CTDT 021413 Valentine's Day
Foundation CT mal by Siambellis. His very broad dorsal hinted at the possibility of DT carrier.
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No picture of the dam. Dam was bred by Sieg Illig, and was a turquoise blue female DT. She had a bumpy topline, but full and even lobes with a slight bump on the peduncle. She carried grizzle. |
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Back cross to the foundation male above. |
I attributed her greatly unbalanced body and finnage to her terrible rearing, and decided to give the backcross a shot.
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My very first male bred and raised by me! What a relief! I was starting to think I could only raise females! His rounded fin edges are a bother, but his extremely full dorsal is a definite plus. I really love the STs in this line.
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My favorite betta bred to date!
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With this cross, I hoped to solidify and continue the good qualities of both brother and sister. I wanted to see whether I would continue to get broad dorsals and good webbing reduction, as well as recover the CTDT target phenotype.
Favorite female out of the spawn. Almost a carbon copy of her mother!!
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Dreaded non-red expressers. Also uneven lobes and bumpy topline on this one, along with unbalanced finnage.
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Again uneven lobes and unbalanced finnage, with the added headache of the red band only occurring on the caudal fin!
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First CTDT to date!!
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Many good and bad qualities...but at least something to work with!
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The late arrival of my first CTDT really made me happy! This one was definitely a late bloomer. His body is nice and smooth throughout its length (although he does have a scoop above his eyes). Although there are no peduncle bumps, he does have very uneven lobes :/ However, he has impressive webbing reduction for having HM DT only two generations away. His dorsal mirrors the forward thrusting anal nicely, however I am wary of the 3 stubby rays at the front of the dorsal (a severe fault in the IBC standards).
I am going to wait until I see the results of my CTDT outcross (spawn 050313 with the same mother) before determining what my next step should be. I already see better caudal splits in that spawn than in this one. It might be worth doing a brother x sister spawn, or I might cross the triband sister with a male from another spawn.
I am going to wait until I see the results of my CTDT outcross (spawn 050313 with the same mother) before determining what my next step should be. I already see better caudal splits in that spawn than in this one. It might be worth doing a brother x sister spawn, or I might cross the triband sister with a male from another spawn.