To make a long story short, I didn't plan on getting another fish.... But here is he. :roll: I know he's a HM, but what would you call his color pattern? Sorry for the blurry photos & glare, but he didn't want to stay still! (I used natural light so his colors are close, but the sun was reflecting off the tank.)
Well, that's a link to a bunch of pictures of bettas.... but I still don't know how to tell if he's a DT or not. I'll have to look up the criteria for it.....
Here are more pictures of him. I used flash, so the red color on his fins got lost, but it shows what his tail looks like. (His head is more silvery-blue than it appears in these photos.)
Bubbles and Bettas website says: "Halfmoons... obtained their name from their beautiful caudal tail, which is the shape of a halfmoon and spreads at a 180 degree angle....
A Delta tail is the right name for any single tailed non-Halfmoon Betta. A non-Halfmoon is when the tail has straight caudal edges just like a Halfmoon, but they don’t reach 180 degrees....
The Super Delta is similar to a Delta Tail, but an improved version of branching. It's amazing caudal fin extends between 120-160 Degrees. "
Well, I didn't want to stress him out more, after his "interesting" last few days. But maybe I'll need to get him to flare so I can take better photos of him. That might be the only way to tell what he is.
Ok. I guess the only way to determine what they are is to get them to flare and then measure the angle. Based on what I read, I think he's not going to be a full HM, like Petsmart labeled him.... Actually, I'm now wondering if any of the fish they've labeled as halfmoons are truly HMs.
Yes, I know. But he's still stressed out because he's new. I was going to let him acclimate awhile before bothering him. If he still has stress lines, I'll leave him alone. If they're gone, I'll work on getting a picture.
Thank you! That genetic and color info is really helpful. So if he's a DT now, maybe he can become a HM with a little exercise. Yay! :-D
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