Hello! I'm Sabrina from Bremerton. I just found the forums a few days ago. I'm trying to locate a camera (with working batteries) to take pictures of my babies to post. lol I'm a betta hobbyist just getting back into the hobby after a few years. Right now, I only have two fish and a ten-gallon tank (no supplies really) for breeding. I just bought a lovely opaque white HM male from Petco last week and the most adorable chocolate/MG crowntail female the next day. I'm kindof a treasure hunter when it comes to buying fish. I like to find the more unusual or uncommon colors. Buying imported breeding stock is just way beyond my means atm. lol
My white male isn't perfect and has some fin damage from getting to the pet store, but he's a very clean opaque with no red wash anywhere and a true HM. I'm looking forward to seeing what kinda babies he'll produce. He IS a pain in the butt to feed, though. lol I don't have my live foods yet, even just baby brine shrimp. I can get him to take a couple granules at a time (feeding him every couple hours right now) but he won't eat his fill and he won't touch frozen brine shrimp. I've tried scrounging up wild live foods, but don't have much around the yard. I only found enough bloodworms for one feeding (those were a pain to catch) and he refuses to eat anything with actual legs or wings. :x He looks to be about 4 to 6 months old, not quite full size yet.
My female really is adorable! She's a very dark-body chocolate color (yellow fins with dark edges) crowntail with a bit of green iridescence to some of her scales. She seems just 3 months old, only about an inch long body. She does the cutest things. lol Thankfully, she LOVES the frozen brine shrimp and even tries to fight her way through the glass to get the portion I try to feed the male. lol She'll eat just about anything that moves too. But she won't eat processed foods. *shrug*
I'm on the lookout for any other new additions I can find, but don't have much cash to work with atm. Meanwhile, I'm growing these guys out for breeding. They're both completely free of any red, so I'm curious what color babies they'd give me. lol I do know a little about betta genetics in regard to color, finnage, etc....enough to kinda know what I'm doing with experimental breeding and I love to experiment with these guys.
I'll try to get pics soon to post.
My white male isn't perfect and has some fin damage from getting to the pet store, but he's a very clean opaque with no red wash anywhere and a true HM. I'm looking forward to seeing what kinda babies he'll produce. He IS a pain in the butt to feed, though. lol I don't have my live foods yet, even just baby brine shrimp. I can get him to take a couple granules at a time (feeding him every couple hours right now) but he won't eat his fill and he won't touch frozen brine shrimp. I've tried scrounging up wild live foods, but don't have much around the yard. I only found enough bloodworms for one feeding (those were a pain to catch) and he refuses to eat anything with actual legs or wings. :x He looks to be about 4 to 6 months old, not quite full size yet.
My female really is adorable! She's a very dark-body chocolate color (yellow fins with dark edges) crowntail with a bit of green iridescence to some of her scales. She seems just 3 months old, only about an inch long body. She does the cutest things. lol Thankfully, she LOVES the frozen brine shrimp and even tries to fight her way through the glass to get the portion I try to feed the male. lol She'll eat just about anything that moves too. But she won't eat processed foods. *shrug*
I'm on the lookout for any other new additions I can find, but don't have much cash to work with atm. Meanwhile, I'm growing these guys out for breeding. They're both completely free of any red, so I'm curious what color babies they'd give me. lol I do know a little about betta genetics in regard to color, finnage, etc....enough to kinda know what I'm doing with experimental breeding and I love to experiment with these guys.
I'll try to get pics soon to post.