VT x PK age 6 weeks (Jarring The Big Red)

Age 6 weeks. Jarring time! :)

VT x PK age 41 days (The Big Red)

Age 5 weeks + 6 days.

First bruise got him separated.

Red HM x Red PK (Age 43 days)

Age 43 days (6 weeks + 1 day).

HM x PK (Age 40 days)

Age 40 days (5 weeks + 5 days).

HM x PK (Age 39 days)

Age 39 days (5 weeks + 4 days).

Little nest part 2

HM x PK (Age 38 days)

Age 38 days (5 weeks + 3 days).

The situation is getting complicated. The red cousins out competed and outgrown the lonely fry. At fist, when she was the biggest female, everything was fine. Not anymore.

Is challenging to take pictures of her without stress stripes. I could snap only one, zooming to find her in her corner.

When she enters the center, that happens.

Attacked, speeding to clear the zone, instant stress stripes.

I'm thinking of a solution. One is calling the lonely fry's step sister under arms. :D She is a flamboyant slender trouble seeker that never backs down. She is the leading of my adult sorority dominating everybody, including her mom. She has what it takes to break the red party down. Other way of tackling things is simply to hand her the 80cm long tank that she was born in. I can do that for her.

The step sister. Don't be fooled by her appearance.  She's taking no prisoners without a single hair being touched in the process. :)

The old father hangs on and refuses to die. Admin, please delete the pic is it is to hard to watch.

Age 5 weeks and 1 day

Little nest

Betta fry 5 weeks old

Age 5 weeks.

That's what I can do. Haters gonna hate.

First, the male named Big Red.

4.1 cm or 1.65 inches

Again, the Big Red.

The measurement stands.

If you think the females are shy of that you are in for a surprise.

 4 cm or 1.62 inches I would say.

The numbers.

Spawn no.1 (now age 6 weeks and 3 days): 52 fry, 50 females, 2 unsexed stunted fry.
Spawn no.2 (now age 5 weeks): 45 fry, 39 females, 2 unsexed stunted fry, 4 males.

My way of culling is the pet shop. Go!

Red sorority = Objective achieved

A short movie with male swimming gracefully in the center. ;)

Next objective, acquiring show quality betta and showing you how it is done. I hope you enjoyed! :)

Fry of my friend Lucian Mihalache

VT x PK (Age 43 days)

Age 43 days (6 weeks + 1 day).

The sisters left in grow out.

Special guests: little brothers 33 days old.

Size vs thermometer.

Walking.

Flaring.

Girls.

Girls with no flash (more real color, but pictures not sharp).

Fighting.

Eating.

HM x PK (Age 37 days)

Age 37 days (5 weeks + 2 days).

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Remember A3 Generation

HM x PK (Age 36 days)

Age 36 days (5 weeks + 1 day).

Before measuring session. Almost no stripes, weird colors, orange-brown-pinkish, and nice balance.

Lonely fry and the princess ruler.

Now jump on it.

It's better.

Back to the tank and put on the camouflage stripes.

I like her. :)

Later edit:

Full length 3.6 cm (1.42 inches)
Body length: 2.9 cm (1.14 inches)

Wayne Schmidt's betta fry growth chart (backed up by Victoria Stark) says she should be way smaller: http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/bettagrowth.html

"Five weeks old: 0.6 inches long. Size ranges from .5 to .75 inches."