Actually Zeus is 4.5 inches in the body with a measurement of very near seven inches from nose to tail. He is currently 5 months old and the pictures were take today. Certainly I understand why it is difficult to imagine a betta this large and this is why we decided to post him. We have been breeding and keeping bettas for the better part of 20 years now and never once witnessed a fish with the size Zeus has. Not only is he longer than he should normally be as an adult much less as a 5 month old fish, but his width and the size of his head and fins are remarkably large. I think perhaps some of you have gotten the wrong idea. We haven't posted him to claim he is a giant, but rather to gauge the response to his size and see if anyone does have any bettas that are comparable. If you will pay careful attention to the picture of Zeus and Fireball you can notice a significant difference in size. Zeus is 7 months younger than fireball and nearly 3 times his size. Of the spawn that he came from two others are nearly as large as he is, however their finnage and width leaves some things to be desired. The pictures with Zeus and fireball do indeed look like Zeus is much closer than Fireball to the camera lens. In all reality however Fireball was much closer. I apologize for the lack of good photos, but this fish really refuses to show off for the camera. He is inherently curious only when food is present, and then his action and motion are too ferocious to gather a good photo or two. We will try to post better pictures with a ruler or a soda bottle or something in a day or two in order to show his size better.
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