I know VTs and DeTs can't be in USA shows, but what about PKs? I heard anything without a 180* caudel is a major fault and isn't going to win. I have a PK so I wanted to see if there's an actual diagram that shows proper form. xD
Help, please?
Huh? Search up on google the difference between Symmetrical (Shortfin HM) PK, Asymmetrical PK, and Traditional PK. Also by Symmetrical PK, I meant Traditional PK on that item post. Sorry
asymmetrical are HMPK, traditional are PK. but terms get thrown around quite often though and it kind of blurs the lines.
the example above even the ones listed as "traditional" are actually more of an HMPK with a poor caudal than a traditional. Traditional is more along the lines of a wild with a more spade shape tail and less symmetry matching dorsal to tail.
Not sure how important the "perfect D shape" is in an asymmetrical as my boys have done extremely well in shows and have the more rounded caudal edge similar to traditional example "A" there.
-Traditional PK have much more of a round caudal then a 180 D shaped caudal
-They also have a sharper pointed anal while a Asymmetrical has no pointed anal other than a slope.
-Symmetrical is whats called a Short-tailed HM, Still must have that round standard shape but in a shorter tail
IMO I think they are both the same, well kind of. I think Salamanders blends in more with Lavender w/ white band and Butterfly could be any color with white band. Like I said I could be wrong I'm just giving you what I know. Maybe Mo knows be works with Salamanders
You can show any fish, but it will not class unless there are enough entries, otherwise they class in under a different fish and it does not show well. They always base the different classes on the entries at the show.
I have some Pink Salamander HMPK's. also..... A salamander has a small white band on all of the fins including ventrals, butterflys have a 50/50 split of two different colorson the fins inlcuding pectorals
I noticed the first three examples of traditional PK provided by Junglist appear, to my admittedly poor eyesight, to have 2-ray branching. The asymmetrical PK and symmetrical PK obviously have 4-ray. Is this a consideration?
The example provided above is 4-ray and is labeled traditional.
Traditional Caudal - The caudal fin may be either spade shaped or rounded. If spade-shaped the point should be at the midpoint of the fin. A caudal spread of 180° is preferred, but differs from the requirements for other show Betta and for other plakat classes in two respects. First the edges of the caudal fin are expected to be rounded rather than shaped in the configuration of the letter D. Second, the 180° caudal should not be achieved by greater than primary or secondary branching of the caudal fin rays. Thus the caudal spread in a traditional plakat is achieved by an increase in the volume of tissue between rays rather than by an increase in fin ray branching.
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