And 23 becomes 30!

[Sevaede]

You're in the US right? If you are, then yep! I'm going to go get a US Wildlife Importing/Exporting license so I'll be able to ship in Canada as well as America. It'll take a couple generations until some double tails start showing up though. I'll get 100% mustard gas in the first spawn but no double tails. If I spawn a double tail with one of the babies from the first spawn, I'll get 50% double tails and 50% single tail with the double tail gene.

Since the breeder conditions her bettas, I added them into the spawn tank right away. He doesn't seem too interested in her so I may have to switch fish and pair up my double tail girl with my super delta male. Same results in the end.. but I'd just rather go with this pair since I know they came from great lines.

Her site is http://bcbetta.com

Yep! We live in Louisiana! I am all giddy and excited. I bet you are overjoyed!

Out of idle curiosity, how can you tell that a feesh is interested in another feesh? Poor MG male isn't going to get any lovin'.

Thank you!

[binka_nugget]

Hehe, the MG male actually ended up spawning with the female today. But because I was a dummy and didn't check on them enough, when I finally noticed that there were only about 8 eggs, she ate 5 of them! I was happy with the 8 since I wanted a small spawn and all I really need is just one baby from this spawn to get my second generation (the one I'm really aiming for). I *hope* there are still a few remaining.. but I released the female again in hopes of getting a few more eggs out of her.

People have different methods for breeding bettas but what I do is, I put the female in a clear container (I usually use a 2L pop bottle. It's cheap and works!) The male will start flaring and will usually begin bubblenesting. If he doesn't, I add a bit of somebody else's bubblenest to get him going. To tell if the female wants to spawn, I look for vertical stripes. It's hard to tell with the opaque females but all of my females have always been willing to spawn.. it's the males I have trouble with.