Synirr Baby Betta Question

[afireinside]

When I breed the babies, both PK, DT Genos, 75% will be PK and the rest will be DT, right? Thank you.

 

[splashluff]

erm, I think you might wanna look MUCH more into Betta tail types before spawning. All of them will be Plakats, when you spawn 2 Plakats ~ it's just that, yes, 25% will be DT Plakats.

 

[afireinside]

Um, could you be more specific please? I really don't get what u r saying.

 

[jollysue]

DT (Double Tail) is a tail fin type that can cross species. Plakat is a species. I think I have that right.

 

[ManyFISH4Me]

PLakat + Plakat = 100% Plakat
Any Betta Carrying dt + any Betta Carrying dt =

25% DT (Double Tail)
25% ST (does not carry dt)
50% STdt (single tail, but carry the DT gene)

 

[splashluff]

Please don't spawn until you do much more research. Please, please, please don't You'll be doing nothing for Bettas if you do not understand the genetics of basic tail types.

 

[Synirr]

DT (Double Tail) is a tail fin type that can cross species. Plakat is a species. I think I have that right.

Nope, plakat is a tail type as well

ManyFISH4Me has the info spot on.

 

[jollysue]

Ok! Gotcha! sorta )

Well here's some ignorance showing:

I have several HM: HM/DT/Butterfly, HM Plakat, HM/HMx, HM/Superdelta/Plakat. If Plakat is the base fin type of the species from which all the other Splendens were developed, how is it that the part left out of the description is that a HM Splendens is has the full long tail?

 

[afireinside]

Please don't spawn until you do much more research. Please, please, please don't You'll be doing nothing for Bettas if you do not understand the genetics of basic tail types.

Well then what do you think I am doing in this topic? So, they'll be 100% Plakat, 25% DT, and 25% ST? what does ST mean? Sterile?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

ST = single tail.

what i think splashstuff really meant was "don't try breeding bettas until you're done researching"

 

[jollysue]

Well said pica_nuttalli

 

[splashluff]

what does ST mean? Sterile?

ok. THIS is a prime example of why you need to read much, much more into spawning Bettas! What Pica_nutalli said is totally true. You need to get all of the basics down and keep Bettas for a long time before you jump head-first into reproducing 100's more! To me, if you don't understand basic tail types, I can't assume you understand all of the work required to spawn Bettas, or how to make sure of a spawning-worthy pair.

 

[Ethos]

what i think splashstuff really meant was "don't try breeding bettas until you're done researching"

Well, he hasen't breed them yet, has he?
I haven't talked to him about it in a while, but I think he's planning on doing it in Jan.

 

[afireinside]

what does ST mean? Sterile?

ok. THIS is a prime example of why you need to read much, much more into spawning Bettas! What Pica_nutalli said is totally true. You need to get all of the basics down and keep Bettas for a long time before you jump head-first into reproducing 100's more! To me, if you don't understand basic tail types, I can't assume you understand all of the work required to spawn Bettas, or how to make sure of a spawning-worthy pair.

That's the only thing I need to work on! I've gone to million websties, checked everybook from my library on bettas, and the only thing I am having troubles with is the tail types, is there like a chart or something like for the probablity of the colors? I can understand colors, spawning techniques, setting up spawning tank, suitable foods for fry and all that except for tail types! Why can't any one just provide a link for info? Oh and Ethos, I said Febuary, not January. Seriously, all I don't get is tail types. Just help me! This is what the whole topic is about, now it's: Oh, if you don't even know tail types you dont' deserve to breed. That is what the whole dang topic is about!

 

[Ethos]