Ct X Vt

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

i think my question was would they make a good pair, not to lecture me about what i was doing "wrong".

jaded, i already told you a zillion times i cannot get anymore bettas but my parents are okay with breeding.
i have already contacted my reliable LFS about it, and they said they would be willing to take in any bettas i bred. they wouldn't mind getting other tail types in, they only have VTs.

 

[Phaedra]

I would breed Monitor and Cadence if I had the choice. They're your two CT's anyway aren't they? I just think they're beautiful.
I know nothing about breeding, so I can't add much in the way of .2, but that's my thought anyway. Plus, if you breed your CT's, then find that the pet store and local fish buyers rave about them, then you could try some more drastic combos to see what comes out. That way you'll already be established, so to speak.
I think that the consensus is that due to the unknown backgrounds of your little lovelies anyway, you'll probably get a wild assortment of colors and tails.
As far as buying any myself, I think Darby is enough for me right now. Spoiled little guy. *Makes kissy faces at him*

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

darby's adorable. such a cute name, too.


i'm not sure if cade and monitor's colors would go together though, what do you think?

 

[bUcky]

Yes, they make a perfect pair!

Is that what you wanted to hear? Because aperently nothing else anyone is saying is sticking. PLEASE dont ask for advise then ignore it because it isnt optimistic. If you want to breed a vt and a ct do it, who can stop you? But when you have to spend money on them and wish you were spending money on fish that are worth it youll be thinking, "they told me so".

My advise, just like everyone elses, invest the money and do it the right way. Maybe you can even make some money to get more who knows.

BTW? What hapenes when your horse has to goto the vet and you have a 1000$ bill staring at you? Hmmm

 

[Phaedra]

darby's adorable. such a cute name, too.


i'm not sure if cade and monitor's colors would go together though, what do you think?

Thank you. Darby and I love compliments.
And I think they're both gorgeous. Then again, as I said I know absolutely nothing about breeding aside from what I've read here in your post and lazily clicking around the forum, so it sounds like there's no way to even guess what their babies would look like due to their unknown backgrounds/genetics.

 

[Jaded12]

You don't need to take things so offensively honestly, people are just looking out for the welfare of the fish. If you want to breed buy a good pair, so people will WANT to buy them and the fry won't have to suffer in a teenie tiny cup on a pet store shelf with an unknown future. If you can't afford a good pair then you can't afford to breed, bottom line. Don't take our advice if thats what you choose, we can't force you to listen, but I sure do feel bad for those babies sitting in a petstore when there are already so many homeless bettas rotting away on pet store shelves.

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

BTW? What hapenes when your horse has to goto the vet and you have a 1000$ bill staring at you? Hmmm

excuse me? you have no right throwing out random costs when our vet bills at the absolute maximum, including when she was down with hives did not go anywhere near $1000. do some research before you spit out random prices. i will not take anybody saying anything like that about my horse.

that was downright rude.


edit: horses don't go to the vet either, the vet comes to them.

 

[Jaded12]

Horse vet bills can easily go over $1000 though thats not the point.

 

[Phaedra]

Semantics. Let's not let this turn into a flame fest shall we?
I think everyone got their points across and there is no need to beat a dead horse, so to speak.

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

Horse vet bills can easily go over $1000 though thats not the point.

hmm around here they dont. she had to get these crazy meds and everything and we were like "ohhh crap big vet bill and i think it was just a little over $100. it's pretty cheap at big creek but they get their job done and they get it done good.

Semantics. Let's not let this turn into a flame fest shall we?
I think everyone got their points across and there is no need to beat a dead horse, so to speak.

nice analogy

 

[dmarie04]

If you're going to breed the fish you have no matter what anyone else says, then breed the two CT together. Whether you breed the CT and the VT or the two CTs the colors will be all over the place anyhow, so just do the two CTs so you get the most CTs. I bet the pet store doesn't have any CTs and would be more likely to take in bettas that they don't already have.

 

[ManyFISH4Me]

If you don't have $30 to buy new fish, you don't have money to breed either. It is not cheap to breed. I agree it would be better to breed the 2 Ct's you have. But I don't really think you should breed any of your fish. Also the Vt female would not be a good color match to your male. you would get multi's with any of your fish. Not trying to be mean. You asked for opinions. your best bet would to save up some money and get a well matched pair, or at least a matching Ct female for one of the males you already have. If they all came from a pet store than you have no idea of their genes, and you will most likely get multis anyway.

I wasn't just talking about the cost of a new pair. you need filters food for the fry etc. A while ago, someone posted a list of costs and everything needed to breed. I think the total was over $200. That does inc. tanks, and the pair, but it still costs more than you would think. The bottom line is that just because you can throw just about any male, and female together and get fry, doesn't mean you should. Breeding takes a lot of time, thought, research, money, and is a big responsibility. With any you breed your goal should be to better, or improve the species. With bettas that means better fins, and or colors. Breeding any 2 of the fish you have now will do neither.

 

[cemf123]

why bring anything in this world that you wouldn't be able to provide homes for?
personally i wouldn't breed any animals that i wasn't prepared to keep.

 

[bUcky]

Your right, it was a random number, but my dogs vet bills were 490 last week. so i just figured it was a little higher for a horse. either way it is still more than 30 for a decent pair of bettas.........

 

[FBTgirl]

I would not do it because if you look at it what if someone bought it and thoought it was a VT and they bred it and made more mutts that they tried to sell the offspring(just an example). But you would just make mutts that no one wants. exept increadibly kind people but that is not the point.