CTDT 051812
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. |
With this foundation cross, I hope to establish a CT carrying DT line, with my eventual goal being a CTDT line. I hope that the thickness and strength of the DT will bolster the doubled up and flowing rays of the CT.
This was my very first spawn, and I didn't do too well with it. I only had ONE surviving betta! How she managed to survive the terrible ammonia spikes and my reluctance to hatch BBS is a mystery. She only had one ventral and had quite a bumpy topline. Miraculously, she was a combtail DT! Funnily enough, she was grizzled betta, affirming that Sieg's turquoise lines do carry grizzled recessively. She also had red-loss, which caused her to lose all red wash on the ends of her fins at about 4 months of age. This little trait will plague me in the future, in my quest for tribanded butterflies.
I was a little unsure about breeding her back to her dad, but I decided to pursue it in spawn 102012.
This was my very first spawn, and I didn't do too well with it. I only had ONE surviving betta! How she managed to survive the terrible ammonia spikes and my reluctance to hatch BBS is a mystery. She only had one ventral and had quite a bumpy topline. Miraculously, she was a combtail DT! Funnily enough, she was grizzled betta, affirming that Sieg's turquoise lines do carry grizzled recessively. She also had red-loss, which caused her to lose all red wash on the ends of her fins at about 4 months of age. This little trait will plague me in the future, in my quest for tribanded butterflies.
I was a little unsure about breeding her back to her dad, but I decided to pursue it in spawn 102012.
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 miracle betta
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