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Post by Betta MVP on Sept 22, 2003 22:21:46 GMT -5
Guys, check this out. Jim Sonnier has posted a genetics page on giant bettas. He says that at the Orlando IBC convention in 2002, they had 7 inch long bettas!! www.bettas-jimsonnier.com/genetics7.htm |
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Post by mickey85 on Sept 23, 2003 0:43:38 GMT -5
My friend says his African Chiclid (sp?) can take on any betta (he's killed and eaten all his tankmates in a 30 gallon tank, including the other AC's). I need to show him that link and tell him that the 7 inchers can take on his cruddy little chiclid.
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Post by Emerson on Sept 23, 2003 9:34:35 GMT -5
Whoa! That is one big Betta.  sef |
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Post by BettaBGood on Sept 23, 2003 11:26:14 GMT -5
Wow! What do you think they feed those "Gentle Giants?" Does Hikari make BETTA BIOnic GOLD?!  |
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Post by Emerson on Sept 23, 2003 12:31:49 GMT -5
I figured they just dropped Quarterpounders into the tank. LOL
sef
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AuntieM
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Post by AuntieM on Sept 23, 2003 15:43:43 GMT -5
That big boy is amazing. He belongs in a koi pond, not a tank.
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Post by RainbowBetta on Sept 23, 2003 18:21:25 GMT -5
Oh wow, I want one!! Of couse, I don't think he's gonna be $2.99 and available at a local fish shop.  |
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Post by RainbowBetta on Sept 23, 2003 18:22:49 GMT -5
My husband just said I am allowed to have miniature giant bettas. (He thinks he's so cute.)
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Post by jedicat on Sept 25, 2003 3:55:22 GMT -5
3.5" is considered half-giant? or is that at a certain age, and only applies to plakats?
one of my boys, wedge, is a long-finned splenden who's over 4" long and appears to still be growing...he's 3 years old. he was about 3.5" this time last year. (i measured him from mouth to base of tail, and i took the measurement from the top of the tank, and not the sides of the glass.)
those 7-inchers...oh man...
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Post by Emerson on Sept 25, 2003 10:05:21 GMT -5
How do you measure a Betta? I can't get mine to hold still long enough to take a picture, let alone take their measurements! LOL
sef
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Post by Betta MVP on Sept 25, 2003 11:22:26 GMT -5
jedicat, That's a big a$$ betta, LOL. I'm not positive, but I think that these giant and half giant bettas reach that size when still fairly young. sef, I don't know, maybe put them in a small container so they can't swim away. I do this when taking pics and they come out a lot better.  |
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