butterfly bettas

[loch112]

so what exactly results in the butterfly betta meaning what does one breed together to get this type of betta?

[Rohland]

Butterfly bettas are halfmoons. You will need halfmoons and its easier to just buy a butterfly then find a betta with a mutated gene to get a butterfly.
you can try aquabid.com and look for some.

here is a link about tails and colouration.

http://www.fishforum.com/betta-fish-...ed-here-29868/

[andakin]

i think OP was trying to ask how to produce the butterfly pattern when breeding, not what a butterfly is. i dont know the answer to that.

i do know that butterfly is not a tail type, but rather the color patterning. this can found in all tail types and not only restricted to halfmoons. the simplest definition would be that the fins are of one color, but has a different color along the outer edges.

[MrVampire181]

BF is part of marble. It shows up on all offspring even if the parents don't show it.

[andakin]

how is BF associated with marble? marble is the patterning in the body, and BF generally refers to the trim on the fins.

[dramaqueen]

Can you have marbling on the body and butterfly pattern on the fins together? I know nothing about genetics. lol

[andakin]

sorry, i was mistaken. marble affects both the body and the fins.

[dramaqueen]

Ahh, ok.

[MrVampire181]

Originally Posted by andakin

how is BF associated with marble? marble is the patterning in the body, and BF generally refers to the trim on the fins.

I'm not sure but it's associated somehow. I heard it from the professionals so I'm taking their word.

[SweetnSpicy]

Originally Posted by dramaqueen

Can you have marbling on the body and butterfly pattern on the fins together? I know nothing about genetics. lol

Yeah, I just recently bought a BF Marble HM. He is marbled on his body, and his fins are BF-ish lol.