This time, we've got blue/red pairs. Siblings. Age 3.5 month. Come from blue mask line.
Male 8 rays, female 4 getting to 8 rays.
Male is OHM. Female is full 180 degree.
Male and female length: about 2.6 inches
Both are HMPK.
Price: AUD$ 200
Contact us at mybettas at gmail dot com
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Tuesday 25 March 2008
giant width vs length
We notice that a number of giants available in the market have tendencies being ok on length, i.e. they're 2.8" or so in length, but they're in fact quite 'skinny'.....
Our giants, at the age of 3.5 months, are actually very thick on the body as well as lengthy (2.6 inches). For instance, check out the 2 blurry pictures shown of our giants in previous post awhile back. One of the giant is very thick and the other one is quite skinny. The thick one becomes the majority for us these days (or maybe because we had the tendency to choose thicker ones for spawning).
The problem with the thick one is that it is very difficult for the male to wrap the female. Once the size of the female gets to 2.8 inches, the male can only try and try to wrap the female without much success. These females have tendencies of being very fat and huge as well, so their width is quite easily upto 1.5 times the width of the male (mind the eggs!). This reminds me of "bender" of Futurama when he's trying to bend thick steel. Perhaps that's the reason why we don't see much of 3+ inches females available, cause in order to wrap such female, one needs at least 3.5 or 4 inches male for ease of spawning experience ;)
Our giants, at the age of 3.5 months, are actually very thick on the body as well as lengthy (2.6 inches). For instance, check out the 2 blurry pictures shown of our giants in previous post awhile back. One of the giant is very thick and the other one is quite skinny. The thick one becomes the majority for us these days (or maybe because we had the tendency to choose thicker ones for spawning).
The problem with the thick one is that it is very difficult for the male to wrap the female. Once the size of the female gets to 2.8 inches, the male can only try and try to wrap the female without much success. These females have tendencies of being very fat and huge as well, so their width is quite easily upto 1.5 times the width of the male (mind the eggs!). This reminds me of "bender" of Futurama when he's trying to bend thick steel. Perhaps that's the reason why we don't see much of 3+ inches females available, cause in order to wrap such female, one needs at least 3.5 or 4 inches male for ease of spawning experience ;)
Monday 24 March 2008
green giant OHM
we've got nice green giant pair OHM long fin. Their body is not as big as standard giant, due to their long fin nature, but they're definitely from giant background as the body width is much bigger than standard long fin. We haven't measured their length yet, perhaps one of these days when we have them isolated and when we have time :)
the beauty of this pair is that the female is OHM, and the male is also OHM. The 1st batch of fry is already about 1 week old now, and to our amazement, more than half of them already have the OHM finnage! It seems parents come from at least 16 rays branching -- doesn't seem to be 32 rays, but who's counting the rays these days when they branch so heavily :)
They seemed to come from platinum or opaque line cross to mask green. So half of the fry is opaque in body (easily distinguishable even when they're just small fry!) and the other half is of darker body.
The plan is now to cross this pair to our other giant lines, hence improving their size as well as their finnage. The output colour doesn't seem to bother us for the time being. So we'll see how they cross to our melano giant line, cambo red giant, wild blue/red giant, and our own mask green giant MG. That if this pair can stay strong for all of these spawnings. By the look of it, they're very young age and very agressive, so that's the good thing about it. Also long fin makes it a snap to spawn these fish, as they don't have the problems we've been facing with HMPK line.
the beauty of this pair is that the female is OHM, and the male is also OHM. The 1st batch of fry is already about 1 week old now, and to our amazement, more than half of them already have the OHM finnage! It seems parents come from at least 16 rays branching -- doesn't seem to be 32 rays, but who's counting the rays these days when they branch so heavily :)
They seemed to come from platinum or opaque line cross to mask green. So half of the fry is opaque in body (easily distinguishable even when they're just small fry!) and the other half is of darker body.
The plan is now to cross this pair to our other giant lines, hence improving their size as well as their finnage. The output colour doesn't seem to bother us for the time being. So we'll see how they cross to our melano giant line, cambo red giant, wild blue/red giant, and our own mask green giant MG. That if this pair can stay strong for all of these spawnings. By the look of it, they're very young age and very agressive, so that's the good thing about it. Also long fin makes it a snap to spawn these fish, as they don't have the problems we've been facing with HMPK line.
giant OHMPK for sale
We've got 1 of our best male OHMPK for sale. He is cambodian red OHMPK. Very thick finnage and wide body. Length 2.6-2.7 inches. Age at 3.5 months only. Never spawned. Picture to come soon.
Sibling female HMPK (full 180 degree) avail. Length 2.7 inches (slightly bigger than the male). Thick finnage.
This line comes from 8 rays line. They are very young and will grow to be much bigger and larger.
Male only cost AUD$150
Female only cost AUD$200
Pair cost AUD$250
Shipping Australia only at $25 to most places except western AU, contact us for detail.
Contact us on email at mybettas at gmail.com if you're interested. As the above female is larger than the male, you need to be knowledgeable on spawning bettas before you attempt spawning them. Alternatively, we can find smaller female if you wish.
Sibling female HMPK (full 180 degree) avail. Length 2.7 inches (slightly bigger than the male). Thick finnage.
This line comes from 8 rays line. They are very young and will grow to be much bigger and larger.
Male only cost AUD$150
Female only cost AUD$200
Pair cost AUD$250
Shipping Australia only at $25 to most places except western AU, contact us for detail.
Contact us on email at mybettas at gmail.com if you're interested. As the above female is larger than the male, you need to be knowledgeable on spawning bettas before you attempt spawning them. Alternatively, we can find smaller female if you wish.
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