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joseofsa

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that is a good looking fish! is it a dragon? gorgous! if i found a plakad like that i would buy it no questions asked. is it just me or do american fish on aquabid suck??? i hate to say that but i went looking on it today and i am disapointed and they are chargeing premium prices for fish i would give away... and i have been known on occasion to swim in a gown cough. :D
 

AneesasMuse

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I won't ask about the gown {D but yes, I agree about the american fish. The only reason I mentioned Zorro was due to a personal friend that breeds and he swears the fish are better in person and the transaction was very professional and smooth. The only american fish I purchased were from VP and well... no further comment in public. :rolleyes:

Oh, and that fish was not listed as a "dragon", but a BF instead... and it's a pretty old pic from Suporn's site. When I inquired about purchasing it, he (the fish) wasn't available. Apparently, others were drooling and flipping out the plastic faster and moreso than I was. ;)
 

joseofsa

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believe it or not but those marbled copper bettas were from a normal copper pair i purchased from her. lots-o-breeding! i feel for all the people who create new lines i just made an already existing line better and i was burned out at the end. yes i may say i charge what the fish is worth but if some people are argueing over a fish i will let them keep talking till they realise they are at $90 for a $25 fish. lol happened only once. tee hee
WOW im an arachnosquire from this tread. bettas are always helpin me out.
 

joseofsa

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well waldo i still have that 7month old for sale. my bettas live 3-4 years(which is OLD) but i breed them from the day they hit 4months till the day they hit 7months old i get 8-11 spawns from a pair. after which i place them in their 5 gallons and let them enjoy their lives happy and fed. they can breed up to 9 months but i noticed they live shorter lives if you do so. if you want him pm me so we can talk about him.
 

AneesasMuse

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It's funny how "marble" always shows up in a great line of fish. My super black (which was waning on the side of "paper sack brown" at times) had a LOT of copper in him... I'm assuming his mom threw it in since she would have to be other than a pure Melano to be fertile. After pairing him up with Luna, beautiful copper babies and platinum with black marbling were the results... no red either. (amazing!)

If only my hubby would let me set up a drip system in our garage :rolleyes: I would be back at the perfect Melano and the sunniest Yellows anywhere. Those were my goals when I started and when it had to end. (I got side tracked with red marbles, too :) )

But all this talk has weakened me and I fell prey to those "stupid cups" at Petco yesterday... I needed Frog's litter. I always peek when I happen to walk by, but I'm usually very strong these days. :?

...only this time, it didn't happen. I picked him up and put him down several times :embarrassed: ...and the last time, somehow he super glued himself to my grip and we made our way home. I'll try to get a pic of him sometime (still having problems with my digcam and the software) but just to give you an idea... he's a CT and very young/small. His color is difficult... maybe pastel? He's iridescent with bluish green color washed over him in no particular pattern. It wasn't his color that got me, though. He has a DT! I don't recall ever seeing this in the forums or on AB (I could be mistaken about AB, however); but definitely not in person.

I set him up in one of the tanks in the livingroom... with my two ADF girls. Hanniyyah and Juan*ita have been in there for sometime without incident, so I'm hoping "no name as of yet" will be happy with them. At the moment, "fishy" is being stalked by Juan*ita. (ADFs are notorious for their poor eyesight, so it's hilarious to see her mistake the thermometer for the fish)


Now... see what y'all did! {D Squires, friends, money and more darn fish!
 

joseofsa

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ohh yes every time i go to the pet store i pick one up because you never know when that rare gem pops up. i have found DT's, a plakad, long tailed females, and an albino once. i purchased all these fish from petco, petsmart, and wal-mart(the albino died the next day but good luck finding one much less for $3.75). i would build a drip sysem but im puting heavy time and money into getting a chameleon buisness going. chameleons are the bettas of the reptile kingdom.
 

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So am I crazy, or is DTCT a big thing now? I don't recall seeing both traits in one fish, but I'm sure I've missed a lot and forgotten a few things. :rolleyes: I've looked him over quite a few times to be sure his tail isn't damaged and it isn't... it's split to the peduncle even. My first DT ever... before all the breeding... had a fused caudal. When I started working with DTs on my own, and researching, I found that very few actually come out with even lobes and splits all the way to the peduncle. And I've only seen a handful of HMDTs ever... is that more prominent in the hobby now, too?


Oh! and if you don't have a drip system, how in the heck do you manage to keep up with daily water changes? My legs and back just can't take it anymore.... especially not with 3-4 spawns going at once (in my case) and jarring the males as early as 3-4 weeks sometimes. I have a hard enough time keeping up with all my geckos, ratties, T's, and various tanks throughout the house... weekly water changes are hard enough on me :)
 

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i have about 700 fish and about 500 beanie baby cases, 30 10 gallons, 20 25 gallons 3 50 gallons, and 30 5 gallons and i sleep on a couch. all i do is switch them around and during the week i clean some as i go(i breed "designer" ball pythons like pastels and such and getting $1400 a snake is the only reason i do not work). i have been busy so normaly i do not have this many fish because starting a store sucks and draines me. normaly i have 200-300 fish at once but im up to my eye balls in 3 month old fry.
 

Ant Worker

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hi

Hi aneesas,
DTCT's are becoming more common. There are a lot more varieties out there.
There is a very active betta forum here : ultimatebettas.com
Also, if you are ever looking for special fish, such as DTHMPK, try aquabid.com.
-Lee
 

AneesasMuse

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Jose, you sound too busy... :D

Lee, I am a member at Ultimate Betta... I just never read there anymore. Most of my previous breeding stock came from sellers on AB, as well. It is torture for me to "keep up" with everything these days, since I can't really get into it the way I used to. I do still peek once in a great while, but I never spend hours and hours flipping through stock on AB and other sites like I have in the past.

It's funny now, but a friend of mine... also a hobby breeder... and I used to sit, via IMs, for hours in the early mornings and just show each other our newest finds on AB. It was crazy! :rolleyes:

Now, I feel like looking again... this really is a dangerous thread. {D
 

joseofsa

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and i never answered your question. yes DT's are becoming the "must have fish" now... i personaly like the look of a good DT but find most of the people selling them are selling the weird ones like the ones with uneven lobes and the ones that are so inbred they are starting to take a triangle or dimond shape. so i will never breed them much or at all.
 

AneesasMuse

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I was actually asking about CT DTs, but that's okay. I spent a couple hours browsing AB last night and I didn't see a one... not one... in long tails or Plakad. It does look like the HM DT is getting more popular or "common", whereas before, these were "rare gems". I'll keep my eyes open for anymore CT DTs...
 

joseofsa

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ohh i have only seen one before was being sold on AB as HMCTDT poor fish.
 

joseofsa

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she looks good. if those pics are current let her fast for a day or two most bettas will develop swim bladder problems if fed too much for too long. but thumbs up on how happy she looks.
 

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Oh, she is pretty! She reminds me of Faline (steel blue) and ZsaZsa (turquoise)... they were two of my all time favorite girls. I love the girls!! They have awesome personalities and a lot of "heart"! :)
 

joseofsa

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it can either mean double tail or delta tail. we are useing double tail.
HM half moon
PK plakad
VT veil tail
DT double tail
DT delta tail
SD super delta
CT crown tail
and any combo can be used to describe a bettas caudle (rear fin)
 
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