Fletch Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 These have been my dirty secret. Just spawned. Got two more of female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Looking good mate Don't see many CT of that quality in the pet stores (except someone's...) Love how dark he is!Bring on the girl :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Your wish is my command. She looks washed out here. In spawn tank with male. Just introduce. Will get a better one. Can't use other photo, just realized I don't have permission. Can see her form here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I like her form No wonder you have so many eggs in the nest :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i has excitement... i want... hurry up and make them grow! -ness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Just taken. Still a bit stressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 p.s. nothin' dirty about that little secret... not nearly as bad as my DT mongmong dirty little fishroom secret... I want to start a thread of people's dirty little fish secrets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Perhaps it is time to spawn my dirty little secret Go on Ness.... Start up the thread. I'm sure I'll end up posting a thing or 2 in there...... eventually... *lol* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I have had these guys a little while now........that's the dirty part. Sorry. Am very excited about the spawn, mainly to compare growth rates with previous spawns. If I get great results again, then will try and figure out why. Our water is a different supply to that of Jarrods and Matts but it couldn't be that much different. Guess I will just have to wait and see..................nope, haven't hatched yet. Lol. Patience is not my strong point.Do it mate.......I would. Lol. I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Lovely pair, but they are hardly a dirty little secret. Busman Paul, you have told us in the past about them, I remember (have excellent memory). Was wondering this morning when the spawn log will pop up actually. GEE, Ness & Jarrod, can't believe you forgot. How could you forget these beauties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I didn't forget, they are stunning. Your water should be way different to mine, I'm on rainwater which lacks many trace elements, will be interesting anyway :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Awh Sarah, I felt I'd seen this orchid male before (Bus, was it the one on the weebly site i made?) can't remember whos it was. ANYHOO I even stalked Bus's content and couldn't find ANY pics of this - detective Sarah where was the mention? (I must'v missed it) I'm ready for a spawn log now Bus, you start that thread and I'll start the dirty little secret thread. -Ness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Theres already a spawn log :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Yes Ness. That's him. Sarah, have NEVER admitted to these guys. May have mentioned my intention but never said I had them. Matt saw them a while ago when he came around. Maybe that's where?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pretty sure you said on here about them... I think Matt did tell me they were here. Rubbed it in on how awesome your fish are, in Brisbane. He also told me about your cat licking his feet. Highlight of his day or something along those lines I believe. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 No I didn't tellher, was it Jarrods thread about them?Is this where you saw them? http://ausaqua.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=11470 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Thanks Jarrod, found it! Lovely pair Busman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Thanks guys. I am happy with them. Hopefully I will get tails this arvo which confirms her fertility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 What colour irids do they have? I told you yesterday they are made from marble bettas but the original black orchids wern't. There is an article on betty splendens about it here http://bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=1040 Henry Yin first coined the name Black Orchid to describe his particular development of dark bicolor Crowntail, which was (so I've been told) NOT a marble-based black but a melano type with excessive steel iridescence, particularly in the fins. The name has since been applied to any fish of similar coloration in a multitude of forms, from HM to Plakat, but these almost always come from marble. Essentially, the Black Orchid betta is a dark black color with streaks of steel blue in the fins, often forming almost a butterfly pattern. The iridescence is not always limited to the fins, and many Black Orchids also develop red wash (another indicator of the marble gene messing with this line). Increasing the red wash has given a new type of 'black' - the so-called 'Black Devil', which is a marble type black with red in the fins instead of iridescence. They do not breed true, and the production of the Black Devil betta seems to be very much the luck of the draw. The Black Ice betta is also derived from marble, and can appear randomly in marble spawns. It is a black fish which varies in intensity and possesses generous iridescence in the body and the fins. The iridescence in the Black Ice fish can be either steel, royal, or green. Selective breeding has increased the percentage of Black Ice offspring from Black Ice pairings, but it still does not breed true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted May 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks Matt. Will just wait and see what I get. Hate all this waiting though......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 By the look of them ther CTs it will be worth the wait I like the black orchids in any form. Keep uo the pictures so we can see them progress Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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