Tails

[nashnut]

I love the males with the large tails but hate seeing them sit on the bottom or hang tail down because of the weight of the tail. There must be a happy medium somewhere.

 

[Synirr]

HM plakats?

 

[nashnut]

I know. I think that's why I have three of the little guys!! I will probably spawn them next. Two are copper crosses and I have two cambodians that are also copper crosses that I got from someone in California.

I don't seem to have much luck with those fish that I send for and pay so much for. However, give me my own little guys from a spawn and they do great!! I just have a few from this current spawn so perhaps I can get something that has plenty of fin area but not all that much so that he can't swim.

I got a nice black from Pete Dunn that is beautiful. However, he has so much fin - now he is a huge fish - that all he does is sit in the corner hanging. He runs out, flirts with his female, and then retreats to the corner where he spends all his time.

 

[Kekmet]

I think a lot of veil tails get a bad rap. It all depends on the fish. I have a near dozen bettas, and all of them are extremely active and don't act 'weighed down' by their large tails at all.

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

Mine either. Ollie's a viel tail and he can jump clean out of the water when he wants to. In fact he even has a flow from his filter and deliberately swims against the flow! He's one fit fishy.
Hugs,
P.

 

[Synirr]

I've never had a veil that had trouble swimming, it's the HMs and superdeltas you have to worry about.

 

[nashnut]

That's true. I've never had a VT with swimming problems. I'd rather have a happy healthy fish than one that sits in the corner all day long.