LauraFrog
Fish Gatherer
Hmmm... the whole doubletail thing is confusing me, I've heard a lot of things about DT/DT crosses being undesirable because they cause deformities or even homozygous doubletail being fatal... I don't really understand it, can somebody shed some light on it? I've just dug these up on Aquabid and I'm seriously considering shelling out some major moolah for them - as in $65AU each, which is one month's wages plus pocket money, EACH. I think they're worth it, but I would love some opinions.
The doubletail mutation is virtually unknown in Australia, in the year I've been seriously paying attention to bettas, I have seen exactly one doubletail, and TBH I would have thought it was an injury if not for the sticker saying it was a doubletail and tripling the price over the other bettas. The lobes were very uneven and the dorsal fin looked hardly bigger than normal. So if that's worth $30 at a pet store (another fish from the same shipment, the only other doubletail and presumably of similar quality, had sold the day before, which was the day the shipment had arrived, for $30-35) I think I could get at least $20 for some decent quality doubletails if I bred these (and that's no guarantee given the luck I'm having at the moment
). I mean, the fish I saw for sale was fully grown, crowntail (which is pretty common in Australia), a boring bluey colour with red wash and no information on its history was available. A single tail halfmoon (there is an established breeding circuit of HMs in Australia) will sell for $50-60 at three months from a breeder, and that's not for international standard or anything, that's just for a true 180 with good colouration (solid/single butterfly).
So can somebody tell me a) whether there's any point asking for sibling females or if I should just use an unrelated PK or HM girl with similar colours (they aren't hard to find). And b) whether these are good fish... I mean, I've fallen for them but still.
In order of preference, #1 is the one I will definitely buy if I decide to go for it, and I might chuck in #2. #3 is hot, but I can't afford three.
http
/www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auc...&1240480419
http/www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auc...&1240480537
http/www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auc...&1240480686
The doubletail mutation is virtually unknown in Australia, in the year I've been seriously paying attention to bettas, I have seen exactly one doubletail, and TBH I would have thought it was an injury if not for the sticker saying it was a doubletail and tripling the price over the other bettas. The lobes were very uneven and the dorsal fin looked hardly bigger than normal. So if that's worth $30 at a pet store (another fish from the same shipment, the only other doubletail and presumably of similar quality, had sold the day before, which was the day the shipment had arrived, for $30-35) I think I could get at least $20 for some decent quality doubletails if I bred these (and that's no guarantee given the luck I'm having at the moment
). I mean, the fish I saw for sale was fully grown, crowntail (which is pretty common in Australia), a boring bluey colour with red wash and no information on its history was available. A single tail halfmoon (there is an established breeding circuit of HMs in Australia) will sell for $50-60 at three months from a breeder, and that's not for international standard or anything, that's just for a true 180 with good colouration (solid/single butterfly).So can somebody tell me a) whether there's any point asking for sibling females or if I should just use an unrelated PK or HM girl with similar colours (they aren't hard to find). And b) whether these are good fish... I mean, I've fallen for them but still.
In order of preference, #1 is the one I will definitely buy if I decide to go for it, and I might chuck in #2. #3 is hot, but I can't afford three.
http
/www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auc...&1240480419http
/www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auc...&1240480537http
/www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auc...&1240480686
