Ahhh, what happened?

[cation]

So, as most of you know, I went to the betta show last weekend, and came back with many new bettas. I won a pair, and in auction bought 4 females and 3 males.
In fact, in a previous post, I mentioned a beautiful copper plakat I got, who won first place in his class, supposedly. Marianne told me to treat him with coppersafe, so I have been. Today I changed the water, and guess what? He's a she!

After I got over being disappointed (my copper male that I already had is without doubt my fave betta), I realized - I have a fabu breeding pair with my two coppers! I don't know if I can resist this particular spawn.

Also, the filter on my eclipse 6 went last night - now I'm looking at that tank, thinking, "this might work...."

I also picked up microworms at the betta show...

Looks like I might be breeding a bit sooner than expected...

 

[juliethegr8t]

Oooooh you lucky thing!!! I'm so incredibly jealous, you got the only copper female up for bidding! And you know I wanted one for wahoookie. Hmm... maybe I'll take a few of your fry in a few months. Get started, I'm in a hurry! Could be awesome, this is exciting!!

 

[GP]

Can we see pics of the pair? Lucky you, your going to have some awesome copper fry.

 

[cation]

The male is the fish in my profile (Baaad pic, but you can see his colors a bit...), the lady I have no pics of yet! However, I asked my bf to bring home the digicam from work, so hopefully I can get a picture of her (and a better one of him) tonight.

Julie - you know you're welcome to some! I'm wondering though - I took him out of the 20g (and yes, he spent the rest of the evening ignoring me, he was so pissed... ) and put him in the 6g. (all the gals went in the 20...)I noticed when I got him in the 6g - he's so fat! the little piggy had been eating everything he could get his mouth on in the 20 - I've never seen a fat betta before, but he's reallyporked up. Not all swollen or anything, just a big, beefy boy. Will this affect his ability to breed? He's still as active as ever...

I'll be getting started in a couple of weeks or a month. She is a skinny little thing and needs some conditioning before she will be ready.

I still don't understand if they judged her as a male, or if she was mislabled before the auction. Either way, I'm pleased.

 

[juliethegr8t]

It shouldn't be a problem if he is still getting around without any trouble. He needs to be limber enough to wrap around her, but he's probably conditioned already so you're lucky there. And make sure the female is around his size too. OoOoo I'm so excited, this should be great.... after the little snot gets used to a smaller tank, eh??

 

[cation]

Shes a lot (a lot!) smaller than him. At least half the size. He's just as fiesty as ever, just fat. And a punk...

So, sounds like we may have to wait a while. She's the smallest betta I've ever had. Maybe she's just young - I'll shove many bloodworms down her craw and see if we can get her to grow already!

 

[tekknocolor]

And a punk...

I know people like that!

Anyway, that's extremely awesome that you got a copper female! I absolutely adore coppers! Congrats!

 

[cation]

Me too!


I'm excited. Coppers are my faves - they are simply beautiful.