Giant Hm Line

[Gill]

I emailed Ram_91 to see how his Breeding is Going with his Giants. This is the pic he sent back, Can you see how big he is compared to the PK behind him.

 

[LionMom]

Wow - that's AMAZING!!!!

One of these days...........

 

[newfishy]

WOW


thats all I can say

 

[Loony Fish]

They look as big as the foot long betta in a poster i have!

(the fish obviously isn't a foot long in real life, LOL)

 

[loraxchick]

i might sound ignorant, but how big does a betta have to be to be considered "giant"?...my red guy is pretty massive?

 

[bronzecat]

3" - tip of nose to base of caudal fin.

 

[loraxchick]

My red boy that i rescued from a wedding is about 3-3.5 inches from nose to caudal. he is BIG...with beautiful HUGE LOOOOONG fins...so much so that i think if they keep growing he's gonna have toruble swimming upright.

 

[bronzecat]

I think the base of the caudal means where it joins the body

 

[LauraFrog]

Hmm... My Thor would be about three, but he's nothing on that orange monster... that's an absolutely stunning fish.

Are there any health concerns yet for the giant bettas? A lot of times when breeders selectively interfere too much with the natural appearance of the fish you end up with major problems, case in point fancy guppies' fins.

 

[Gill]

Hmm... My Thor would be about three, but he's nothing on that orange monster... that's an absolutely stunning fish.

Are there any health concerns yet for the giant bettas? A lot of times when breeders selectively interfere too much with the natural appearance of the fish you end up with major problems, case in point fancy guppies' fins.

As Far As I am aware Ram (Surat) has had no problems with them. He was the 1st to Breed the true Giants

 

[bronzecat]

Hi

Just found this -

"Giants
The first giant betta was developed in 1999. It was a giant green plakat that reached a length of 3 inches. Now other colors and fin forms have been developed, and it is not uncommon for giants to exceed 3.5 inches. A few giants have even reached lengths of 7 inches.

Giants continue to put on width and weight until they are about 18 months old. They are generally twice as long as regular bettas and five times as heavy. Because of their rapid growth, they eat twice as much as a normal betta. They also produce more waste, which necessitates more frequent water changes and much larger containers. Constipation is a true problem with giant bettas and can lead to death. They are more difficult to breed than regular size bettas and the giant gene seems to be an irregular dominant gene."

It was on here - http/www.getabetta.com/giant_plakat/giant_plakats.htm

 

[Jdubz]

That is a stunning betta!

Got to a sight to see swimming around a tank, i love how stiff the dorsal fin is, my betta's one is all droopy.

 

[GSD]

Wow! I would love a betta like that!

 

[Gill]

Hi

Just found this -

"Giants
The first giant betta was developed in 1999. It was a giant green plakat that reached a length of 3 inches. Now other colors and fin forms have been developed, and it is not uncommon for giants to exceed 3.5 inches. A few giants have even reached lengths of 7 inches.

Giants continue to put on width and weight until they are about 18 months old. They are generally twice as long as regular bettas and five times as heavy. Because of their rapid growth, they eat twice as much as a normal betta. They also produce more waste, which necessitates more frequent water changes and much larger containers. Constipation is a true problem with giant bettas and can lead to death. They are more difficult to breed than regular size bettas and the giant gene seems to be an irregular dominant gene."

It was on here - [URL="http/www.getabetta.com/giant_plakat/giant_plakats.htm"]http/www.getabetta.com/giant_plakat/giant_plakats.htm[/URL]

In regards to Breeding I found that the Giants were the same as Normal Sized bettas. I had no problems with constipation or more waste produced by them. Yes they had a bigger appetite's than normal sized bettas and were just as fickle as normal bettas when accepting foods. I found that they still readily took Hikari Cichlid Gold Pellets.
1 thing I noticed is that you need to watch the bubblenesting after they have Spawned. I found that the male did not stop building and pushed his fry out of the moist part of the nest and they dried out. This happened both times i bred the giants.
As with Normal bettas i found that they did not like very big tanks and were more than happy in a 3-5G Long tank.

 

[bronzecat]

Looking at some more well known sites like "Bettysplendens" it would appear to be quite a common issue regarding the keeping and breeding of Giants. I believe Surat himself has acknowledged on to a member on Bettabreeders forum that this can occur due to the fact that they will eat lots of food, something to do with gastric fluids building up. Also worth mentioning is that the breeding of 2 giants wont necessarliy spawn giants due to the genes.

Just want to make people aware of this, should anyone consider getting any in the future Last thing you want is spending out on them and then having problems that can be avoided