King Betta

[snowflake311]

I have only seen photos of them. But the other day at petco I saw huge 3.5 inch bettas for $15. I past him up since my tanks are all full and he was $15. Has anyone seen these big guys?

 

[wilsonnw8]

I have only seen photos of them. But the other day at petco I saw huge 3.5 inch bettas for $15. I past him up since my tanks are all full and he was $15. Has anyone seen these big guys?

There are a few on Aqua bid and I believe modaz had one on ebay and was working on breeding them himself, they are generally more expensive though because that form of ray extention is difficult to achieve - but beautiful and in my view worth a bit more cash!

 

[modaz]

yeah he was a king genotype, im not working on developing them as yet, im doing some different tails and space is very hard to find at the moment other wise i wouldve kept him.

 

[newfishy]

petco is starting to have some interesting types of betta. however the stores around me the bettas are still near death or only 1.5 or 2 months old and its very hard to pick out one that will live.

they never have anything other then vt or sometimes ct females, I want varity.

 

[wendywc]

Yep, I saw them about a month or two ago at the Petco near me. Didn't check the price. It's strange to me that they would be more expensive. I thought they were a different species, so breeding them would be out of the question. Am I wrong?

 

[wilsonnw8]

Yep, I saw them about a month or two ago at the Petco near me. Didn't check the price. It's strange to me that they would be more expensive. I thought they were a different species, so breeding them would be out of the question. Am I wrong?

A different species? they are a different tail type. You can inter breed different tail types like King Betta X Crown tail or Crown tail X Half moon, or even Plakat x Crowntail.
The only crosses not normally done are wild type x half moon for example

 

[wendywc]

No, that's not what I meant. The King bettas don't just look like a different tail type. They are also much, much more bigger in size and actually for the ones I saw their faces looked different to me than regular bettas. So that lend me to think they were a different species... sorta like betta splenda vs. betta macrostoma vs. betta pugnax vs. betta coccina, etc. Plus, I thought I remembered reading somewhere that they were.

 

[Netty]

The info I've read on this says they are also known as Chupang Raja or Betta Raja. They are actually a species in their own right and come from Indonesia and not related to the Betta Splendens that most of us know.

 

[wilsonnw8]

The info I've read on this says they are also known as Chupang Raja or Betta Raja. They are actually a species in their own right and come from Indonesia and not related to the Betta Splendens that most of us know.

Really!?!?! thats pretty cool the one's I saw on aqua bid looked like crown tails but with different rays. My apologies ! I must be looking at a different type or something? If anyone knows its Netty so Id take her word for it!

 

[modaz]

awwww yes easy mistake to make, the king tail to me is the crowntail that has the crossed rays. I just call the plakat one plakat.

 

[bronzecat]

LOL LOL Netty knows loads of stuff about Bettas, Snakes, Geckos..........but still doesn't know we have a cooker LOL

 

[Netty]

Excuse me folks while I go punch him

 

[modaz]

Excuse me folks while I go punch him

did it hurt bronze?

 

[Netty]

Where are the Mods when you really need them

 

[love4aquatic]

Where are the Mods when you really need them

can someone post a pic of this betta i realy want to see it!! i searched google but just found crowntails!