delyall Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 (edited) Its always dangerous me walking into pet stores, especially the my favourite ones I bought this gorgeous boy today, from the same LFS Ive bought a breeding pair from before.. Their setups are not ideal, but I love their fish They get them from a breeder in the area, so if anyone recognises him, or sells their fry to a shop near fountain gate, Vic, let me know I love my new boy, IMO he's absolutely gorgeous, I love how well his caudal and anal fins line up But Im veeery much no expert on whats good and whats bad in betta anatomy He might be just shy of HM, Im not sure.. but even if he was a bland veiltail with damaged fins and undesirable colour or faults.. Id love him Lolz.. *ramble* Heres some pics and a video of him lol at the odd white thing out of his mouth.. must be a shine or something on the glass You can see the damaged scales here And the video (Sorry, I cant seem to get it to embed) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aweRgCP-miM Edited April 19, 2010 by delyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Looks like he MIGHT be one of Shemma's fish ... and he's close by Fountain Gate, if Google Maps can be trusted. Lovely, like all his fish *lol* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody3714 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Very nice i can see the damage in the last pic poor fella were bouts in melb are ya from ? i know what you mean about dangerous and someone's fish are just a click away my new fish are coming this week cant wait :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbzy81 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 You're right Lisa. Shemma's house is literally only a couple of minutes away from Fountain Gate & there's probably a pretty good chance it's one of his fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Love his colour and fins! Is that just the pictures/angle or is his body really that short? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delyall Posted April 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Looks like he MIGHT be one of Shemma's fish ... and he's close by Fountain Gate, if Google Maps can be trusted. Ahhhh, awesome! Then to Shemma, I love you Such beautiful fish lol were bouts in melb are ya from ? i know what you mean about dangerous and someone's fish are just a click away my new fish are coming this week cant wait Im up in the Dandenong Ranges, about an hour out of Melb city Oooh yes! Theyre soo tempting *dreams* One day Awesome, good luck with them Love his colour and fins! Is that just the pictures/angle or is his body really that short? When compared to my other boys his body is really short, but my boys have really long bodies.. hmmm, but yes, I think the pictures show how long his body is quite well.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenau1 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 He is beautiful! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpiasente Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 very beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhong89 Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 how big is he? Shemma's fish are huge, if he's a big boy then there's a huge chance that he's shemma's. Gorgeous boy... are you going to breed him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delyall Posted April 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 Thank you all! Yes he is quite big, bigger than my other bettas.. hmm I think Ill have to thank this Shemma I do plan on breeding him, Ive paired him up with my girlie, Ive posted a pic of her below I believe she is also one of Shemma's fish Im just getting all my supplies and learning as much as I can before I put them together :alright: More Pics- The girlie This is probably closest to his true colour You can see his damage here, but he is healing nicely And is very active Its like he has blue lipstick on :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delyall Posted May 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 I finally was able to take some decent pictures of him You can see his little cellophane bits on his caudal and anal fins, and the damaged scales on his right side that has healed up quite well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 He's a nice looking fish! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Ahh... ok... didn't see this post before I replied to this guy's thread in the critique forum. If this is Shemma's fish (which seems highly likely) then it's descended from Jo Oakley's marbles which carried metallic. Several Melbourne breeders got fish from Jo at around the same time. The sibling spawns produced lots of solids, marbles, butterflies and cellophanes. I think this colour is very likely caused by one copy of the metallic gene affecting one of the underlying blue, steel, or turquoise but I'm not sure which one it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delyall Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Ahhh thats very interesting Thank you for telling me, Im getting more and more curious as to what his fry might look like :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 I would suggest a copper female to go with him because I think his underlying iridescence is steel. If that's true then pairing him with a copper female would result in half the fry lookiing like dad and half like mum. If he is actually royal blue with one copy of metallic and you paired him with a copper female, then half will still look like him but only a quarter like mum and the remainder should be teal. Teal is royal blue with 2 copies of metallic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delyall Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Ahhh thank you! I was wondering what colour female would work for him Ill see if I can hunt down a copper female :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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