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Post by Betta MVP on Sept 15, 2003 21:47:09 GMT -5
OK, I'm going nutso with the pics now, but I haven't been able to use my camera for a month! LOL I just got some new babies from Faith at Bettatalk, I had to show them! Apache Male (couldn't get him to flare, but he is gorgeous anyway!):  Apache female:  Red Crowntail Male:  I also adopted a cull from Faith, he/she is sooo cute! LOL  I just had to share! |
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Post by Rae on Sept 15, 2003 22:32:09 GMT -5
AAGGHH those Apaches are gorgeous! I love those! And look at that finnage!! Man! Keep us updated, let us know when you breed those beauties!  And good luck!
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Post by Rachel - old on Sept 15, 2003 22:47:38 GMT -5
Again, your bettas are absolutely amazing! I'm jealous! |
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Post by Betta MVP on Sept 16, 2003 13:22:35 GMT -5
Thanks! Rae, I'll let you know. I'm going to wait at least a couple more weeks, I just got them last Thursday and want to give them a chance to settle in. The Apaches have double tail genes too, they should throw some cool looking fry! www.bettatalk.com/apaches.htm |
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Post by Megan on Sept 16, 2003 18:00:04 GMT -5
The apaches are beautiful... good luck with them!
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Post by BettaBGood on Sept 16, 2003 19:00:27 GMT -5
Beautiful additions, BMVP! The cull is a cutie, too.
Have you named them?
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Post by Betta MVP on Sept 16, 2003 20:47:53 GMT -5
I haven't thought of any good names for them yet. I'm so bad about thinking up names! Any good suggestions? I can't name the Apache Geronimo though, Faith already used it!
Maybe more Lord of the Rings names. LOL
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Post by duli on Sept 16, 2003 21:34:45 GMT -5
i dunno....for some reason the Apaches make me think of Rohan...maybe Theoden for the male and umm....hmm, can't think of any women in Rohan aside from Eowyn...what was the name of those flowers that grew on the burial mounds of the old kings....? *goes to check book* hmm...the book calls them simblemyne or Evermind...not sure if that's a good name for a betta, but it's the only thing in Rohan that's not Eowyn or a man  as for the red crowntail...i dunno, something about him makes me think of dwarves...maybe it's his crowntail, like he's trying to seem bigger thank he really is...but i may just be completely off my rocker on that  |
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Post by RainbowBetta on Sept 20, 2003 17:36:19 GMT -5
The crowntail is Beee-yu-teee-ful!!! Wow!
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Post by Betta MVP on Sept 29, 2003 16:48:32 GMT -5
Still no names, but thanks for the suggestions. These Apaches are so cool, the pics don't do them justice at all. Their fins remind me of feathers, they look like they should be soft to the touch, LOL. Here are a couple of new pics, I got the male to flare and voila!! He's a half moon or pretty darn close!   Into the spawning tank we go! Either tonight or tomorrow, wish me luck! |
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Post by shadow on Sept 29, 2003 18:23:43 GMT -5
GOOD LUCK!  |
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Post by BettaBGood on Oct 2, 2003 13:28:11 GMT -5
Again, BMVP, they're all just beautiful ! (Now I'm confused, though, because what I thought was my little, female Cambodian?, Dora, looks remarkably like your female Apache...  ) |
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Post by Megan on Oct 2, 2003 18:16:58 GMT -5
Apaches are a specific STRAIN of bettas, developed by Faith at www.bettatalk.com. The term Apache is not a genetic term, just a term for a specific strain. The term Cambodian refers to a specific genetic color combination, not a strain. The Apache female is a cambodian, actually a cambodian/red marble BF (geneticly), she is labled as an Apache because she is from that line/strain. In order to get an Apache, you have to either buy them from Faith, or get them from someone who has bought Apaches from her in the past and bred them... though she does not like people using her strain names, so they probably wouldn't be labeled as Apaches if bought from anyone but her. |
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Post by Betta MVP on Oct 2, 2003 18:25:22 GMT -5
BBG,
The female actually has more red on her body than the pic shows, that one was taken right after I got her and she hadn't really regained all of her color.
As Megan said, Apache is the strain name that Faith gave to these bettas. They are technically Red Butterfly/Marble with piebald (flesh-colored) faces.
P.S. I did buy them from Faith, so they really are Apaches. ;D
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Post by mickey85 on Oct 2, 2003 18:30:27 GMT -5
That strain is growing on me. When you first posted them, I really didn't like them, but I really like them now...
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And good luck! 
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