Now he is 3 colors!

Kageshi17 · 01-16-2007, 06:17 PM

Ok, so I just purchased a male crowntail betta as most of you know seeing as my signature now shows that, but he was black and white to begin with. Gorgeous colors, and thats why I picked him out. Well, last night I set up his 20g (keeping him in a breeder floater tank, with 2 other female bettas in floater tanks as well, 3 fancy guppies in the tank itself, as well as my 2 ottos and 2 of my mystery snails, and 3 guppy fry in a breeder net. So that night, I leave the room for a few and come back in a bit later. I squat down and look at my betta, to see how they are doing (I placed my female betta that seemed the most attracted to the male beside him so he could watch her and maybe get a little friendly, which I severly doubted would happen because I had never tried breeding betta before and I never thought anything would go right for me

) So yeah, I squat down and see that the tips of all his glorious crowntail fins are a deep scarlet red. He is f-ing stunning. He also has created a bubble nest (something he didnt do the first 2-3 days he was in my 29g) So wow...what could this mean?

Is he just really ready to have some babies? Or what?

anasfire23 · 01-16-2007, 07:59 PM

He's probably just really happy and likes that female, which is a good thing if you want to spawn them one day, but if you want to spawn them any time soon you'll need to seperate them for a few days so they can't see each other at all and set up the spawning tank properly with plants, hiding holes etc. It's all in that email I sent ya. He will need a few days to adjust to the spawning tank then a day or so of being able to see her. Then she should bar up and be ready. Anyway like I said it's all in that email.

Good luck! And he sounds like he's a really beautiful guy, post some pictures if you can. I'd love to see him. And if you do manage to breed him and any of his fry look like him, I might consider having you ship one over to me

Have fun and be well.

Sicy · 01-18-2007, 09:20 AM

Pics please

Kageshi17 · 01-18-2007, 02:09 PM

I dont have a digital camera! Which makes life hard. And, this computer is not my own, its my roomates. So that makes things even harder

Sorry I would love to!

Sicy · 01-18-2007, 02:53 PM

Aw bummer.

Can you borrow one from a friend?
Or do you have a camera phone

Sorry I'm a picture-a-holic lol.

Kageshi17 · 01-18-2007, 08:05 PM

Maybe. We'll see. Hahahaha

01-16-2007, 06:17 PM	#1
Kageshi17 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Salem, Oregon Age: 20 Posts: 301	Now he is 3 colors! Ok, so I just purchased a male crowntail betta as most of you know seeing as my signature now shows that, but he was black and white to begin with. Gorgeous colors, and thats why I picked him out. Well, last night I set up his 20g (keeping him in a breeder floater tank, with 2 other female bettas in floater tanks as well, 3 fancy guppies in the tank itself, as well as my 2 ottos and 2 of my mystery snails, and 3 guppy fry in a breeder net. So that night, I leave the room for a few and come back in a bit later. I squat down and look at my betta, to see how they are doing (I placed my female betta that seemed the most attracted to the male beside him so he could watch her and maybe get a little friendly, which I severly doubted would happen because I had never tried breeding betta before and I never thought anything would go right for me ) So yeah, I squat down and see that the tips of all his glorious crowntail fins are a deep scarlet red. He is f-ing stunning. He also has created a bubble nest (something he didnt do the first 2-3 days he was in my 29g) So wow...what could this mean? Is he just really ready to have some babies? Or what? __________________ 20g Tall: Live plants! 5 Female Betta 2 Rubber Lipped Plecos 30g Long: Soon to be gotten and cichlid tank time! 30g Hex: Soon to be gotten and cichlid tank time!

01-16-2007, 07:59 PM	#2
anasfire23 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Age: 26 Posts: 583	He's probably just really happy and likes that female, which is a good thing if you want to spawn them one day, but if you want to spawn them any time soon you'll need to seperate them for a few days so they can't see each other at all and set up the spawning tank properly with plants, hiding holes etc. It's all in that email I sent ya. He will need a few days to adjust to the spawning tank then a day or so of being able to see her. Then she should bar up and be ready. Anyway like I said it's all in that email. Good luck! And he sounds like he's a really beautiful guy, post some pictures if you can. I'd love to see him. And if you do manage to breed him and any of his fry look like him, I might consider having you ship one over to me Have fun and be well. __________________ ~60L Planted Community Tank~ Plants: 1 x Elodea Fish: 3 Month old guppy fry, mixed sex, 4 M & 3 F guppies, 1 x 10m old M DC Fry ~Male Bettas:~ Robin - HM or Delta CT Cyborg & Slade DC Fry Braedan - CT & Proud Daddy ~Female Bettas~ Starbuck & Scarlet CT Girls 190L (50G) Planted Tank Plants: 3 x Jungle Val, 1 x Ludwidgia Fish: 6 x Harlequin Rasboras, 6 Black, 5 glowlight & 12 Neon tetras, 2 Common Pleco's

01-18-2007, 09:20 AM	#3
Sicy Sassy Sicilian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA Age: 35 Posts: 57	Pics please __________________

01-18-2007, 02:09 PM	#4
Kageshi17 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Salem, Oregon Age: 20 Posts: 301	I dont have a digital camera! Which makes life hard. And, this computer is not my own, its my roomates. So that makes things even harder Sorry I would love to! __________________ 20g Tall: Live plants! 5 Female Betta 2 Rubber Lipped Plecos 30g Long: Soon to be gotten and cichlid tank time! 30g Hex: Soon to be gotten and cichlid tank time!

01-18-2007, 02:53 PM	#5
Sicy Sassy Sicilian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA Age: 35 Posts: 57	Aw bummer. Can you borrow one from a friend? Or do you have a camera phone Sorry I'm a picture-a-holic lol. __________________

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01-18-2007, 08:05 PM	#6
Kageshi17 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Salem, Oregon Age: 20 Posts: 301	Maybe. We'll see. Hahahaha __________________ 20g Tall: Live plants! 5 Female Betta 2 Rubber Lipped Plecos 30g Long: Soon to be gotten and cichlid tank time! 30g Hex: Soon to be gotten and cichlid tank time!

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