2nd Issue: Betta Tail Types (Part 1)

Assalamualaikum and hello readers (I sure hope I already have more than 1 reader :P). Like I promised, in this issue I'll be talking about basic tail types that betta fish had (excluding the two tail types in issue 1)! Hurrah! :D Anyways, before going to the main story in this issue, I'll explain a bit more (surely in easy way to understand ;) ) on how  this

B. imbellis (original wild type)

Became THIS:

Hehe. It sure gave you quite a shock ya? well, all I can say is that this is all the result of selective breeding done by betta breeders and ethusiast that took years to actually achieve what we have today :) Its all about playing with the genetics guys.

Okay, lets go to the main topic for today! which is getting extra mcd double cheese burger with a purchase of one! oopps! sorry, thats not it (aaarghh! I am missing McD's burger too much =.="). Its going to be about the basic tail types :) first,

HALFMOON BETTA

Gorgeous right? well, this is what we call a Halfmoon. why? lets look closer at the shape of the back tail, or should I say the caudal. If you look closely it resembles this

Well basicly, that why its called Halfmoon. It had a tail spread of 180°! Thats the keyword, hehe :D  NEXT,

HALFMOON PLAKAT BETTA

As you are informed before, plakat signifies betta that is short-finned and Halfmoon meaning reaching 180°. Combining both means = a betta that can spread its caudal 180° and is short-finned! :) This piece is MAGNIFICENT! Last but not least,

CROWNTAIL BETTA

TADAAA! You'll surely be amazed by this piece! erm, am I right, or am I right? :P hehe. Now, one distinctive characteristics that a Crowntail had, is that is fins is jagged and had webbings :) (like a toad feet) The reason why its called Crown tail is due to the fact that it is very majestic in looks as well as the caudal resemble a CROWN that a King wears (man, this fish must be the king of fighting fish!).

Thats the three types I covered for this issue, and FYI, there are acronyms for these types that is commonly used by betta enthusiast which is HALFMOON = HM, HALFMOON PLAKAT = HMPK, CROWNTAIL= CT and in malay, people would usually call HMs as BULAN, CTs as Matahari.  ;) Alright, thats it for todays issue, stay tuned for more :) (PART 2) and.. Oh ya, SMILE AND NEVER GIVE UP! :)