New Pair

[raeburter]

This is just the his most beautiful one but he is selling me his siblings...Do u think the colouration would be almost the same??

Gonna Name them Mr and Mrs Smith

Haha

 

[jollysue]

A real beauty! Are you getting siblings?

 

[raeburter]

Im getting the siblings but will they look like what it looks like in the pic?

 

[jollysue]

Only your source knows for sure. Ask him/her. Should do, but I would ask if you aren't sure. When you order a fish, the product should look like the one advertised, and a sibling pair is suppose to mean a breeding pair that have a good chance of producing offspring that look like the parents who look like the original pictured fish.

 

[sylvia]

Taking genetics into acount, the siblings don't necessarily have to look like that (and, in fact, the majority probably shouldn't!) However, if the fish you are buying are being advertised as looking like that, they should do or else you are getting cheated out of your money.

 

[raeburter]

Besides im onli paying 2.50 for the pair haha..I dun mind getting cheated....or not...

BTW whats a MG??

Slyvia...Do u mean that if the pair doesnt really look like the ones they advertised and if i breed it...Theres a chance that an amount of the fry would look like the one they advertised?

 

[jollysue]

Besides im onli paying 2.50 for the pair haha..I dun mind getting cheated....or not...

BTW whats a MG??




Slyvia...Do u mean that if the pair doesnt really look like the ones they advertised and if i breed it...Theres a chance that an amount of the fry would look like the one they advertised?

Although I am not Sylvia : Any creature will have a predetermined % of offspring with certain genetic qualities which are determined by the genetic inheritence of the parents: So the answer is yes. Looks are determined by genetic make up and that is determined by the genetic inheritance which is handed down from the ancestors. Given an accurate ancestoral history here is a scientific probability equation for what offspring will likely look like and how many of each.

The study of genetics is very important in breeding,

 

[sylvia]

ditto

BTW 'Mustard Gas' was originaly a strain name. It is now used to reffer to bettas with a yellow/blue or generaly a dark-bodied bicolor with yellow fins.
Here's a useful article: http/bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=1256
There is also some genetics-related info. there; though it's largely hypothetical. Note that the actual pattern of these bettas varies greatly (look around aquabid.com - MG is an abbreviation for 'Mustard Gas' and there are many!). Like the classical butterfly patterns, fish don't always come out as you expect.