Blue SD x blue SD

Male: masked royal blue red wash superdelta, age 3 months, bred by me.

Female (sibling): masked royal blue superdelta, age 3 months, bred by me.

Both carry non red gene, so about a quarter of the fries will be non-red. I'll love to see again some MG bettas.

Introduced: 29 January 2016.

The other option was to mate the female with her father. The downside was losing the non red trait in the process, but I trusted more the father's stronger halfmoon genetic background. So the young male is out. He didn't like it.

Later he comforts himself building another nest.

New male: SD blue red wash, age unknown, unknown breeder.

Introduced: 30 January 2016.

He takes over his son nest no second thoughts given.

Spawned: 30 January 2016.

Verdict: no successful embrace. This leads to frustration and fighting. The aftermath.

She.

He.

The father is out.

 The rightful heir comes to save the day. I only offered him an window of opportunity of 24 hours.

He greatly expanded the nest but they didn't spawn.

The father steps in again.

New female: masked turquoise superdelta, age 3 months, bred by me (his daughter).

Introduced: 31 January 2016.

To be continued.

7 February 2016. Two nests.

12 February 2016. Failing again.

Red HM x red PK

Male: HM, mostly red, age unknown, unknown breeder.

Female: PK red, age unknown, unknown breeder.

Introduced: 29 January 2016.

Spawned: 30 January 2016

Race for eggs.

The protective knight and his shy lady. :)

Hatched: never. The eggs simply weren't there.

Female 2: PK red, age unknown, unknown breeder. She was bred two days ago with a red veiltail. She is an egg eater.

Introduced: 31 January 2016.

Objective: SD & HM red bettas. Work in progress.

3 February 2016. No spawning so no love lost.

Female 3: PK red, age unknown, unknown breeder.

This is the last available red female so better perform. Last call.

Introduced: 4 February 2016.

Spawned: 4 February 2016. :)))

Third time's a charm, but not for this bad boy. He seems to enjoy only the mating part of my breeding program. I found him wandering around. I checked the nest.

No eggs.

What a bummer.

Lights out.

Fuck it. Lights on again. This is not over until the fat lady sings.

Step 1: destroy that fungused sorry excuse for a nest.
Step 2: change water.

Step 3 (6 February 2016): Introduce the first female that spawned with him a week ago. She is an experienced breeder now, isn't she? :) Studio wedding photo. :p

7 February 2016: the stallion did his special number again.

So here we are again.

He is not an egg eater. He fathered 120+ fries 3 month ago. Still, the question bothers me. Should I take him out? Should I keep him in? Decisions, decisions.

Red VT x red PK

Male: VT red, age unknown, unknown breeder.

Female: PK red, age unknown, unknown breeder.

Conditioning: the male was introduced directly in the spawning tank after a day worth of travel.

Introduced: 28 January 2016.

Spawned: 29 January 2016

 

Mating when ahead pretty straightforward. No dry practice, just embrace, go after eggs, repeat.

The female was eating eggs directly from the nest. After a while she was caught red handed by the male and promptly banished.

Hatched: never. Shortly after mating the male look dreadfully bloated and left the nest unattended. I waited 36 hours but no fries were observed.

New female: PK red, age unknown, unknown breeder.

 

Introduced: 31 January 2016

Spawned: 1 February 2016 

Male guarding something.

A few eggs. They look viable to me but will see how it plays out.

The objective: a nice red sorority for me... no more, no less.

Hatched: 3 February 2016.

Brand new bettas. :)

Later in the day.

4 February 2016 (age 1 day)

No nest for the fries.

The easy way. :)