The giant female is about 8 months now. As you can see, she is a copper marble. She's not terribly the "fattest" in the lot, nor she was the biggest - we've given some of her siblings which are bigger and fatter than her before. She comes from majority 8 rays but somehow she only has 1 branching with 8 rays and the rest are 4 rays. Her size is 3 inches. She's still a virgin and there isn't any males in our stock can spawn her, so if you have any large enough males, perferably 4+ inches, then give us a yell...
Here is her comparison with a giant-geno HM female. This black orchid/marble female is 2 months old. She's very fat :) She has the size of standard HM female of the age of 3 or 4 months, so hopefully you get the idea of their comparison.
As you can see, the small female is about half length of the giant female, but pay attention to the body width/height...That giant female is extremely thick ;)
Now, here is a comparison of the female to a green/red HM male. This male has just shocked being placed there, so he's a bit sulky, but notice the size difference :)
Now finally, a comparison of the female to a flaring red HM male.
Anywho, admire the giant ;) Their size is extremely large. If only it is easier to find a match for them :( The sibling male of 3.5 inches length can't even handle this female...Hopefully we can find a good male for these ladies.
If you are interested on seeing how this female FIGHTS against the red BF male, here is the link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1qrq1l3b0I. Watch it, it worths your time! The male is just awesome, but the female isn't about to let him bully her either :)
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that thing's massive!!!
ReplyDeleteone of those few times when instinct should be supressed but can't
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Do you have any information on the health differnces between giants and typical B. splendens? Is their life expectancy the same? Their resistance to typical betta diseases? I'd love to know more about them.
ReplyDeleteIndeed she's massive :)
ReplyDeleteShe shares a 3' tank with only 5 other females, just as massive as her.
@ Christie: no difference in health, but we can't say much since we rarely have any diseases in our tanks. They seemed to be much healthier, cold doesn't really bother them for instance (typical B.splendens will have finrot easily in cold water). massive growth rate, terribly hungry all the time. they weigh like a rock, darn heavy. their scales like thick steel, multiple blow doesn't hurt them at all. Feel free to read our blog, info is scattered everywhere, perhaps next topic we'll discuss more