I went back through my posts looking to do an update on my Purple Bettas and realised I hadn't done one so here they are. These are 3 of the males. I had a pair spawn yesterday so I'll have a 6 to 8 week waiting period to see if Purple got passed on to the fry. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] They are from a spawn between a (what Petco is calling) a "King" male and a regular sized Veiltail female. The Kings look like Half Giant Plakats and the offspring from that spawn are large but not Giant sized.

which one is the male and which is the female?

Those are three different males. I had 8 males and 8 females from that spawn with this coloring. The rest were Royal Blue with Red fins. Another spawning of the mother of this spawn produced 2 each of male and female with purple bodies while the rest of them looked like alligator watermelon Green and Red fins so I'm guessing the color came from the mother.

LOL BettaLover! I was thinking the same thing! Chard, your first post made it sound like you were showing us the parents to whet our appetite for what's to come lol.

The first chap has a really nice purple colour to his body. It's a shame about the red fins. I read that purple is one of those 'lucky' colours, that it doesn't breed true. How would you breed the red ourto of the fins? By selective breeding of offspring or would you reintroduce another blue or something?

That's a good question. I haven't found much info on the color Purple so I'm winging it. If the offspring (F1) have purple bodies I'm on to something and I'll worry about the Red fins further down the road. I'll do an F2 spawning if I don't get any Purple in F1. I haven't read any articles that have explained this color other than that there isn't a Purple gene and nobody seems to have reproduced it in the fry. I haven't read about any follow up spawnings or anything to explain where it comes from other than people who have read Victoria's article about it being Royal Blue then they claim that my Purple bodied Bettas are just Royal Blue at the right angle to look Purple. I've taken pictures of them with flash, without flash and in natural lighting to try and prove it really is this color. So I guess I'm on my own on this adventure.

There loverly fish chard, can't wait for the updates

That is what I was seriously thinking about doing.. Breeding the perfect 'purple' betta. But lost all the stock that I had to do it with.. Maybe its something I will start trying to do again this season

Stunning fish as usual hun

If you manage the purple colour I want some! Then I can try for bicolour with yellow fins
as thats our college colours here.

I've always liked Purple and Yellow. I've been thinking of doing that color scheme on my "73 Ford Maverick. I took the Daddy out today and didn't think there were very many looking at the nest but then I looked across the top and they are scattered from one end to the other. Looks to be over a hundred. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Double click on the picture to enlarge. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Looks like theres a leader of the pack already!. Almost appears to have colour already.

That first one is gorgeous!!! Good luck with the fry.

I have to admit the first one looks far more purple to me. Which did you use here? And which female?

These two were use in the spawning. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Oh she's a lovely deep purple colour. It'd be amazing if you could get that colour to covered your fry's heads too!

Well time flies when you're busy with a whole lot of fry to raise. It's been a month since this spawning took place so here's some pictures of the fry. It looks like maybe some purple coloring coming in. I won't be sure for another couple weeks. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]