Does Anybody Have A Picture Of The Libby Vt?

[ral]

Thanks in advance.

 

[Durbkat]

Whats a libby VT?

 

[Naughtygirlrlw]

I've never heard of that either.

 

[ral]

In the 1960's Warren and Libby Young developed a very long finned, highly colorful Betta which he named in honor of his wife, as the Libby Betta. It is now what we call the VT. I have read there were some differences, and most VT's dont hit Libby Betta the Libby Betta standard.

 

[SRC]

http/www.healthybetta.com/poorbettas.html

 

[ral]

Thanks, SRC, but I don't see a VT on that page.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

i think this is what SRC had in mind for you to see

It was not until 1927 that the first brightly hued, flowing-finned Siamese fighting fish arrived in the United States,

Now American hobbyists would get their chance to work with this interesting fish.

Mr. Tutweiler of Florida founded the Tutweiler Butterfly, a Cambodian with fins divided between white and red, but this strain was never fixed. To this day breeders worldwide try to breed this elusive color. Breeders may get a couple of these in a spawn but are not able to fix the trait.

Jay C. Niel of Michigan founded the butterflies we have today. He managed to raise cambodian-red-white fry, thus giving birth to the butterfly bettas

The marbles have their roots in the Indiana State Prison, where they were developed by Orville Gulley, an inmate. Walt Maurus, (well-known betta author) bought some of Gulley's bettas. Gulley didn't pursue the marble betta, but several people who acquired his fish kept the line going.

In the 1950's Warren Young bred bettas with superior size and long veil tails. Each of the single fins, the dorsal, caudal and anal fin were as long as the body length. He named them Libby Bettas after his wife Libby. All veil tail bettas owe their heritage to the Libby Betta of the '50's

Dr. Gene Lucas, betta specialist, developed opaque white bettas around 1960. Dr. Lucas has and continues to do much to advance the Betta hobby through the IBC (International Betta Congress)

Guy Delaval selected bred these fish for more angle on the tail fins and in 1987 he had a few fish that had a caudal fin of 180°. The first halfmoons were bred in France but later shipped to the US where they were developed by American hobbyists. In 1993 a halfmoon betta shocked the betta world by going best in show at the IBC convention in Florida. It appeared on the cover of Fama, the IBC magazine and overnight the Halfmoon craze was on. Every US breeder started breeding halfmoons from this betta.

Breeding halfmoons frustrate many even today. The gene responsible for the halfmoon trait is both recessive and very elusive. Even if you breed two perfect 180-degree halfmoons, you may not get a single hm betta in 300 fry. Conversely if you bred two deltas or super deltas, you might get several hm's in the spawn.

this information is taken from the link SRC posted previously

 

[SRC]

Yeah...sorry I was tired when I posted that lol.

All VTs are from those fish..Libby betta wasn't "a" single betta it was a strain of bettas.

 

[ral]

Thanks.

 

[wuvmybetta]

Mr. Tutweiler of Florida founded the Tutweiler Butterfly, a Cambodian with fins divided between white and red, but this strain was never fixed. To this day breeders worldwide try to breed this elusive color. Breeders may get a couple of these in a spawn but are not able to fix the trait.

For fun, I'm going to post Tammy's Tut. She's the VP of the Houston club and back in '04 her fish won the Tutweiler award in Houston He was on the cover of Flare,too.

 

[Durbkat]

What happened to your avatar SRC? It looks like somebody shrunk its length and you can't really see the dog?

Sorry for being off topic