What Type Of Betta Do I Have?

[Mikaila31]

His name is Flame and the little jar he was in said "split tail" (or something like that) .

 

[lisie]

Wow, it looks like you've got yourself a doubletail there. It looks like he's got some crowntail in him too.

Nice find, DTs are my favorite.

 

[GuppyDude]

He could be his own tail type...definately the double tail, but the edges are a little jagged like a combtail, he's pretty cool

Great find

 

[Naughtygirlrlw]

Ooohhh, he's one sexy fish!

 

[Rynoah]

Ooohhh, he's one sexy fish!

My thoughts exactly! My eyes really bugged out when I saw that picture. He's incredible!

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Definitely at least a double tail, if not anything else.

You say "little" jar, but it seems pretty big, and he seems happy in it. What size is it?

 

[Mikaila31]

I mean the little bowl i bought him from at the lfs, i put him a big jug to live in it's a little more than 2.5 gal. Now he won't stay in a little plastic contanier for 5 min. during water changes. he's always trying to jump out.

 

[oneponygirl]

Aww look at that! The tail looks like a red butterfly!!!

The term butterfly should refer to color not shape. If I remember correctly a butterfly's tail is one color until it hits half way out and then changes to a second color. One of my guys is like that, his body is black, his tail starts out red and then turns clear half way out. Pretty.

 

[Kairi]

he's stunning! (no clue what kind of betta, i just love how he looks!)

 

[oneponygirl]

Aww look at that! The tail looks like a red butterfly!!!

The term butterfly should refer to color not shape. If I remember correctly a butterfly's tail is one color until it hits half way out and then changes to a second color. One of my guys is like that, his body is black, his tail starts out red and then turns clear half way out. Pretty.

I was comparing the shape of the tail to a real butterfly (insect), not the butterfly betta variety Heck, I didn't even know there's a butterfly betta until you mentioned it hahaha! I'm such a total noob.

Gotcha! But hey, now you learned something right?!

 

[LvBettas]

The separation between the two lobes is not deep enough for him to be a double-tail, therefore, he is being called a split-tail, and rightly so. The split between the lobes needs to go back towards the body more to be a true double-tail. And he would also be a comb-tail, not a crown-tail. In a crown-tail, at least one-third of the fin needs to spike.

 

[Synirr]

LvBettas, there's no set-in-stone differentiation between split-tail and doubletail that is well known and accepted as standard by the community, so the point you make is only valid to you. Personally, I call anything that is homozygyous for the DT gene a DT, but that's just me. A lot of people call VT DTs split-tails and everything else true DT.

 

[liz2]

I for one dont care what type he is! He is fantastic! Fab find...incredibly jealous. My red male is one of my oldest and he is paling a bit now, actually so am I!