bronze-dragon Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 to let every1 who has had trouble getting them lately. Animates Kaiwhara have about thirty female fighters!!! and i can confirm that the majority are females, not plakat males!!! all colours too just thought id tell you :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbreeder Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 BUGGER i live far from wgtn and woud cost a bucket to ship them. ahhh oh well have to get my local to get in some fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hi Tania, I'm surprised Garry hasn't seen this thread So what did you see.... And what did you buy? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbreeder Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 all i hve is blue and reds i want green, blacks, purples, yellow, strange combos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 She only got me 3 of them but we are going back tonight to get more 2 Blue/green split tail and one blue (with black spots) CT P.S we have another lot of eggs and the about 10 of our first fry are growing nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze-dragon Posted April 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 well rox there were lots of lovely colours, mostly mixed, not many were actually block colours. there were mainly "wild type" colourings, reds and blues and greens all mixed up on the same fish, very pretty!! there were a few very stricking deep blues in the mix as well. as for what they actually were VT, CT hard to tell of course, there definetly were some crowns, could see the rays at the tail end. i got the one with the most green i could find, and i also got the 2 split tails that were there (are they called heart tails?) not sure what every1s opinion is on them, but i find them very attractive. those two are a pale yellow and blue, hopefully colour up some more after a day in a more peaceful tank. i rang Animates as soon as i got home, very nice lady said yes they had there latest fish stock in and said they had 8 female betta! at which point i blurted out "your BLEEP kidding me right?!" she said "language!!!" and i said ill be there in a min and hung up. spend almost an hour down there staring at beauty, and forgot to go pickup scott from work :oops: but there were infact about 30 females there (they thought it was too good to be true and that they must be plakat males) might take scott down there with me tonight just for a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 :lol: I didn't realise there was a female betta shortage in wellington! when they come into the palmy store it takes about 3-4 weeks for about a dozen to sell! (Not counting the ones that I take home). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 We have been looking in Wellington, Pram and Levin for the last few months and have not seen any other than the one we got in Palmie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze-dragon Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 pheonix last time we went to animates in palmy there were 3 females, being sold as a pairs with $150 price tags on them, they were pretty yes, but not $150 for an unproven pair, pretty. no offence. Wgtn Animates guy said he hadnt seen a female betta in his store for 4 months, i wouldnt call that a shortage, id call that a drought!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 pheonix last time we went to animates in palmy there were 3 females, being sold as a pairs with $150 price tags on them, they were pretty yes, but not $150 for an unproven pair, pretty. no offence. Wgtn Animates guy said he hadnt seen a female betta in his store for 4 months, i wouldnt call that a shortage, id call that a drought!!!! oh not those ones, lol. they were bought as pairs. I didnt order them :lol: stopped getting females cause they sat there until I bought them :lol: (8 - 10 dollars each I think, much cheaper than 150 for2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze-dragon Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 there all $11 down here, some very nice colours i would have been happy 2 pay extra for lolz! first time id seen split fins as well, what are every1's thoughts on them? are they worth trying to carry on with or are they not really that desirable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 I saw a red split tail over here... I dont know much about bettas apart from the normal amount - so when i saw it i put it in quarantine cause i thought it was injured :lol: 2 days later I figured it out :oops: go me. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Split fins are double tail and are nice if it's the full tail split otherwise I don't like them much. When I was breeding fighters I couldn't get rid of them for ages and once I stop everyone wants them :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBoyd Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Great to hear you got some good girls to work with. Pretty cheap too! You should buy them all and put em up on that other site 8) 8) Pretty good page on tail types here: http://www.bettatalk.com/betta_finnage.htm I got a double tail off a local breeder the other day, its not a very good one tho. I really want to get those genetics into my breeding program. Unfortunately it is recessive, so kinda rare. Colours here: http://watershed3.tripod.com/types.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 some just arrived at Hutt Pets (like JUST arrived, 1 hour ago). If anyone breeds reds there is the cutest solid red split, her tail is like a little love heart awwwww. Be in quick though I hear many are spoken for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashzbetta Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 ive been after the double tails for a while but no one has had them in the south island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antznz Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Have females available in Auckland Crown Tails & Veil tails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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