Betta cross tail types

[Aniket]

I have male looks like delta tail. He is plakat X HM. And have female VT x HM.
If i breed them will i get 50% halfmoon?

 

[Sylvan]

Going off a basic punnet square then no it would be more like a 25% chance.

 

[Aniket]

Going off a basic punnet square then no it would be more like a 25% chance.

I heard sometimes punnet square dont show actual results.

 

[Sylvan]

As I said, basic. It's of course much complicated than that because it depends on the actual genotype of the fish, if your male looks like a delta then it may be a parent had a delta gene and passed that on rather than the half moon so that lowers your chances but again without knowing the genotype it's all guesswork. I'll be honest I know jack all about fish genes, horse genetics are more of a strong point but I did read that veil tail is a dominant gene.

 

[Aniket]

As I said, basic. It's of course much complicated than that because it depends on the actual genotype of the fish, if your male looks like a delta then it may be a parent had a delta gene and passed that on rather than the half moon so that lowers your chances but again without knowing the genotype it's all guesswork. I'll be honest I know jack all about fish genes, horse genetics are more of a strong point but I did read that veil tail is a dominant gene.

Yes. I read too. Long fins are dominant. I think due to traditional plakat mix with halfmoon will bring delta tail may be. I think should have use hmpk instead of plakat to get halfmoon.