Hmpk X Hm?

[K.J.]

Now that I look at my girlies they look more like HMPK's than HM's.. Poseidone is definately a HM though. But will breeding a HMPK and a HM create odd offspring? It seems that if one was 100% and the other was 50% I would either get HMPK's or HM's? I sure hope it's okay, because I sure can't get another fish.

 

[BWBettas]

its pretty hard to tell a hmpk female to a hm as they have the same spread. so i would say your femaIS hm as she s a sibling to your hm male

 

[K.J.]

its pretty hard to tell a hmpk female to a hm as they have the same spread. so i would say your femaIS hm as she s a sibling to your hm male

I don't know if they are neccassarily sibs, seems though as they both have similar coloring... but the dorsal spread is shorter. I suppose chances are that all four were from the same spawn so that's good.. she's definately not a crowntail or a veiltail so that rules out all negative possabilities, leaves me with plakat, hmpk & halfmoon.

 

[BWBettas]

i still go for HM if you can get us a clear picture of the base and her full tail we can help better

 

[K.J.]

Not the exact girl, her spawn sister, but same finnage:

 

[BWBettas]

HM

Bret

 

[lisie]

Yah, she definitely looks like a long-finned betta. Even if she was HMPK, though, you'd still get long-finned HMs with shorter, "crisper" finnage.

 

[BWBettas]

I think its a bit of a deformed (no offence) F2, F3 fish that has longer fins than her sibings etc just my opinions

Bret

 

[wishyfishy]

K.j.........Do you know your left from your right??

 

[K.J.]

Will the deformity affect fry?

What do you mean, wishyfishy? I learned that in third grade.

 

[wishyfishy]

What do you mean, wishyfishy? I learned that in third grade.


No comment!!

 

[K.J.]

How do you figure I don't know my left from my right?

 

[Wisperian]

Yah, she definitely looks like a long-finned betta. Even if she was HMPK, though, you'd still get long-finned HMs with shorter, "crisper" finnage.

Really? I thought PK x Whatever long fin = Longfin pk geno that look veilish then you'd get PKs for f2. But I guess its different for HMPKs? Anyways, looks like a HM to me

 

[lisie]

Really? I thought PK x Whatever long fin = Longfin pk geno that look veilish then you'd get PKs for f2. But I guess its different for HMPKs? Anyways, looks like a HM to me

Yup, it's different for HMPKs. If you breed a HM to a HMPK, you'll get HMs, but if you breed a HM to a traditional PK you'll get VTs.

 

[K.J.]

Then how were HMPK's created?