Adrienne Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Heres my new ct male - I have spawned him with the red female ct pictured. The fry are free swimming and there looks to be a nice number - will see how many are left when I get back from overseas in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 SNAP :lol: Our males are look alikes 8) I will be following your progress closely Are you going to continue on to F2, F3 etc? I've just been reading a couple of articles about line breeding and I'm keen to give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 nice male, where is it from? Finger cross that they'll survive till you get back from holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Hi Ron He's from Hollywood Fish Farm - one of the platium reds they got in a few weeks back. You'll know the girl of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 MarkLB - I've tried line breeding before with ct's and it hasn't been overly successful and have had to introduce other males to keep the body size up. May have another go - it'll all depend on what sex the young turn out to be and how good they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 The fry are free swimming and there looks to be a nice number - will see how many are left when I get back from overseas in a couple of weeks. Hi adodge. Are there any survivors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 lol. I was just looking for this post to ask how the fry were doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Sorry for stealing the thread but my female fighters look like that except their crowning on their bottom fin isn't that long (they're still young though so I'm hoping that their crowning grow longer). Anyway what would happen if I bred one of my females that look like that with a male (her brother) who has the same colouring with each other. Would their fry look the same as them or would create a mixture of different colours because the brother and sister? Also they're only between 1/2 and 3/4 CT so I'm hoping to perfect their crowning (the male looks really nice for a F1) how many times do I need to breed them to get perfect CTs?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Got back into the country early Wed morning - the tank stunk to high heaven however there are about 60 fry that have survived. They are now in a clean healthy tank so hope that the stagnant water has not damaged them in anyway. They are a bit on the small side still but thats because they've been living on microworms and liquidfry while I've been away. Tonights the first feed of bbs that they have had. On the plus side the parents spawned again today - not as many this time but at least I have a back up spawn. I picked up a platinum blue crowntail male today, he's going to need a bit of feeding and tlc but hopefully he will be good. I'd really like a good blue ct female to put with him, I do have a couple of blue part cts which I will have to use otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 You can breed brother and sister and you will get variations in the degree of crowning like the original spawn. However further down the track you will need to bring in new blood otherwise the body size will decrease. The other thing is that if you breed 1/2ct to 1/2 ct you will still only have 1/2cts. Use only the very best pair you have. To increase the percentage of crowntail you will need to introduce full cts as one of the parents. Hope this makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Some update pics - fry are now 5 weeks old, have 34 of them still. Some better quality than others but some definitely looking like dad with good long rays. Growing pretty slowly though - between 1 - 1.5cm at the moment. The second spawn with the same female were eaten. The patinum blue I purchased lived not even 48 hours! Dad again - he's had one more spawn with a yellow ct female but not sure how many fry at this stage (not many though). and a couple of the fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Cheers for the update and the great pics. That male is very photogenic 8) I hope you get at least one nice CT female from him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 That male is very photogenic 8) agreed! he is awesome, my new black velvet ct refuses to pose for photos at all... do you know how i can encourage him to make a bubble nest? I had 4 females for him to choose from and he doesn't care at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Think I'll get more females than males from him judging from what I've seen with a magnifying glass - theres more female looking fry than males at the moment, even at this early age. He spends all day looking like that. He's a real poser :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 He spends all day looking like that. He's a real poser :roll: My guy's the same :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 The 2nd fry pic looks albino :lol: Speaking about albinos, has anyone ever seen a albino betta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 The 2nd fry pic looks albino :lol: Speaking about albinos, has anyone ever seen a albino betta? Nah, its not - has the fathers sheen. Never seen an albino fighter but some of my yellows eyes have been strange as. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 The fry are now 8 weeks old approx. I'm really pleased with the majority of them. Starting to be able to sex them. Some pics (a few!) The majority have the paler bodies but there are a group of green/blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I love the first pic of the green one and the third pic of the blue one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 When do you think the fry will be ready to sell? What colours did you get? just the greens, blue and reds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanimaldoca Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 i want green, i want green! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Same 8) and a blue one to go with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashzbetta Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 the are so cute i will be wanting a couple if you have some avaliable :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: i love the green!!! love the first third and fourth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 don't forget me i want some too!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 here the up to date pics of this spawn. I only have 1 confirmed male and 1 that is a 'maybe' but a lot smaller and slower growing. A good mix of females with various colours, some with more crowning than others. I am going to put these females to a new male I have purchased in about another 4-5 weeks. Am not going to sell any of these as want to work on the ct's. the male and this male is by the same father but from a yellow 1/2ct female. He is about 5 weeks younger than the above spawn but is at this stage the only male once again. I have a mix of yellows, cambodian reds and like this fish blue/yellows so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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