). Otherwise there are a few others such as copper smith (copper goes a greenish colour when it corrodes) but this clashes with a copper coloured fish. Or perhaps a crown line... Turquoise Crown, Ruby Crown, Gold Crown... maybe too corny for a Crowntail though... What about... nah.. forget that ... How about a Star line (as in the tail shows points of a many pointed star) ... Green Star, Ruby Star, Star lite, Star bright, Diamond Star, Golden Star... etc etc.... I give up... out of ideas... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I like Silversmith ... except he's not actually silver, LOL! Hmm, I am liking the star idea!!! But maybe I could take that a step further and name him after a constellation - like Orion, Centaurus, Delphinus (quite like that one as he is similar in colour to delphiniums). Ooh, Hydra is a constellation. He kind of looks like a Hydra - but that's sort of a girly name. Draco is a constellation but that's been done, hasn't it? OH! Reticulum is the name of a constellation! LOL, the rough endoplasmic reticulum was always my favourite part of cell diagrams in biology . Sculptor is a constellation, which is kind of in keeping with the concept of the various "smiths". Caelum (SEE-lum) means "Engraving Tool" which is also consistent with the smiths. Musca's a constellation whose translation is "fly", which is consistent with Butterfly, Dragonfly et al - but we were really trying to keep the bug names for the girls so that one's probably not a contender . Crux is the Southern Cross, which would be apt too, since we're starting a line of Aussie CTs' ... Decisions! LOL! I am leaning toward Delphinus (due to his colour), Caelum or Sculptor (in keeping with the Smiths) or Crux (acknowledging the Australian breeding). Calla, what do you reckon, any views? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Wow, so many names ... I'm glad I developed a coding system :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Lets keep the -smith style to the HM/HMPK and lets go with stars/constellations for the CTs It seems fitting that they have their own special name codes ugh, I just had -star thoughts. Brightstar, Singstar, Northstar... quick! pick a constellation before I get carried away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) Here are the official 88 constellations and their meanings. Piscis Austrinus means Southern Fish... Austrinus = Southern Australis (as in Terra Australis) = South Perhaps a series of names.... Astrinus Draco = Southern Dragon Astrinus Star = Southern Star Astrinus Sky = Southern Sky Astrinus Beauty Astrinus Beau Astrinus Legend Astrinus Knight Astrinus Rider Astrinus Lights Astrinus etc etc... Edited April 11, 2009 by fishbites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I kind of like the simplicity of Crux. So we could have Crux Butterflies - which is poetic enough. Crux Beetles would be odd ... but we could just go with the "Crux line" if a line ever does develop from him . Sorry Stefan, a bare numerical system just doesn't butter my parsnips . I guess it's because I think of breeding bettas as an art rather than a science :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 The coding system is merely to keep track of the hundreds of bettas that inevitably swim through a breeding program. I could never name them all I'm looking forward to seeing photos of this fish, anyway :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I only name the parents, LOL! Abbey has a code for all the fry. It's actually been quite handy to be able to say "Goldsmith x Dragonfly" rather than "the gold dragon HMPK x the red dragon HM", though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I noticed that And I'm sure any short name would make it easier :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 He has blown a huge thick bubblenest. The new water conditions seem to be agreeing with him. Hope to get a photo soon. It's difficult while he's still in QT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenserpentine Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 congrats lilli I can't wait to see a pic of him :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Ah, the marble gene . This fish is no longer a blue butterfly. He's now got pretty blue and black streaks into the white pattern. He's starting to resemble Mel's Emo except he still has a turquoise body. He is still so pretty. I'm yet to make a serious effort at trying to photograph him. It's difficult in the tank he's in because it's close to a window and gets a lot of reflection, even with the blinds drawn . I could try a photo tank but I rarely have time to even feed all the fish let alone move them and wait for them to stop sulking then shoot off 400 photos trying to get a good one, lol. Maybe one night I can get some film of him though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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