Hybrid Project

In early 2024 I started thinking about what I'd like to work on in the future. My yellow koi line was finally producing the bettas I was wanting to create, I had given up on my marble dumbos, and I was ready to start my next project. It was around this time that Prism Bettas teamed up with Franks Bettas to bring in wild types. I instantly fell in love with a specific yellow male with a long tail and cyan striping. I impulse purchased him and a yellow female. At the time I figured I would pair him to my yellow koi line to take it in a new direction, but life took me in a new direction. My company had unexpectedly shut down, and my new job took me across the country. I was able to bring the spadetails and a few other bettas with me, but was unable to breed at that time. A year passed, I bought a house, went through grief, and finally had a second to breath again. It was in this time I thought about bettas. The ones I brought with me had been living in their own tanks, but hadn't been conditioned in a long time. I started conditioning them to see who would be interested in breeding and found that the Spadetails were still good to go! After a lot of research, I puchased a group of plakat females and started this line!

My Goal For this Line

Form

A Spade Tail Caudal Fin that is pointy and evenly balanced on top and bottom.
Long ventral fins with no splitting
Other fins should match the Betta Standard
A Strong Topline that is smooth with no bumps or divots

Personality

Males should be lively and spirited. Not too aggressive with the females. They should have the correct betta instincts and not be shy.
Females should be equally spirited but be able to cohabitate together. They should be willing to flare at males and not be shy.

Coloring

Yellow, Orange, Pink, or Nemo coloring
Full white or iridescent mask
Minimal dark blue spotting or none at all
Cyan Fin Stripes

(Above image is a photoshopped representation of my goal)

50x50
Spade Tail x Plakat

75x25
Spade Tail Hybrid x Spadetail

Hatched 4/5/25
Wild x HMPK
Hybrid 01a
Aged and rehomed

Pretty Hybrids were created that had slight spade tails and marble coloring. Bettas are healthy and vivacious

Hatched 7/21/25
Wild x HMPK
Hybrid 01c
100g pond

They are growing nicely, lots of red in the fry, some blue, some evidence of nemo spots. Good form so far.

Hatched 7/30/25
50x50 Hybrid x Wild
Hybrid 02a
(25g pond #1)

Interesting split of fry so far. Some look more wild, while others are more koi looking. The wilds are growing slower then the koi looking ones. There are yellow, blue, copper, and red fry.