Ian Turkstra
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« on: October 26, 2009, 06:53:53 PM » |
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So I got a pair of tiny coppers from Kim late this summer. They have finally grown out to a size good enough for breeding. They are a good match for each other but the male's dorsal turned out to be rather thin. Overall, great fish and worth every penny.
I have them in the spawn tank and they are being nice. Male built up a HUGE nest and the female keeps darting over. I think this will be a good spawn if they continue to cooperate!
-Ian
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 09:04:25 PM » |
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Hope they do the deed for you!
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 09:04:25 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2009, 08:23:01 PM » |
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Got babies. Will update when I have an idea of how many! Dad's doing a good job cruising under the nest. I'll call the hatch date today since they are still vertical and were eggs last time I looked yesterday  |
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 08:47:14 PM » |
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Had to leave the fry unattended over the weekend. I came home and some were still alive. I siphoned out about a dozen or so. This is a good number for me right now since I find myself rather busy at the moment. They are eating microworms well already!
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 10:56:28 AM » |
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Congratulations... gonna try that copper gas PKHM female with the white gas Trad PK male again
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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2009, 11:23:20 AM » |
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thanks. I think copper is probably my favourite overall colour for bettas! I wonder if marble coppers are possible? lol
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 12:14:51 PM » |
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It is... i have a marble copper gas CT male that on day started to look like he was getting a whitish/yellowish pigment between the top of his head and his dorsal.Kept an eye on it for a couple of days thinking it might be a fungus setting in. To my surprise he started getting more patches all over and they kept growing. Now he is mostly yellow with his copper in a few smal patches here and there on his body and some of the copper colour showing through the rays onhis caudal and anal fins. I have some pics of him some where. I"ll post them up as soon as I find them but i only have after shots...none of what he looked like before  |
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2009, 12:55:01 PM » |
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It's just pigment loss. Happens, particularly with coppers/black coppers. I have a few old fish that have had the same thing happen. They are perfectly healthy, don't treat it there is nothing you can do.
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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2009, 01:07:06 PM » |
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Nope no treatment this happend shortly after i got him before the summer so i haven't done anything... he's not that old though, so I don't think its pigment loss. But who knows i could be wrong. I figured it was the same thing as when my snow blue gas dragon turned all blue here's what he looked like when i got him (sellers pic)  and now the blue covers his whole body with the yellow still showing through on the fins |
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2009, 01:19:10 PM » |
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They don't have to be old, I have seen it in younger fish. It's pigment loss, believe me.
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2009, 04:52:04 PM » |
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Marbles also tend to keep slowly changing as they age. I once had a "white" fish from Kim that ended up being a crazy marble then turned almost fully blue Kim has never forgotten lol  |
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« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2009, 05:49:10 PM » |
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Marble is by far the most unstable trait. I remember that crazy fish. From pure white to solid royal!
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