Breeding Goals

My Goals:

I want to create an emerald green line.

I want to breed Half-Sun Betta Splenden

I want to breed King Crowns

What does all this mean?

(pictures are given credit to breeder and photographer whenever possible. If you can prove that a picture is yours, or of your fish, I'm happy to provide credit and links to your site(s))

In the world of Betta genetics, there is no such thing as a real emerald green. There is a grass green, a yellow, an orange, and lots of other colours...but not a true emerald green. It may not be possible...but then a few years ago, there was no such thing as an orange. A couple of years before that, there was no such thing as a grass green, and a couple of years before that, there was no such thing as a Crown Tail!

With the introduction of new, reproducible, traits within Betta Splenden the world over, anything may be possible.

What is a Half-Sun?

This magnificent creature is:

 

The possible result of a cross between a Half-Moon (HM) and a Crown-Tail (CT)

 

These guys are very hard to come by, as there are many factors, environmental and genetic, which need to be right to produce such a specimen. If that's not hard enough, I want to produce a yellow Half-Sun (because they should be yellow, don't you think?) and a green one. In essence, it is a Crown-Tail whose caudal fin (tail), spreads to 180 degrees like a large letter D, or a backward facing one if judged against our friend above. He must also have a dorsal (top) and anal (bottom) fin mirror each other on either side his body, so you end up with a torpedo-shaped body, almost fully surrounded by spikey fins. In truth, our friend comes up a little short on the top line, but I did say they are hard to come by...didn't I?

 

Lastly, what are King Crowns?

 

Here's one that was prepared earlier:

 

 

A King Crown needs to have a minimum of 8 crossed rays. This specimen had the ultimate 10!

 

And, of course, I'd like to do one of these in green as well.

 

But hang on, I hear the astute among you cry. King Crown is also a Half-Sun, so does that make him a King Crown Half-Sun Betta Splenden? Try saying that after a few shots of Tequila!

 

Answer: no. Half-Suns caudal (tail) fin rays, do not cross.





And so endth todays lesson :)