Cross Breeding

[Lu_Bu]

This might be the stupidest QUESTION!! asked in this forum i think ..


Here i go lol


Can you breed two different types of bettas???

For example : Crown Betta Fish and a P Veil Betta


Just somewhat curious..

 

[blue_betta]

yes you can.. all the different tail types are one species betta spendens. its like dogs.. they all look different but they are all the same species, just different breeds

 

[Lu_Bu]

yes you can.. all the different tail types are one species betta spendens. its like dogs.. they all look different but they are all the same species, just different breeds

What would be more dominant ??

Will it have traits of both fish or just one?

 

[bronzecat]

Hi
Female tail type is more dominant

 

[blue_betta]

Hi
Female tail type is more dominant

realy? did not know that....

 

[bronzecat]

Hi
Female tail type is more dominant

realy? did not know that....

Thats what i was told?

 

[newfishy]

does the females tail type take more presidence because of the mitachondrial dna....the stuff that is handed down from the female only.


just going out on a limb here, feel free to tell me different.

 

[devon_charm]

when come to tails the VT is the more dominant regardlss of male or female, the HM is the less dominant of all the types

 

[bronzecat]

does the females tail type take more presidence because of the mitachondrial dna....the stuff that is handed down from the female only.

Wouldn't have a clue

 

[constantine03]

I don't think it has to do with the female more than the male...

The mitochondria issue is only because sperm does not contain any mitochondria...so everyone's mitochondria is an exact copy of his/her mothers. This wouldn't effect the outcome unless it was a sex linked trait...so...that's not it.

 

[newfishy]

I was just wondering, thanks for telling me

 

[Bubblenester]

yes you can.. all the different tail types are one species betta spendens. its like dogs.. they all look different but they are all the same species, just different breeds

What would be more dominant ??

Will it have traits of both fish or just one?

Few of the tail/fin types have any clear dominance over others because most are not controlled by a single gene. For example, for a betta to be a halfmoon it has to have enough ray branching and also enough tissue to stretch the 180 degrees, so that's at least two genes involved but there are probably more than that.

Long fins are dominant over wild type short fins (plakat) and no one quite seems to agree about the genetics of doubletails but obviously a fish has to be either double or singletail and can't be both. Otherwise, mixing two fin/tail types will result in a combination of the two characteristics in the offspring.

It's generally not recommended to mix tail types unless you have a specific goal in mind. Crowntails have been bred for years to show the best crowntail characteristics, HMs have been bred to show the best HM characteristics, etc. and mixing them just creates a mess more often than not. But any different tail types will breed with each other just fine, and there are even a few other species that will hybridize with splendens and produce fertile offspring.

 

[devon_charm]

yes you can.. all the different tail types are one species betta spendens. its like dogs.. they all look different but they are all the same species, just different breeds

What would be more dominant ??

Will it have traits of both fish or just one?

It's generally not recommended to mix tail types unless you have a specific goal in mind. Crowntails have been bred for years to show the best crowntail characteristics, HMs have been bred to show the best HM characteristics, etc. and mixing them just creates a mess more often than not. But any different tail types will breed with each other just fine, and there are even a few other species that will hybridize with splendens and produce fertile offspring.

Very much agree with this. Its not worth mixing up years of specific breeding unless you are making it better or creating another specific strain like Halfsuns or CTPK etc