"cross-breeding is a must if u want ur fishes to have a healthy and rich gene pool. inbred will weaken ur fishes. Where i came from, there is an unwritten rule about inbred bettas, atleast this is how I were taugh. U don't inbred bettas for more than 2 generations. people inbred fishes to keep or extract certain trait. but too much inbred will lead u to nothing but trouble...example: defect born, weaken imune system to fight diseases, dwarf size fishes....etc."
one of my "senior adviser's", an old time viet breeder offers up the advice above.
i think it's important food for thought for all of the "show betta" breeders out there. do we really want to compromise the health of our fish for the benefit of a "best in show"?
there is a reason why short tail "fighter" plakats are tougher than long finned "pretty boys"...there's is no reason to inbreed them. "new blood" is always desired in the quest for a plakat that meets all the requirements of a champion.
it's one of the reasons i will not even attempt to breed halfmoons anymore, way too fragile and weak. i would love to see pics of a lot of these "perfect half moons or super deltas" 6 months after the pic is taken, how many of them have blown fins or have succumed to disease by then? how many of them have been taken from the critical water conditions (very important when dealing with halfmoons) of say thailand, shipped to america or wherever by the lucky aquabid winner only to have them die shortly after arrival? it all comes down to too much inbreeding in the hopes of establishing a lineage, a perfect colour, a perfect fin span etc.
lets have a meaningful debate people, pros and cons? i've offered up my feelings (i didn't always realize this by the way, it's something i've discovered myself in certain fish i've bred and it's something that certain knowledgable breeders have told me). how do you all feel about it ?
one of my "senior adviser's", an old time viet breeder offers up the advice above.
i think it's important food for thought for all of the "show betta" breeders out there. do we really want to compromise the health of our fish for the benefit of a "best in show"?
there is a reason why short tail "fighter" plakats are tougher than long finned "pretty boys"...there's is no reason to inbreed them. "new blood" is always desired in the quest for a plakat that meets all the requirements of a champion.
it's one of the reasons i will not even attempt to breed halfmoons anymore, way too fragile and weak. i would love to see pics of a lot of these "perfect half moons or super deltas" 6 months after the pic is taken, how many of them have blown fins or have succumed to disease by then? how many of them have been taken from the critical water conditions (very important when dealing with halfmoons) of say thailand, shipped to america or wherever by the lucky aquabid winner only to have them die shortly after arrival? it all comes down to too much inbreeding in the hopes of establishing a lineage, a perfect colour, a perfect fin span etc.
lets have a meaningful debate people, pros and cons? i've offered up my feelings (i didn't always realize this by the way, it's something i've discovered myself in certain fish i've bred and it's something that certain knowledgable breeders have told me). how do you all feel about it ?
), as obviously inbreeding will cause problems. I dont' think you should inbred for more than 2 generations, and if you want to breed the babies of those genreatiosn you'll have to introduce new blood into the line 
for what it's worth 
That sucks. So now I want to mix the father with an unrelated mother and see what happens. The current fry aren't going to be sold in pairs,they're going in trios including an extra female from another spawn. The remaining males will be sold solo and I'll just keep the girls in order to break the cycle.
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