Genetics

[starrynightxxi]

so i was just looking through the wild type bettas and had the sudden break through of how cool a betta splendens would look if it had the brownorum dot. of course it would be a hybrid, and probably sterile, and i don't have the time, room, or money to try it, but whatever. ah well, maybe i'll find me some brownorums. gotta love those spots

 

[OohFeeshy]

I can't remember if brownorums are bubblenesters or mouthbrooders, but it's thereoretically possible. I'm not familiar with how brownorums breed, but if it's similar to splendens it would be fairly possible.

 

[BWBettas]

In the near future i may try breeding a CT male to an imbellis female see what produces of that!

Bret

 

[Synirr]

I can't remember if brownorums are bubblenesters or mouthbrooders, but it's thereoretically possible. I'm not familiar with how brownorums breed, but if it's similar to splendens it would be fairly possible.

Brownorum are switch-hitters, they can go both ways, but usually bubblenest

In the near future i may try breeding a CT male to an imbellis female see what produces of that!

Bret

Do some Googling and it's not hard to find pics of splendens x imbellis hybrids. They're usually plakat, but imagine those colour schemes in a combtail VT and that's pretty much what you'd get I imagine.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Brownorum are switch-hitters, they can go both ways, but usually bubblenest

Really? That's interesting So it could potentially work....

 

[Synirr]

Yeah, I'm not sure how successful it would be though. Essentially the brownorum's iridescent layer is only in one area, on that spot, but splendens already have an iridescent layer which commonly covers large areas of the body and fins. If the brownorum spot pattern were only due to one gene then everything would work out pretty simple I imagine, but if not, you'd probably never get it to show up just right in the hybrid. Hybrids are often sterile too, so that would be another issue... you might not be able to line breed for what you want after that first cross. It'd be fun to try though, I think. Probably better to cross a non-iridescent splendens with the browonorum if you were to try it to see how the pattern came out, whether the splendens genes would spread the iridescent layer out like usual or whether it would stay in relatively the same area as on a brownorum. A solid red fish would probably work best.

 

[OohFeeshy]

It's a damn shame I can't currently afford any brownorums then Not only are they cute, hybridising would be interesting....

 

[starrynightxxi]

-lol- i'd be happy just being able to afford a pair of brownies, let alone affording to breed them (thoguht then I could charge people 48 dollars a pop and i'd be rich too...

i can't believe this sparked such an interest. i half expected to get yelled at for even thinking it, besmirching the purity of the brownorum dot





(side note, the "shout" icon is making me yawn, stupid contagious yawning)