BT031215  
     
           
Steel blue
HM PK
(Betta Territory, NL)
 
Royal blue
HM PK
(Betta Territory, NL)
   
 
 
   
Sire: Melano black HM

(Sarawut Angkunanuwat, Thailand)
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Dame:
Royal blue HM PK
F1, BT131214A
(Betta Territory, The Netherlands)
 

 

 
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The Sire is steel blue based melano HM which was bred by Siamimbellis. He was a generous gift of my friends Associazione Italiana Betta during the Italian Betta Show in Piacenza, Italy. The male has a nice balanced appearance. He has a nice D-shaped color with long outer rays, sharp corners and a moderate branching. The Dame is steel blue HMPK with a nice long body with a smooth topline and very nice balanced finnage (nice D-shaped caudal fin, broad-based dorsal and parallel anal fin).
With this cross I hope to introduce the melano trait into my line together with the strong bodies, smooth topline and balanced finnage.
The offspring (F1) likely will be longfinned darkbody steel blue.

The Dame is also Mother of: BT260815A and BT221015A.

   
 
 
   

03/12/15: The pair spawned smoothly. There are lots of eggs in the nest.
04/12/15: The fry hatched.
06/12/15: The fry entered the free-swimming stage. Removed the male.
08/12/15: The fry is feeding well on vinegar eels and BBS.
30/12/15: 4 weeks old!

   
   
   

15/01/16: 6 weeks old and developing well! The fry are steel blue and royal blue based from which we can conclude that the Sire must have been a royal blue melano. Spotted some broad-based dorsals.

   
   
   

14/02/16: 11 weeks old!

   
 

 
   

18/03/16: Two 15 week old brothers:

   
   
   

27/03/16: 17 weeks old:

   
   
   

10/04/16: 20 weeks old:

   
   
   

29/04/16: One male and one female of this spawn were send to the 8th Betta Freaks Show in Kalkar, Germany. Both won a prize:
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3rd M7 Halfmoon male class - Unicolor

   
       
   

07/05/16: Two females from this spawn, now 22 wees old:

   
   
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