Well, we've got our own share of small bettas. All of their siblings are normal bettas and giant geno, but a couple of them managed to be very small. We believed they are "stunt" cause we only got a small number of them but this is the first time we've seen these guys on any of our spawns. Perhaps it's because stunt bettas had tendency of not surviving?
There are many reasons why some bettas stunt, in our case perhaps because there were so many of their siblings and competing for food doesn't seem to be a skill that these guys are good at.
This boy, for instance, is nearly 3 months old, but has a size of merely 3cm (1.5 inches). Amazing how small this boy is, cause he actually looks quite "normal". He doesn't seem to have rosetail gene, with very nice tail length.
This boy is definitely rosetail. He has some nippings on the caudal and anal fins, but surely that will grow back....He may grow bigger, just slightly, but still pretty small. Measuring at the moment at 3.3cm in total length, he looks better than when we picked him up from growout tank couple of days ago. Look to be OHM if he spreads that caudal.
What kind of dwarf males without their companion females? Here they are the females. Measuring at about 2.5cm and definitely carrying rosetail, the females have spread 170+ degree caudal.
Anyone interested on these guys, let us know. They are $10 each ono (donate the money!) and we'll hand you the fish. By no means we're encouraging dwarf or micro HM bettas, but who are we to decide which direction evolution will take these guys to? As long they are healthy, you're on the right track...
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