CTDT 050313
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With this outcross, I hope to help even up the lobes of the DT split without sacrificing the crowntail webbing reduction. I am also quite enamored with the beautifully straight and thick body of the male, along with his impressively smooth topline. His lobes are fairly even if the split is not all the way down to the peduncle. HIs dorsal has only 2 short rays in the front, and mirrores his level anal nicely. He has full ventrals, and all the unpaired fins are beautifully balanced. Really an amazing find!! I hope that the female passes on her complementary beautiful topline, full dorsal, and triband coloration. I hope that they produce some gorgeous CTDTs and CTdts!
080213 Update - Growing well! Will move to a planted tank ASAP, as some fighting is starting to happen...
Fry update 081513
Update 091013
These guys are growing fast! Hopefully fast enough to show in the California Betta Society show that is rapidly approaching!
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Update 121513
I fiiiiinally got around to photographing the adult CTDT females from this spawn. They took quite a bit longer to develop but are now normal-sized.
Both females have relatively even lobes with passable division down to the peduncle. However, the edges of the caudals are rounded, which prevent them from achieving a full 180 spread. There are several short rays at the front of the dorsal that give an unattractive stair-stepping effect. However, the webbing reduction is fairly good all around. My main concern is that both of these females have minor to moderate spinal curvature and caudal peduncle bumps.
I am still wrestling with the decision to either continue or discontinue the CTDT project. I still have in my mind the image of a big, beautiful male with oodles of thick flowing tri-banded rays swirling about his long, straight body, kind of like a freshwater lionfish...but what if half of all those rays are kinked ?? There is nothing more frustrating than jarring potential males and watching their long rays kink like curly fries :(
I am still wrestling with the decision to either continue or discontinue the CTDT project. I still have in my mind the image of a big, beautiful male with oodles of thick flowing tri-banded rays swirling about his long, straight body, kind of like a freshwater lionfish...but what if half of all those rays are kinked ?? There is nothing more frustrating than jarring potential males and watching their long rays kink like curly fries :(