I am trying to breed my pale grey with pale aqua fin female (?? I dont really know how to describe her) with my gorgeous dark blue and striking turquoise shiny tailed male. What colours can I expect? Also, how do I tell if my fry are male or female so I can seperate them, and when do they show their colours?
Thanks!
2007-03-15 21:59:45 · 8 answers · asked by katie_shmatie 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Your pale blue, aqua fin female sounds to be to be similar to a steel blue bicolor. The male obviously is blue and let's say with metallic green fins. Green is an off shoot of blue with some yellow and the blues you mention are all just shades of one blue genetically speaking.
Assuming you can see no red anywhere on either fish, you should expect all of the fry to be basically blue. The shades on the body will be like one of the two parents or anywhere in between. The fins will mostly be lighter blue some with the metalliclook some without and a very few will have the greener coloration in the fins. Probably about 12.5% of them will have the green coloration and about 30% will have the metallic shine. Now that's genetically for the entire batch and even includes those babies that never hatch, die in the first day, are deformed and everything else. So it's possible all 12.5% with the green could die in the first day and none that grow up will have that trait. That's impossible to predict.
The babies start to show color anywher from 6 weeks old on. The first to show color are usually males, but the females are close behind so also watch for the fins of the males to begin to grow larger at this time as well. There isn't really a rush to seperate them really. As long as the males have never been seperated they will not fight significantly. Once they are however, even for a day, they will fight if put back together so don't rush to seperate based on that.
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2007-03-16 01:41:02 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mostly blue as blue it a dominate color. Honestly unless you are breeding an established line of bettas it very random what the fry look like. The average veil tail mutt has genes for a host of colors. It wouldn't greatly surprise me if a 1/4 where white ,or red. (I wouldn't a bet money on it happening, but I wouldn't be amazed.)
PS- Keep in mind while mixed colored veil tails aren't show quality. They can be incredibly beautiful. I prefer them to double tails (who just look wrong), and most crowns.
PS- If your betta has protruding eyes like an above poster. It's an illness called popeye.
2007-03-16 05:24:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For red and blue, the offspring may be diverse. some may be blue, some may be red, some may have blue and red streaks and some may nicely be a mix. For the black and white, I basically what to declare that with black bettas, the offspring may be very susceptible. The offspring may be more often than not white with probably some darkish .
2016-12-02 02:11:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are mutt colors, and I'm sure they are veiltails, so you will get a variety of fry colors. Expect mostly blue. You won't be able to tell what gender they are for about two months.
2007-03-15 22:44:05 · answer #4 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A little of both, and some you've never seen before
2007-03-16 02:04:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will get red
2007-03-19 11:55:05 · answer #6 · answered by kittylover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you FRY them they should all be the same color.
2007-03-15 22:21:41 · answer #7 · answered by howard s 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
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2007-03-15 23:41:09 · answer #8 · answered by Dragon Buster 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋