challengers wanted

part of our prized possessions of bettas, we have some rather too-large giant HMPK females. these females got to the size that they are so large that we doubt any of our males would be able to spawn them.

the females are on average 2.5-2.8 inches long for hmpk, 3.3-3.6 inches for hm. But the length isn't much of the bigger deal, well it's usually not the main problem. the width that scares the hell of most males. their body width (heigth) is about 1 inch (1+cm for body, 2+cm for total width) with thickness of more than 0.5 inch (1+ cm). the long fin female has total width of 2 inches or so and we are certain that none of our males would be able to court them....

so, the challenge is to find a good suitable males for them. preferably either hmpk or hm of giant traits. if you have such males, contact us and we'll send the females down your way.

requirements for the males: minimum length of 3 inches for hmpk, 4 - 4.5 inches for hm. if you can't satisfy this requirement, there is no point on sending the females to you. your male has to be strong HM or HMPK spread (we don't want to develop SD giants), send us pictures and we will decide whether the male is accepted or not.

what do we want out of this? your promise that you'll send the largest 10 offspring from their spawns (5 pairs) when the offspring are at the age of 2 - 2.5 months. alternatively, when they are at the age of 1.5, you can send 20 of them to us (hey, summer is coming, so no need for heatpack, but still they may die on the trip). we want the largest of the spawn without apparent genetic fault (if there is such genetic fault). we pay for the shipping of these offspring (or pick them up, if you're in Sydney).

what do you get? you get the females sent to you (at your cost, or pick them up if you're in Sydney). the females are free! your priority is to spawn the female with the promised giant male first. once they're spawned, you are free to make use of the female for other pairings. then you contact us in 2 months time or so to arrange shipment of the offspring.

alternatively, if you are not confident on spawning, please send us pictures of your males and we see if there are ways for us to get them spawned at surrogate place (there are other people who are happy to lend a hand for a fee or barter -- offer of offspring?). in this case, the deal is swapped (you send your male, we pay shipping for the male, and you may ask for the male back when they are done -- no point for us to keep the male with us, so you might as well get back the male if you'd like to).

another yet alternative is for us to swap either male or female, if you insist that you'd like to have something of your own to spawn (or for whatever reasons there might be). we're interested in getting large females or males of either hmpk or hm traits. you can swap with our females or males, please do contact us....

note that while the females or males involved are quite expensive monetary-wise, we are more interested in being able to produce the largest giants lines with decent form. hence, we hope that you have the same view as us in appreciating the delicacy of this deal.

contact us on our email mybettas {at} gmail [dot] com. hope you're intrigued with this idea...