Rareness of feathertails and rosetails

[xShainax]

How rare are feathertails and rosetails? My new betta is a rosetail and Sebastian is a feathertail. I had another one named Taz who died after chomping his tail down leading to a massive fin rot infection

[Sena Hansler]

Rosetails and feathertails are deformities caused from halfmoons. It is highly recommended not to breed either "tail type" as there are more deformities and deaths in the spawns, compared to doubletail which is also a deformity - though can be controlled better than rosetail and feathertail.

Depending where you are, the rarity of these mutations vary.

[Mo]

The excessive finnage is bred into tons of show bettas today and isnt considered a rosetail. by some breeders the definition was altered. some breeders consider it excessive branching but others go in depth. saying that it must have a small caudal, etc. there is no official IBC definition. but there is an article on the IBC website/archives somewhere. I remember a breeder maybe it was Sherolyn craig saying that the IBC didnt support that definition though

[MrVampire181]

It's too common for comfort. Breeders are breeding for bigger and bigger fins with more and more branching. That's why I'm sticking to PKs this round.

[eatmice2010]

Well my July is a feather tail:

I was hoping to breed him for his cute babies and keep them as pets, and probably give a couple to some of my friend(non betta addicts). Because of him having the feather, would he have been culled and is breeding him a bad idea. (i don't want to show him, so don't speak of it it lol)

[Mo]

He isnt a feathertail. The rough edges isnt what defines a feathertail. Its the excessive branching and he doesnt seem to have too much branching

[MrVampire181]

Not a rosetail just a badly bred betta. Though he is kind of cool looking from a non breeding standpoint lol.

[eatmice2010]

What do you mean badly bread betta? I've had some of the other older and more experienced members tell me he ok for breeding and is a nice fish, just that he wouldn't be show quality. Here's my thread please post on it: http://www.bettafish.com/showthread.php?t=126957

[Myates]

Meeko is actually one of the older members.. just restarted a new account :) He is the one who wrote all of those breeding tips under the name Mr.Vampire181. He is one of the top go-to for breeders here on the forums :)

What he means by badly bred was the parents of him weren't good for each other, fin wise - and caused the deformed feather look. He didn't say not to breed him, just know the risk involved in breeding him.

His look is something some people like when selecting pets - but breeders would stay away from him and his spawn due to the deformity.